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If you were keeping up-to-date yesterday with egmCarTech you probably noticed that most of our posts had to do with Chrysler’ 5-year product and business plan. If you missed anything the plan is available to view in detail over at http://www.chryslergroupllc.com/business/.
You can check out some of the important slides right here.
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At its 5-year business plan yesterday, Chrysler repeatedly said that Jeep will be the only brand exported on global scale and it wasn’t lying. While the Chrysler badge will disappear from cars sold in Europe by 2011, most Chrysler and Dodge branded vehicles will be re-badged and sold as Lancia or Fiat mold to streamline [...]

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Chrysler Group LLC said today that it will break even in 2010 and expects to turn profit in 2011 and generate $5 billion in operating profit by 2014. CFO Richard Palmer said that the advances will be driven by a boost in sales, cutting sales and a more efficient supply-chain.
At Chrysler’s 5-year business plan conference, [...]

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Chrysler Group LLC plans to finish the consolidation of its dealerships into three-brand stores by the end of 2011. Speaking at the company’s 5-year business plan conference today, the automaker’s vice president of network development and fleet Peter Grady said that Chrysler is looking to dramatically increase the number of vehicles it sells at each [...]

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Senior Vice President of Chrysler Powertrain, Paolo E. Ferrero, said that the Fiat 500 will be available in the North American market with a 1.4L Multiair engine in the fourth quarter of 2010. A 1.4L Multiair turbo will arrive in the fourth-quarter of 2011, Ferrero said.
The Fiat 500 will be mainly sold in metro markets [...]

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Speaking today at Chrysler’s 5-year business plan conference, Jeep brand CEO Mike Manley said that the SUV brand will use Fiat-supplied platforms starting 2013. He said that Jeep will also eliminate the Patriot and Compass after 2012 and replace them with one C-segment vehicle based on a platform from Fiat.
Jeep is also planning a B-segment [...]

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We’ve been providing you live updates on Chrysler’s 5-year business plan press conference all day. However, some of the things being discussed this morning are more significant and deserve their own post.
Chrysler and Fiat said today that V8 engines will account for only 11 percent of the mix by 2014 – down from 18 percent [...]

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Chrysler Group LLC is not burning through cash and has improved its positions since Fiat SpA took over in June, CEO Sergio Marchionne said earlier this morning.
“Some of you have been surmising we’re burning through cash,” Marchionne said at the company’s presentation of its five-year plan. “This is not true.”
Compared to $4 billion when Fiat [...]

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Speaking at Chrysler’s 5-year business plan conference today, president and CEO Ralph Gilles confirmed that Chrysler will produce only 500 more units of the Dodge Viper. A new sports car will replace the Viper in the summer of 2012 and it won’t be anything like the old-school model.
Gilles said that the new sports car will [...]

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More than 400 journalists, analysts, dealers and public officials are in Auburn Hills, Michigan today as Chrysler ’s CEO Sergio Marchionne outlines the company’s 5-year business plan. We’re gathering updates from Twitter and other sites around the web. Keep checking back for updates.

Paolo E. Ferrero, Senior Vice President Chrysler Powertrain says the new highly fuel [...]

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