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June 2008
- Obama Meets With Top Automakers Amid Tension
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 26, 08 1:07 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama is meeting with two of the Big Three in encounters the Wall Street Journal says “could thaw festering tension” between the Dem and America’s automakers. A year after Obama criticized the companies for fighting fuel-economy standards and rewarding “failure with lucrative bonuses for CEOs,” he met with Ford’s chief yesterday in a summit the businessman called “productive.” More »
- Chrysler Plans Wi-Fi on 2009 Models
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jun 25, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  Struggling automaker Chrysler—the weakest of Detroit’s Big Three—is looking to the information highway to gain an advantage. To the dismay of some highway safety experts, the automaker will offer wireless Internet access as an option in all of its 2009 models, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
May 2008
- Buy Our Minivan, Give Your College Fund a Boost: VW
  
  newser | Lef Lane News | May 8, 08 7:05 PM CDT
  
  Volkswagen is offering an innovative incentive to parents to buy their Chrysler-built Routan minivan: $1,500 in a college savings plan, Left Lane News reports. The partnership with Upromise might pale to those with more pressing concerns (or who hate planning ahead), though: Chrysler itself is offering a credit card that locks in gas prices for three years. More »
April 2008
- Pickup Sales Plummet to 10-Year Low
  
  newser | BusinessWeek | Apr 9, 08 7:35 AM CDT
  
  US pickup truck sales tumbled in March, hitting their lowest level in nearly a decade. The Big Three all reported double-digit percentage drops in sales this month—the Dodge Ram was down 26%—and large pickups represented barely more than 10% of the auto market. High gas prices added fuel to the freefall, but the housing crisis—and an attendant drop in carting construction loads—may have had the most impact. More »
- Detroit Looks to Pump Up Exports
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Apr 8, 08 12:47 PM CDT
  
  The dollar’s declining value, lower labor costs, and other terms of new UAW deals have US automakers looking overseas as they attempt to reclaim market share and profitability, reports the Wall Street Journal. About half of US vehicle exports in 2007, which totaled $50.66 billion, went to Canada and Mexico, and automakers now are looking to emerging markets in China and Latin America. The weak dollar "improves export competitiveness and potential profitability," says GM's president. More »
March 2008
- Car Makers Prepare for a Crash
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 20, 08 9:06 AM CDT
  
  The slumping US economy is casting shadows over the New York Auto Show, as industry forecasters this week cut their projections for sales of new cars and light trucks in 2008 to less than 15 million, the lowest level in 14 years. Chrysler, GM, and Ford, who had been projecting sales of 15.5 to 15.7 million, are preparing for a fresh round of belt tightening, the Wall Street Journal reports . More »
- Chrysler Will Shut Down for 2 Weeks
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 13, 08 1:32 PM CDT
  
  Chrysler plans to shut down all operations for two weeks in July to save money and “accelerate Chrysler's recovery and transformation,” CEO Robert Nardelli writes in a company memo. Employees will take a forced break July 7-20 “in order to create better alignment and efficiency across organizational lines and boost productivity,” says the memo, obtained by the Wall Street Journal . More »
- US Car Sales Sink in Slow Economy
  
  newser | Bloomberg | Mar 3, 08 9:45 PM CST
  
  A tumbling US economy hit Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, and Toyota today as all four posted declining sales for last month, Bloomberg reports. Chrysler fell 14% as Ford dropped nearly 7% and GM suffered almost a 20% drop in light truck sales. "Primarily it's driven by the weak economy,'' one analyst said. "It's been difficult for people to refinance and get credit.'' More »
February 2008
- Chrysler Loss Deepened After Daimler Split
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Feb 28, 08 12:56 PM CST
  
  Chrysler lost nearly $2.9 billion in a 2-month period last fall, after its split from Daimler, a filing by the German company shows. The filing by Daimler, which retains 19.9% of the automaker, offers a rare look at how costly the company's reorganization effort has been since it was taken private by Cerberus Capital Management in May, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
January 2008
- Chrysler shows improvement in its interiors
  
  Detroit Free Press | Jan 16, 08
  
  Chrysler LLC is beginning to see the results of its efforts to improve vehicle interiors, which have been widely criticized in recent years. The interior of the new 2009 Dodge Ram is the first vehicle to benefit from a stepped-up effort by Chrysler to improve quality in that part of the vehicle through Chrysler's Advanced Interior Design Studio, which was formed 18 months ago.
- Chrysler's stampede into Motown
  
  BBC | Jan 13, 08
  
  The American car maker Chrysler plans to drive a herd of cattle through the centre of Detroit on Sunday to launch its new Dodge Ram pickup truck. But the truck, which goes on show at the Detroit auto show, is likely to face stiff competition in a shrinking market, analysts said.
- Chrysler questions climate change
  
  BBC | Jan 10, 08
  
  Chrysler's chief economist Van Jolissaint has attacked European attitudes to global warming, describing climate change as "way, way in the future, with a high degree of uncertainty".
December 2007
- Chrysler Faces Cash Crunch
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Dec 21, 07 10:09 AM CST
  
  With an auto industry novice as CEO, a product line trailing the rest of the industry, and an inadequate cost-cutting strategy, Chrysler is scrambling to sell assets to climb out of a deep financial hole. Four months after Cerberus Capital Management took the automaker private, the Wall Street Journal finds turnaround plans stalled by a cash crunch. More »
- Chrysler CEO Predicts $1.6B Loss This Year
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Dec 5, 07 10:01 PM CST
  
  Chrysler will be screeching toward a second consecutive year in the red, sources told the Wall Street Journal , as the automaker will lose $1.6 billion. CEO Robert Nardelli told designers and engineers this week that while the beleaguered automaker’s revenue was about $63 billion, costs exceeded $64 billion. The newly private company no longer must report earnings publicly. More »
- Nov. Sales Languish for Big 3
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Dec 4, 07 8:35 AM CST
  
  Ford and GM will join Chrysler in cutting production in early 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal today, following sluggish November sales and anticipated weak demand driven by continued economic fallout. Only Ford saw a modest 0.6% improvement in US sales last month, while GM sales were down 11% and Chrysler 2%. More »
November 2007
- Chrysler Plan Cuts Dealers, Overlapping Models
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Nov 17, 07 2:09 PM CST
  
  Clued-in dealers say Chrysler is considering a restructuring plan to simplify its lineup: Chrysler dealers would sell all the company’s passenger cars, Jeep dealers would carry only Jeeps and SUVs, and Dodge dealers would handle commercial trucks and pickups. The reorganization would allow Chrysler to eliminate overlapping models and cut up to 1,000 underperforming dealers, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Top Rides of 2008
  
  newser | Popular Mechanics | Nov 10, 07 4:34 PM CST
  
  Popular Mechanics test drove a fleet of upcoming cars and trucks to conceive this list of 2008's best rides, in ten categories: Design: Nissan GT-R Value: Scion xB Energy efficiency: GMC Yukon Hybrid and Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid More »
- Chrysler to Lay Off 12,000
  
  newser | Bloomberg | Nov 1, 07 11:59 AM CDT
  
  Chrysler today announced plans to cut up to 12,100 jobs, about 14% of its workforce, on top of the 13,000 layoffs announced in February. With the US auto market tumbling—sales are on pace for their worst year since 1998—Chrysler’s new owners, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, hope to slim the company’s profile, Bloomberg reports. Four vehicles are getting the ax as well. More »
October 2007
- UAW Ratifies Chrysler Contract
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Oct 27, 07 11:07 AM CDT
  
  The UAW said today that its employees had approved a four-year contract with Chrysler by the thinnest of margins, the Wall Street Journal reports. The union said 56% of production workers and 51% of skilled trade workers voted in favor of the deal, despite significant dissent among workers. The UAW will now concentrate on nailing down a deal with Ford. More »
- OK on Chrysler Pact ThisClose
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Oct 25, 07 3:38 AM CDT
  
  Auto workers at four Chrysler plants voted by significant margins to approve a new labor contract yesterday, increasing the likelihood of final ratification by the company's 45,000 workers, despite rejection at several plants. The last vote, at a small-car plant in Illinois that employs 3,000 workers, is scheduled for tomorrow. More »