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Editorial: To All the Mopar Haters…

January 17, 2010

I spent a good amount of time reading about the Detroit auto show, especially about Chrysler. With nothing new to show, Chrysler arrived in Detroit tooting about revised model lines, new standard equipment, etc. Hardly exciting stuff. Checking out the responses from readers at various auto-related blogs, a good deal of the general public seems [...]

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Name that Mopar

January 12, 2010

If the curves behind the lovely lady don’t look familiar, you would not be unlike many of the journalists at the Detroit auto show over the past couple of days. The car is clearly not a traditional Chrysler, yet it is wearing Chrysler badging. There are no signs anywhere near it and no nameplate.Curiously, there [...]

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Dodge Refreshes Nitro Line

January 10, 2010

When former Chrysler parent Cerberus was asked to show what new cars were in the pipeline to the US Government, the news was worse than expected-there was virtually nothing, especially for Dodge. With new cars from Fiat still a couple years away, Chrysler must make do with its current stock. In hopes of sparking interest [...]

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Forgotten Sporty Cars: Chrysler Laser

December 15, 2009

Welcome back to Forgotten Sporty Cars at The Garage! In this space we recall an era where small, economy car-based based vehicles were sold with zippy styling. Whether there was any substance to the sizzle we’ll leave for you to judge.
1984-1986 Chrysler Laser

Imagine for a moment you are Chrysler in the early 1980’s. The automotive [...]

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2010 Chrysler products to forgoe traditional owner’s manual in favor of dvd

September 21, 2009

From this morning’s press release:
New Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge vehicle owners will soon have room to put gloves in their glove boxes instead of 4-pound owners’ manuals.
That’s right folks, finally a manufacturer is ditching that giant lump of paper and replacing it with a more efficient techno based solution. No, I’m not saying [...]

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Chrysler PT Cruiser Saved!

August 1, 2009

In January of this year we reported Chrysler planned on killing off the funky, but now familiar PT Cruiser this summer. Our position at The Garage was this was not a good idea-sure, sales were off from the highs when the PT first debuted, but it still has style, club support, and charisma, something lacking [...]

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Latest Update on Dodge Viper’s Fate

May 31, 2009

Introducing, the Devon GTX! But more on that in a moment.
Last August, we reported that Chrysler was putting up the Dodge Viper-design and manufacturing facility up for sale. Since then, we’ve been told that “several interested parties” were in talks with Chrysler about the Viper, but nothing beyond that. 
Finally, we have an update. Autoblog reports the [...]

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Chrysler Files for Bankruptcy

April 30, 2009

The news today did not come as a total surprise-Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy today. While listening to local news reports from various Chrysler dealerships today, the general feeling was relief-not panic, the emotion normally associated with this sort of news. The key here is that Chrysler (and GM, for that matter), were asked [...]

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The Word on Chrysler’s Viability Plan

February 20, 2009

Forgive the lag in reporting Chrysler’s Viability Plan after GM’s. While GM’s plan didn’t shock anyone, it was interesting to speculate how the changes will fan out. In comparison, what Chrysler had to say for themselves was about as exciting as watching C-Span. 
That may be an unfair comparison, since GM has so much more to [...]

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Is social networking the answer to the auto industry’s woes?

February 9, 2009

First there was Myspace. The kids went crazy over the social network.
Then, Facebook hit the addiction buttons of the not so young anymore’s.
Now Twitter is all the rage for the connected folks.
The growth pattern itself is interesting enough, but social networking is a huge part of today’s society and has changed the way the [...]

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