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Fiat Chrysler's Profit Jumps on Strong North American Performance

3 new-car seller in the U.S.. Fiat Chrysler posted a 7.2% margin in North America that was behind the 8.7% booked by GM during the same period and topped the 6.7% reported by Ford in the year-ago first quarter. Ford hasn't yet released results for this …

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Why Comic Jim Gaffigan is Pitching Chrysler's New Minivan to Dads

Chrysler's Detroit rivals, General Motors (GM) and Ford (F), both exited the minivan game years ago, as sleek crossovers and big SUVs hogged the spotlight. Minivan sales in the U.S. hit 1.4 million in 2000. By 2015, sales were down to about 512,000 …

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Unboxing Chrysler's ridiculous Pacifica board game/media kit

Some still use brochures, which direct you to a website to download the relevant files. And then there's Chrysler, which often dreams up elaborate packages to transport the information and make a big impact. That's what it did for the 2017 Chrysler …

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Fiat Chrysler's Goal for Alfa Romeo Slipping

All that is laying bare the cracks in Mr. Marchionne's highly ambitious five-year plan for Fiat Chrysler—called “fantasyland” by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Max Warburton—and creating a difficult backdrop for a company struggling to lessen its …

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Jeep-Trial Jurors Skeptical of Chrysler's Safety Efforts

On Tuesday, Chrysler heads to a Georgia court to argue for a new trial. The company, now part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCAU 3.80 % NV, contends the jurors acted “from passion and prejudice” in April when awarding damages that were “grossly …

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Chrysler's future remains uncertain as CEO looks to consolidate

Chrysler Group LLC Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne speaks to investors at the automaker's world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unveiled its business strategy for the next five years as it …

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Why Toledo Is Cheering Fiat Chrysler's Use Of Old-School Steel

Fiat Chrysler has decided that the next generation of the Jeep Wrangler, due in 2017, will not have an all-aluminum body, Automotive News reported this week. Instead, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne says the Wrangler will have a steel body structure, …

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Fiat Chrysler's CEO searches in vain for a partner

Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne pleaded with the global automotive industry last week to explore mergers and partnerships to deal the rapidly rising cost of building cars and trucks globally. But the central question the maverick CEO left …

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Is Fiat Chrysler's Obsession With Consolidation Really A Sign Of Panic?

Good Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: They're Still Talking About It. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio …

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GM, Ford sales fall; Fiat Chrysler's up for 60th month

DETROIT — Sales declined for most automakers in March, including Ford and General Motors, even though the industry remains on track to sell about 17 million new cars and trucks this year — the most since the Great Recession. Analysts attribute the …

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Fiat Chrysler's Marchionne sells stock for $21.6M gain

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has gained about $21.6 million (20.3 million euro) after selling 1.4 million shares of the company's stock and plans to use the money to pay off taxes. Marchionne sold the shares for an average price of …

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Howes: Fiat Chrysler's rise intertwined with Marchionne

The Detroit automaker's debut Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, this time as part of the Italian-controlled Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, marks the emphatic revival of a company once so irretrievably broken that CEO Sergio Marchionne got its …

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Chrysler's August Sales Surge While Ford's Are Flat And GM Struggles

Summer is traditionally a time of travel — and lots of driving to vacation spots — but for the nation's Big Three automakers, sales in August were a very mixed bag: Chrysler reported a 20% surge in deliveries, while Ford's sales ticked up just 0.4 …

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Nearly 10 months after recalling 1.56 million Jeeps, Chrysler's recall drags on

Safety advocates critical of Chrysler's slow reaction say the company is taking too long in another case showing the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration's inability and unwillingness to effectively regulate the auto industry. “It took a very …

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Fiat earnings fall short, but Chrysler's 2013 profit rose to $1.8 billion

Fiat profits fell in 2013 as its troubled European operations and a slowing South American car market offset the positive impact of Chrysler's increased profit. Fiat also said it will not pay a dividend for 2013 and cut its guidance for 2014. The …

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Chrysler's Stunning New 200 Finally Does Justice To Eminem's Super Bowl Ad

The ad — ostensibly to introduce the new Chrysler 200 — was really intended to show America that Chrysler was still alive 18 months after filing for bankruptcy. The 200 was just a placeholder: a gussied-up replacement for the ho-hum Chrysler Sebring.

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Chrysler's butts-in-seats marketing gets a boost

Chrysler Group is expanding its "butts-in-seats" marketing, in which the automaker offers test drives to consumers at dealerships and elsewhere. Half of the automaker's six brands recently launched new efforts. Chrysler says it wants to show consumers …

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Pop In A Cassette And Celebrate? Chrysler's Minivans Are 30

But there are those who seem to be looking back with fondness on the now 30-year-old life of the Chrysler minivan. After all, it's a vehicle that basically created a market that didn't exist, was imitated by others and became a cultural icon. What's …

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How Chrysler's Francois Scored Marketing Gold In Will Ferrell

Olivier Francois is a Parisian working for an Italian company, but he understands American popular culture better than most U.S.-born marketers. Thus the Fiat and Chrysler CMO — the man behind the iconic “Imported from Detroit” campaign for the …

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Chrysler's Owners Are Racing for the Cliff

By FLOYD NORRIS. Published: September 26, 2013. What do you call the man who is trying to sabotage Chrysler's initial public offering by threatening to harm the company, perhaps fatally, if the offering is completed?

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