Chrysler Group’s production plans for the Jeep® brand have become the focus of public debate. I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China. North American production is critical to achieving our goal of selling 800,000 Jeep vehicles by 2014. In fact, U.S. production
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UPDATE: PLEASE SEE COMMENTS FROM CHRYSLER CHAIRMAN AND CEO SERGIO MARCHIONNE POSTED 10/30/12. There are times when the reading of a newswire report generates storms originated by a biased or predisposed approach. On Oct. 22, 2012, at 11:10 a.m. ET, the Bloomberg News report “Fiat Says Jeep® Output May Return to China as Demand Rises” stated
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By Mike Driehorst UPDATED 2/25/2015: As of this month, we started sending owners in the “High Milers Club” branded license plate brackets (below). Also, we added Fiat Customer Care information for our Fiat owners who reach the 100,000-mile mark and beyond. Not to take away from some of the passionate owners of competitive vehicles…but I
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Not too many cars on the road turn heads like a Dozer Clear Coat Jeep® Wrangler Rubicon (right). Or a Redline Pearl Dodge Charger. Or even a Blackberry Pearl Chrysler 200. Very distinctive vehicles with very distinctive exterior paint options. But those and the other distinctive paint options across our brands are not for everyone.
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It’s a day 23 months in the making, six years ahead of schedule, and a day during which Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne spoke both praise and caution. And, the highlight transpired at 10:13 a.m. when Marchionne received confirmation from Citigroup that company’s wire and bank transfer of payments to the U.S., Canada and Ontario
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When a reporter called yesterday snarkily asking, “seen any good tweets lately,” I knew exactly what was coming next — a firestorm across the web regarding an errant tweet by a now-former employee of Chrysler’s social media agency. The tweet denigrated drivers in Detroit and used the fully spelled-out F-word. It was obviously meant to
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This morning an inappropriate comment was issued from the Chrysler brand Twitter handle, @ChryslerAutos, via our social media agency of record, New Media Strategies (NMS). After further investigation, it was discovered that the statement was issued by an NMS employee, who has since been terminated. Chrysler Group and its brands do not tolerate inappropriate language or behavior, and
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