Sometimes the road to a new car model is through the airport. That is the case for program manager Leia Horton, responsible for the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider. The 20-year employee has crisscrossed the globe for the past few years to bring a modern-day version of the classic convertible roadster to market. During that time,
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Honors demonstrate diversity at FCA US
The diversity of the workforce here at FCA US LLC benefits not only the company and our products, but it also leads to personal achievement by our employees. This year, several of our employees – and FCA US itself – have been honored for leadership and support of women- and minority-owned businesses. FCA US is
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Clean burn
At the outset, change is not easy. “But, when we looked back, we wonder why didn’t we do this years ago.” Head of FCA Transport Marty DiFiore said those words during Friday’s announcement that FCA US has converted its Detroit-based 179 truck fleet from diesel to run on compressed natural gas. That change was two
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Chrysler’s minivan posts big sales in November
The Chrysler Town & Country minivan was one of the driving forces behind the 3% year-over-year November sales increase for FCA US LLC. Sales of the minivan in November were up 20% over last year, and the Town & Country recorded its second best sales month this year with 9,689 minivans sold last month. November
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Our social decade
Ten years ago today our company jumped into the emerging, lawless, laissez-faire world of social media with the launch of the controversial blog TheFirehouse.biz. TheFirehouse was the brainchild of then PR chief Jason Vines who wanted a platform to directly address journalists, respond to stories and plant ideas for new stories TheFirehouse.biz, was named after
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FCA US puts productivity improvement on the table
We have new furniture! Why is that newsworthy? It demonstrates our deep-seated commitment to improving productivity. FCA US LLC headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., is the largest office building in North America, after the U.S. Pentagon. Visitors can walk for eight minutes at a steady clip without ever changing direction – all under a single
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The road to more effective recalls
There’s nothing more important to all of us here at FCA US than the safety of our customers and their passengers. That’s why we’re taking steps to improve not only the way we communicate product recalls, but the number of vehicles customers are bringing to dealerships to have those repairs made. This includes certain past
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