When you love what you do, you want to share it. And that’s what the FCA Design Office does throughout the year, whether meeting with owners at car shows or inspiring future designers by working with schools. Throughout the year, FCA designers meet with metro Detroit students, from elementary to junior high to high school.
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Off the Line: Denny Bastarache
FCA US is made up of men and women from a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Our commitment to diversity helps breed innovation and accomplishment. Over the next few months, we’ll be taking a look at some of our most interesting and unique manufacturing employees working in a wide range of positions, locations
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All automotive enthusiasts welcomed at CEMA charity car show
Is there a better way to spend a Saturday than with 2,500 other automotive enthusiasts? There may be a few, but not many. The Chrysler Employee Motorsports Association (CEMA) 27th annual charity car show, Saturday, June 11 at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, “is not just a Chrysler car show. It’s for all makes and
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Chrysler cars have set the pace at the Indianapolis 500
The green flag drops today for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. In the long and storied history of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” there have been 12 pace cars from the Chrysler family of brands which have led the Indianapolis 500 field. The first time a Chrysler vehicle led the field was 90
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Moparpalooza 2016: ‘Mopar owners are die-hards’
Rain. It’s the one word every car show organizer hates to think about or hear. Before the sun rose Saturday, May 21, in central Virginia rain clouds moved in for a day-long stay. Moparpalooza 2016 would be a wet affair at the new Dominion Raceway in Thornburg. Contrary to what you might think, cars showed
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6,000,000 and counting at Detroit’s JNAP
The manufacturing wheels at the FCA Jefferson North Assembly Plant are humming right along. Less than three years after the Detroit plant marked the 5 millionth vehicle made there, the 6 millionth one rolled off the line to applause from some of the nearly 5,000 men and women who work there. Jefferson North, also known
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Mopar, FCA dealers help student technicians get the right tools
As any college student and their parents already know, preparing for a career is not cheap. If you’re training to become an automotive service tech, tuition costs are just the start. Here’s a little-known fact: Auto techs buy their own tools. It’s not uncommon for a long-time technician to have more than $25,000 invested in
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