Attracting the attention of people filling the Geneva Motor Show this week presents a big challenge – the Palexpo center is packed with gleaming new exotic cars such as the sleek, turbocharged Ferrari 488 GTB. But the Jeep stand at the show held a “small” surprise for journalists and industry people, the Jeep Renegade Hard
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Windsor Assembly ensures minivans will be plentiful
Minivan lovers, fear not. While our Windsor Assembly Plant is down for 14 weeks to implement improvements and reconfigure the assembly process to start production of the next generation minivan, people might wonder if there’ll be enough minivans to buy? The clear answer is yes. “Through the planning we did and the extra work put
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Avoiding Hellcat ordering disappointment
FCA US LLC has been extremely pleased with the public excitement over the introduction of the 2015 Dodge Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat models. The tremendous public response has driven demand for these vehicles to unprecedented levels. Overall, our independently owned and operated Dodge dealers have been doing a great job managing Hellcat orders. However,
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Man’s best friend
Meet Frank. He’s an American Pit bull. The thing about Frank is, he loves to ride shotgun. You might think this is going to be a story about a man and man’s best friend. In a way, it is. But it’s not just about Frank. This is a story about the promise that put Frank
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Stars and fast cars
Lights! Cameras! Cars! Hollywood’s biggest stars walked the red carpet tonight but it’s not always just the actors that light up the silver screen. The cars are also the stars. Of course there are those famous classic appearances of Dodge Chargers and Challengers in films such as Bullitt and the Fast and Furious series, but
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Iced Jeep Cherokee imprint ‘epic’
(UPDATED at the end, adding links to other photos, details about the icy imprint of the Jeep Cherokee.) By now, you’ve probably seen that frozen imprint of the Jeep® Cherokee front fascia – and had a hard time believing it’s real. Well, one of the people who took some of those photos also couldn’t believe it.
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Building a better minivan
30,000 ways to improve manufacturing and assembly. When your employees are involved and you have a chance to step back to look at the entire manufacturing and assembly process, the result can be pretty good. Employees at the Windsor, Ont., Assembly Plant, home to our minivans and cargo vans, had the opportunity to take a
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