| Chrysler Group Reports U.S. Sales Increase for October 2006 | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:46:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 1 -- Chrysler Group reported sales for October 2006 of 159,586 units, an increase of 1 percent (3 percent decrease unadjusted) compared to October 2005 sales of 164,814 units. All sales are reported on a day-rate basis unless otherwise indicated. "Our retail sales were particularly strong in October, led by the strength of key products like Jeep(R) Commander and the Dodge Ram pickup," said Steven Landry, Vice President - Sales and Field Operations, Chrysler Group. "Combined with the exciting new products hitting our dealer showrooms like Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Nitro, it's a great way to start the fourth quarter." New Products The icon of the Jeep brand, Wrangler, posted a monthly sales record of 8,679 units, an increase of 102 percent compared to previous year results of 4,475 units.... | |
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| | | Chrysler Group Announces Full Throttle Test Drive at Belmont Park | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:46:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | WHAT: The Full Throttle Test Drive gives consumers the chance to feel like a test driver when they get behind the wheel of brand new Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles on three different closed circuit test tracks. Experience the new Jeep Wrangler while traversing obstacle courses made out of logs or test drive the new Chrysler Sebring in the tight turns before it even hits dealer showrooms. The Dodge Nitro will be on hand and you might even win a Chrysler Crossfire. WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, October 7th and 8th, 2006 - 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. WHERE: Belmont Park, located at 2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, New York TO REGISTER: Free registration is available at http://www.ridedrivewin.com/ or 888-809-7088 .... | |
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| | | Paris Motor Show wrap up - every car | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 12:46:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | ALFA was assured of plenty of attention in Paris for the production version of its 8C Competizione sportscar, based on a show concept from Frankfurt 2003 and named for a line of famous racers. The 8C is powered by a new 4.7-litre V8 under the bonnet which produces 333kW and 470Nm, driving through a six-speed robot-clutch gearbox at the rear axle. The sumptuously curved carbon-fibre body sits on a donated Maserati platform, with double wishbone suspension all-around and huge 20-inch alloy wheels. Alfa plans to build just 500 examples of this supercar, with sales beginning in 12 months and a price around 160,000 euros ($272,000). Australian sales have been ruled out: the sexy 8C will left-hand drive only. .... | |
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| | | Chop, Chop: Chrysler to Build the Tomahawk Motorcycle? | | Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:45:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | Cripes on a bike! Word is the 500-hp Tron-a-be, the Chrysler Tomahawk, is coming soon to a bazillionaire near you. Chrysler's reportedly greenlighted the Viper V10-powered motorcycle as a limited-production model. If you'll recall, the batshit-mad Tomahawk scared the bejesus out of onlookers at the 2003 auto shows. Arguably, production started late in 2003 with a hand-built reproduction sold via the Neiman Marcus Christmas book that year. The new models will reportedly cost in the neighborhood of $250,000 each. Of course, if that's too much, you can always have this one. Viper-powered Tomahawk to be offered for sale [Edmunds Straightline Blog] Related: Half The Size, 1/32nd The Displacement: Dodge Tomahawk Replica On eBay [internal] .... | |
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| | | Accident Ties Up Traffic On Rt. 13 | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:45:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | Another accident tied up traffic, this time on Route 13, after police say a driver traveled across two lanes and hit a parked car at the Sherwood Car Dealership. It was a brand new Chrysler Crossfire with a price tag of $50,000 dollars. The driver was traveling with his young son in the car but nobody was injured. "I was coming from that way, headed this way and I happened to look down for a second and the car got out of control. It hit something and then hit something else. That's all I remember. It went by so quick," said driver Trever Purnell. That accident is still under investigation. Portions of this story copyright ?2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.... | |
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| | | Preview 2007 Chrysler Line | | Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 2:46:37 AM by Blog57 Team | | In both the automotive and light truck fields, Chrysler Group has carved a successful niche for itself based on bold and distinctive style. That style was not the result of hiring a big-ego star designer from outside, but was developed by then-Chrysler Corporation people passionate about cars. And because of that, style is now firmly ingrained into the company's culture, for all of its brands. The designers who led the revolution a decade and more ago that brought such mid-1990s machinery as the first Ram pickup, the Viper, and the Prowler may be long gone, but their influence lived on in subsequent generations of Chrysler Group designers and vehicles, particularly those under the Chrysler nameplate, best exemplified by the Chrysler 300 sedan and the Crossfire coupe and roadster. Now Chrysler, the brand, is moving toward a distinctive, cohesive look for all of its vehicles.... | |
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| | | 4WDs blamed for tot tragedies | | Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:45:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | A CHILD is run over in their own driveway each week, with four-wheel-drives and people movers among the worst for reversing visibility, research has found. SGIO said Toyota's RAV-4 and Prado 4WDs, the Honda Odyssey people mover, the Mitsubishi's 380, the Mercedes CLK500 and the Holden Viva 5 Door hatch got zero stars in the company's Reversing Visibility Index, released today. Less than one per cent of the 270 vehicles tested this year under the index - which measures how well a driver can see out the back of a car - received the maximum five star rating. SGIO said this is despite research that also showed that more than a third of pedestrians aged under six that were killed in motor vehicle crashes were struck down off road in yards, car parks and driveways.And nearly one child each month presented to Princess Margaret Hospital with serious injuries from driveway accidents.... | |
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| | | Diesel power in Grand Cherokee | | Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 10:45:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | Chrysler has a new advertising campaign -- the "Ask Dr. Z" television commercials, starring DaimlerChrysler Chairman Dieter Zetsche, immediately recognizable by a big white mustache and bald head. Zetsche, 53, is indeed a doctor, earning that degree in engineering in 1982. In one of the five "Ask Dr. Z" commercials -- available at AskDRZ.com -- he is confronted by a young actor posing as an automotive journalist. We know he is an actor, because he is polite and well-dressed. .... | |
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| | | It started with row over £1,000 debt | | Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 12:45:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | A MAN went on the rampage in a mechanical digger yesterday, destroying a house and three cars, one of them a police vehicle. Neighbours watched as the driver, in his fifties, rammed the digger into the four-bedroom house while a woman was apparently still inside. A policewoman called to the home at Eastland Meadows holiday park in Bradwell on Sea, Essex, was unable to stop the destruction. The digger smashed into her police car. A Chrysler Crossfire and Chrysler 300C belonging to the owners were also wrecked. The driver, who was eventually pulled from his digger when armed officers arrived, collapsed before being arrested and taken to hospital. He was identified as Robert Taylor, a driver of heavy plant machinery. Janice Gledhill, who lives at the property with her partner, James Harvard, said that she had been in bed when the digger arrived soon after 7am.... | |
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| | | Slaughter creates trust; raffling new car | | Posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:46:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | In an effort to help a young family facing a tragic medical situation, Mark Slaughter and his family at Lee F. Slaughter Fine Cars have set up a trust fund and are raffling off a new Chrysler Crossfire. Slaughter, a long-time automobile dealer in Dover and Rehoboth Beach, recently wrote to auto dealers throughout the state seeking their financial assistance for Brian Miller and his family. He is also raffling off the new car with all proceeds to go to the family as a further means of easing their financial worries during this tough time. Miller was recently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Now, fighting what will likely be a terminal disease, Miller wants to make the most of his remaining months with his wife and two young sons while he fights the brain tumor that threatens to take his life in the next several months.... | |
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