Chrysler Group is seeking a preliminary court injunction to stop a Detroit retailer and its owners from using the automaker's 'Imported from Detroit' commercial tag line or any 'confusingly similar imitations.'
The California New Car Dealers Association says Chrysler is operating an illegal factory-owned dealership in Los Angeles. The store is Motor Village L.A., which Chrysler established as a prototype to showcase its brands and test new retail concepts.
As expected, the effects of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that have devastated Japan are now being felt in North America. With production suspensions dragging on, Mazda and Honda have been forced to temporarily stop taking orders for vehicles manufactured in Japan, while parts shortages are preventing Chrysler and Ford from offering specific colours of pickups, cars and SUVs.
The strategy isn't new. Breathing new life into a truly uncompetitive product, without starting from scratch, has been done before. Toss in a name change, and you can almost get away with convincing the average car shopper that your product is brand-new.
Sergio Marchionne, who runs both Fiat and Chrysler, has a rock star appeal you don't see anywhere else in the global car industry these days.
Sergio Marchionne, who runs both Fiat and Chrysler, has a rock star appeal you don't see anywhere else in the global car industry these days. Maybe it's because so much is riding on Marchionne.
Merck KGaA, the sole producer of a paint pigment for automakers such as Ford and Chrysler, cannot operate its Japanese factory because it is too close to a nuclear reactor crippled by the earthquake and tsunami.
The United Auto Workers plans to meet in June with the Italian unions that represent workers of Fiat, which runs Chrysler Group, as part of an effort to strengthen their ties.
The UAW plans to meet in June with the Italian unions that represent workers of Fiat, which runs Chrysler Group, as part of an effort to strengthen their ties. "We're building a broad international coalition," UAW President Bob King said.
Minivans have been piling up at Chrysler Group LLC's Windsor assembly plant after the automaker could not reach an agreement with one of its primary vehicle-hauling contractors.
Former Chrysler and GM media chief Tony Cervone is joining Volkswagen of America as executive vice president, group communications, with immediate effect.
Tony Cervone, a former GM and Chrysler public relations chief, has been appointed executive vice president of group communications for the Volkswagen Group of America.
Audi sends the high-performance R8 GT to the U.S., Chrysler sues over "Imported From Detroit," and a supercar slam in China hits the Internet.
Chrysler Group LLC, which hasn't had its production disrupted by last week's earthquake in Japan, said it could take four to six weeks for the disaster to start affecting the U.S. auto industry's supply chain.
Chrysler Group LLC wants a federal judge to halt sales of its "Imported From Detroit" T-shirts or other merchandise in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against Detroit retailer Pure Detroit and its co-owners in U.S. District Court.
Chrysler Group LLC wants a federal judge to halt sales of its "Imported From Detroit" T-shirts or other merchandise in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against Detroit retailer Pure Detroit and its co-owners in U.S. District Court.
Chrysler Group LLC wants a federal judge to halt sales of its 'Imported From Detroit' T-shirts or other merchandise in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against Detroit retailer Pure Detroit and its co-owners in U.S. District Court.
Chrysler Group LLC is suing a Detroit business over the use of the "Imported from Detroit" slogan, which the automaker introduced in a two-minute television ad during the Super Bowl football game last month.
Homer Cutrubus says his family is "just on top of the world" to be back in business less than two years after Chrysler rejected two of his dealerships.
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