The Chrysler f-bomb tweet controversy may have shined a light on a continuing turf battle between marketing and communications departments over who should own and manage social media.
Also in today's show: Previewing the Amelia Island concours, Cadillac thinks small, and Chrysler experiences a social-media blunder.
Chrysler Group is terminating its contract with New Media Strategies a day after one of the social media agency's employees distributed an inappropriate message via Twitter to Chrysler followers.
Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne said the automaker is looking at building a second Fiat S.p.A. model at the U.S. company's factory in Mexico.
Toyota, Honda and Chrysler are recalling nearly 80,000 vehicles over safety concerns, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Chrysler said its global sales in February rose 12 percent from a year earlier with the rate of growth outside North America quickening from January. Deliveries climbed to 128,321 vehicles last month.
Chrysler Group LLC said its global sales in February rose 12 percent from a year earlier with the rate of growth outside North America quickening from January. Deliveries climbed to 128,321 vehicles last month, Chrysler said in an e-mail.
Chrysler is in advanced discussions with banks on refinancing about $7 billion in government debt and establishing a credit facility in a process that would help clear the way for its initial public offering later this year.
Light vehicles sales are down 4.2 percent compared to February 2010, but that isn't preventing some manufacturers from increasing their market share. Namely, Chrysler and Kia.
Lancia CEO Oliver Francois did his utmost to convince skeptics that rebadging Chrysler cars and selling them as Lancias in Europe is a good thing for Fiat's upscale brand.
Strong Jeep and Ram brand sales propelled Chrysler Group sales to a 13 percent gain in February from a year earlier, to 95,102, for the carmaker's 11th straight monthly increase. The rise lagged the industry's February gain of 27 percent.
Chrysler Group LLC has taken the first step to re-enter the U.S. capital markets through filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the automaker's boss Sergio Marchionne said today.
Before Fiat took control in 2009, Chrysler Group often was so hellbent to cut costs that it switched suppliers abruptly for minor savings.
Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne received no cash salary from Chrysler in 2010, the automaker managed by Fiat SpA revealed Friday in a detailed filing with U.S. regulators.
Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne received no cash salary from Chrysler in 2010, the automaker managed by Fiat SpA revealed today in a detailed filing with U.S. regulators.
Chrysler is behind schedule in opening Fiat showrooms in the U.S. and expects most of the 130 planned stores to be operating by September.
Chrysler LLC expects the redesigned Grand Cherokee to boost sales in Japan at least 21 percent this year and help the company rebuild its bankruptcy-tattered image here. Jeep brand's top-tier SUV sold only 88 units in 2009 in Japan.
With plans to sell more than 4 million units this year, up from 3.6 million in 2010, the Fiat-Chrysler alliance appears on track to reach his 2014 goal of combined sales of 6 million units.
Olivier Francois, on the job at Chrysler for 15 months, is gaining a reputation among ad agencies, dealers and his staff for surprising them and taking the kinds of risks that make them feel more confident than they ever did while owned by German...
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