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06.10.2008 12:18 pm

Chrysler to reel in Hemi message for new Ram

Despite changing consumer tastes, production of the Dodge Ram pickup is safe, said an Dodge brand executive on Monday.

But expect Chrysler LLC to steer clear of advertising about the Hemi engine. The company plans to adjust marketing of the pickup as consumer tastes for large…

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06.04.2008 4:40 pm

Chrysler’s Town & Country wins Ward’s interior of the year

While minivans often get no love for exterior appeal, today Chrysler’s Town & Country was given the Interior of the Year award among premium trucks at Ward’s Auto Interior Show in Detroit.

Editors from Ward’s Automotive Group selected the minivan from a fleet of seven…

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03.13.2008 7:41 pm

Chrysler plans two week summer break

Chrysler LLC announced Thursday a corporate-wide, two-week shutdown in July to improve efficiency, though analysts said the measure was a cost-cutting move by the money-losing company.

The automaker typically allowed each of its facilities’ managers to determine a two-week shutdown…

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02.07.2008 8:44 am

Challenger is a topper for Chrysler, not main event

When Chrysler introduced its Dodge Challenger SRT Wednesday at the Chicago Auto, it went straight into talking about power. The car was designed to outperform the classic 1970’s Dodge muscle car of the same name.

But after touting the Challenger’s…

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01.11.2008 1:38 pm

Corrected: Chrysler’s LaSorda: No plans to build Nissan pickup

(This is a corrected version of a Bizz Buzz item that first appeared Friday, Jan. 11. The original version misstated the total employment  at Chrysler’s assembly plant in Fenton.)

Chrysler doesn’t have any plans to build a full-size pickup for…

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01.10.2008 7:29 pm

Nissans to be built in Fenton?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Nissan Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC are reportedly in talks that would lead to Nissan supplying Chrysler with small cars and Chrylser taking over manufacturing of Nissan’s full-size pickups.

BusinessWeek, on its website, quoting sources close to Chrysler with knowledge of…

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10.20.2007 7:06 am

Second local union rejects Chrysler labor deal

United Auto Workers Local 110, the local union representing workers at Chrysler’s minivan plant in Fenton, rejected today a proposed labor contract between the UAW and the automaker, making it the second local union to vote against the deal.

The…

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10.19.2007 12:57 pm

Local Chrysler workers not surprised by UAW contract defeat

As Chrysler  workers from the local minivan plant arrived today at their union hall to vote on a  proposed national labor contract, they showed little surprise that workers at an adjacent pickup plant had already  rejected the same contract.

On…

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10.18.2007 1:24 pm

Chrysler workers begin voting on new contract

Local Chrysler  workers will be  voting throughout  today on a new labor contract. The vote began at 8 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m. for  active members  of the United Auto Workers Local 136. That union represents more than 2,000…

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09.13.2007 11:28 am

Chrysler to launch new minivan in Fenton

Chrysler LLC on Sunday will celebrate the start of its new assembly line at its South Assembly plant in Fenton. The new line will produce the company’s redesigned 2008 minivans - the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country…

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