Chrysler

A spokesman for FAW said he had no knowledge of any talks with Chrysler.

I'm convinced it was that morning at the warehouse that pushed me to take on the presidency of Chrysler only a couple of weeks later.

Nobody can be sure what would have happened if GM and Chrysler had been allowed to go under.

Vehicle sales for General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC fell during the month, compared with a year earlier.

Chrysler was also able to ink key labor deals with unions in the United States and Canada, laying the groundwork for the Fiat alliance.

The announcement that I would be joining Chrysler in November must have been a real jolt to Henry Ford.

Chrysler has hired Jones Day to provide legal counsel for a possible bankruptcy-court filing, according to people familiar with the matter.

Daimler-Benz owned the company then and had the good grace to place the Chrysler chassis on a Mercedes axle and, man, was that a sweet ride!

The smallest of the three, privately held Chrysler, did not say how much it had lost, but an educated guess was about $2 billion.

After the market close, Chrysler said it will need at least $5 billion more to turn the company around, and that it will cut 3, 000 jobs.

Chrysler is currently trying to relocate its tooling from the unnamed supplier to another facility near Toronto.

Our surveys continued to show that Chrysler owners were more likely to be blue-collar, older, less educated.

It would be much better to have allowed GM and Chrysler several months ago to be reorganized through bankruptcy proceedings.

Bill Hewlett, the cofounder of that company and a likable genius, was a member of the Chrysler board.

At long last, we would be able to convey that there was some genuine accountability at Chrysler.

Ford has said the debt load now puts it at a disadvantage against GM and Chrysler, which had their obligations cut in bankruptcy.

The Dearborn , Michigan, automaker is still trying to reduce its dealership count - just at a lower rate than GM and Chrysler.

Large cars like the Ford Taurus and Chrysler 300 are down in sales on a year-over-year basis, partly because of high gasoline prices.

But before Chrysler goes public again, Mr. Whiston said he would like to see 'a year or two of profitable results. '

In recent months Mr Fitzgerald had been working his contact list again, trying to drum up support for the latest Chrysler bail-out.

The US seems to be violating that pledge, too, in its rescue efforts for General Motors and Chrysler.

If such a deal were to be struck between the UAW and Chrysler, GM and Ford would demand something similar.

The Empire State Building, the Rockfeller Center Building, as well as the Chrysler Building on Lexington Avenue, were all built in this era.

Do you know how Mr. Iacocca got to be the top brass at the Chrysler auto company?

"Chrysler is not viable in its current form, " he said. "The merger with Fiat looks like a very good solution to me. "

He is reportedly angling for a seat on the GM board for one of his own lieutenants, Jerry York, a former Chrysler executive.

Chrysler's bankruptcy sale dragged out for a few days after a group of Indiana pension funds appealed.

Mr. Meyer has been collecting unemployment since, although the $362 he gets a week is less than half what he was making at Chrysler.

On a tour of a Chrysler car plant in Ohio, President Barack Obama said the economy continues to recover from the worst recession in decades.

Nevertheless, people familiar with the matter said GM has had discussions about buying Chrysler and hasn't ruled out the idea.

Chrysler will all to a distant fifth place in North American production, with Honda finishing in third and Toyota in fourth.

Nevertheless, Chrysler is not out of the woods yet, and there is still the chance the company may be forced to make a bankruptcy filing.

While Mr. Nardelli was known as a demanding manager, Chrysler employees said the atmosphere has changed under Mr. Marchionne.

When Iacocca took over the ailing Chrysler Corporation in 1979 he did not forget what he learned at Ford.

Other possibilities include a cash sale of Chrysler to private equity or industry investors, and a flotation of the money-losing unit.

The likely cost of a deal with Chrysler would be beyond the resources of most Chinese companies.

The company also said it had called off merger talks with Chrysler LLC.

A number of Chrysler name plates could be facing the axe, including some of the company's most popular models.

For the next couple of years Chrysler will have to rely mainly on facelifts of existing models and urgently-needed improvements in quality.

At this point, GM and Chrysler are far from having a firm deal in hand, people briefed on the negotiations said.

GM and Chrysler have had bankruptcy attorneys devising plans for such a move in recent months.

Of course, welding Fiat, Opel, and Chrysler into a sleek global carmaker would be a huge task.

Cerberus owns Chrysler, while J. P. Morgan is one of the largest holders of Chrysler bank debt and a key lender for GM.

Short-term recovery is, however, not the same as long-term prosperity, and Fiat-Chrysler's prospects of achieving the latter look dim.

Chrysler has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers as it tries to stay out of bankruptcy.

'It shows he's going to be very hands-on, ' said one person who meets regularly with senior Chrysler executives.

If the sale of Chrysler to Fiat and the U. S. government is allowed to proceed, the eliminated dealers will have little recourse.

The UAW would become a major shareholder in the new Chrysler if it agreed to swap half of its debt with the carmaker into equity.

In the United States, higher fuel prices come just as General Motors and Chrysler show signs of recovery after their reorganizations.

Previously, he had been the senior manager of the office of CEO under Tom LaSorda and before Cerberus ' involvement in Chrysler.

Beyond those partnerships and alliances already announced, Chrysler has no further announcements to make at this time.

We obviously would be very happy if Chrysler and GM were making lots and lots of high mileage cars. It's not a prerequisite.

The television ads for Chrysler have already made me more famous than I ever wanted to be.

Cynics would tell you that Chrysler's bankruptcy filing was designed to be a role model for the much larger GM filing.

Toyota has overtaken Chrysler in US light vehicle sales and is expected to dislodge Ford from second place within the next year.

Some of the wage cuts, like the givebacks by Chrysler workers, are the price of federal aid.

If GM's prospects are likely to remain clouded even if it gets the money it is asking for, Chrysler's are even worse.

On Sunday, rival carmaker Chrysler won court approval for the sale of the bulk of its assets to a group led by the Italian carmaker Fiat.

The company is looking to Fiat to provide technology for small and midsize cars that Chrysler would build and sell under its own brands.

To conserve cash, Chrysler has halted certain new-product plans, a sign that it sees a deal with GM as the only path out.

The US rightly let Chrysler and General Motors file for bankruptcy before issuing loans to help with a necessary restructuring.

He said a US government guarantee of GM and Chrysler warranties was not revealed by the Obama administration until March 30.

Along with its rivals, General Motors and Chrysler, Ford has seen this year's rising petrol prices push Americans out of large vehicles.

"China is an extremely important market for Chrysler to get into and there is great interest in that market, " he said.

It did not help that Mercedes never fully integrated with Chrysler, for fear of tainting the cherished German brand.

Like Ghosn, Marchionne set out detailed financial targets for the formerly bankrupt Chrysler and said when he planned to meet them.

Some Chrysler board members also are impressed by his progress so far.

He insisted that this amounted to the "necessary steps" to give Chrysler "a new lease of life" .

However, Chrysler has yet to strike a new deal with the UAW, with the CAW taking a wait-and-see stance before making a move of its own.

Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection last week after it failed to win a debt-reduction agreement from some of its creditors.

Chrysler also said it "will continue to pursue a workable solution to help ensure the future viability of the company. "

Chrysler's bankruptcy may really have been a trial run for General Motors' somewhat larger and more drawn-out process.

Just as things are starting to look extremely dark for General Motors, cross-town rival Chrysler is having an upswing in luck.

"The best that Chrysler can do for us right now is to get this over with, " he said.

Fiat acquired 20% of Chrysler as part of a rescue backed by the American and Canadian governments and the United Auto Workers union.

The betting odds were that GM's planners were either war gaming how it would fold Chrysler in to the company or cut spending.

GM and Chrysler, however, may not survive long enough to be bailed out, and Ford is burning through the billions, too.

While Chrysler has trimmed its engineering staff in the face of the financial crisis, it has kept the important projects alive, Press says.

Chrysler's proposed sale ran into initial opposition from holders of the company's secured debt, and GM may face similar issues.

Today, all the big three US car companies, Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors, have moved substantial parts of their production abroad.

But Chrysler owners are feeling the bite of that equation as the value of their vehicles dropped 6% on average in a single week.

"See, Chrysler had come out with parallel blades in 1955, and people liked them, " Daykin says.

Officials suggest there is still time before General Motors and Chrysler run out of money.

"This is the start of a very long relationship between Chrysler and Chery, " he said.

During the restructuring period, the U. S. government will contribute debtor-in-possession financing to keep Chrysler operating as normal.

Chrysler - the weakest of the "Big Three" carmakers - is closing all of its U. S. assembly plants for a month, beginning next week.

There will also be a print advertising campaign for the new Chrysler, as well as specific ads for each brand.

Huaxi's so-called "New Village in the Sky" is about 328 meters high, a bit taller than the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, New York.

This week, banks gave up trying to sell to investors $20bn of debt related to the buy-outs of Chrysler and Alliance Boots.

This company has already signed a deal with Chrysler to help the carmaker develop battery systems for its upcoming electric car projects.

They're highly educated. They read consumer reports and Chrysler products are generally the bottom of the list.

A multicultural personnel integration would be difficult; Daimler's Chrysler fiasco shows how tough these projects can be.

This model is the result of a partnership between Fiat Group, owner of Maserati, and Chrysler.

Chrysler is likely to post another loss this year, including a restructuring charge of up to ? bn.

Chrysler, Fiat, and the U. S. Department of Justice all filed briefs with the High Court asking the court to reject the case.

Both Chrysler, the smallest of the "Big Three" , and the larger General Motors (GM), ended up in the government's hands (via bankruptcy).

If he's always reading about the potential bankruptcy of Chrysler, he's not going to rush out and buy one of our cars.

It reached a tentative agreement in which Nissan would have made a small car for Chrysler and Chrysler would have built a pickup for Nissan.

Chrysler's vehicle quality has been bemoaned for the last several years, with Fiat's reputation in the U. S. not much better.

Time is running out for Chrysler which has until the end of the month to reach a deal that would enable it to avoid bankruptcy.

Although GM was the first to announce plans for a popular-priced electric car , it will have competition from Chrysler.

Chrysler Group manufactures Jeep vehicles in the U. S. , Austria, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Venezuela, Argentina and Egypt.

Yes, and it still is: the Italian carmaker did not purchase GM, but a 20% stake in Chrysler, recently increased to 25%.

Meanwhile, Chrysler has enough of a challenge on its hands to do better in its domestic market.

The idea is to allow a new, cleansed company to emerge in a matter of weeks (as with Chrysler) or at most a few months (GM).

Chrysler said late on Monday that "pending further information from the court, we have no comment" .

Innovation might come standard on a Chrysler, at least as far as the automaker's advertising is concerned, but the G37 has its share.

Chrysler as a matter of policy, however, does not confirm or disclose the nature of its private business meetings.

GM would move several existing Chrysler products to GM architectures to save costs or kill some of the products outright, these people said.

Yet for Italian executives looking at Chrysler 's current lineup of just three models for 2010, drastic moves might be necessary.

With Chrysler's market share in a death spiral, Fiat will finally grasp that this dud is exactly that - a dud.

One year ago today, the Obama administration took a gamble and forced Chrysler into a Chapter 11 reorganization.

As its investments in GMAC and Chrysler faltered, however, the firm started to go back to its roots.

But so far Fiat (and soon Chrysler) CEO Sergio Marchionne is only open to a 10% stake in the merged Opel-Fiat company, according to Reuters.

When Chrysler LLC exits bankruptcy as the Chrysler Group LLC, the company will have a new set of owners.

It ceased to be the world's tallest in 1930 when the Chrysler Building went up in New York.

At the end of July Chrysler stunned its dealers by saying it was getting out of leasing entirely.

At Chrysler, everything seems to be going according to plan.

For Chrysler, the bankruptcy filing and Fiat pact represent a chance to end years of losses and declining market share.

Nonetheless, Cerberus should be able to make Chrysler profitable.

The terms of the agreement will also forgo any loans due to Daimler from Chrysler that have written off for the 2008 fiscal year.

York said Chrysler 'is not viable' as an independent company, especially because 90% of its sales come from North America.

This cute, bulb-shaped compact from Fiat is one of the bonuses of the Italian carmaker's role in rescuing Chrysler.

Chrysler LLC has worked out at least some contingency plans in case it has to file for bankruptcy protection.

Although Chrysler had dramatically improved its designs and production lines, it failed to predict the fashions of the forecourt.

The President gave Chrysler 30 days to work out such a deal with Fiat.

In February Tom LaSorda, Chrysler's boss, ordered what would become known as the "St Valentine's Day massacre" .

The union granted Ford an extension in advance of the deadline, as it concentrated on reaching a deal with GM and Chrysler.

At the end of March the President's task force on the auto industry put a 30-day window on Chrysler and Fiat reaching an alliance agreement.

Although the news for Chrysler is encouraging, the ailing automaker isn't quite out of the woods yet.

A Chrysler spokeswoman said the loss for 2008 is an updated figure.

Ford and Chrysler signed identical pacts with labor, so all three automakers were able to pass on their costs to customers.

Talks between GM and the union broke down on Saturday. Chrysler's negotiations with the UAW are also deadlocked.

At this point in Chrysler's turnaround, Marchionne has won over few supporters with his upbeat story.

That means a great deal of overcapacity will need to be cut and the obvious victim will be Chrysler.

The only remaining question was whether Chrysler could afford me-and I don't just mean financially.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney. com) -- General Motors and Chrysler LLC are finally getting the money they need to avoid an imminent collapse.

Surely, risk-taking has essentially nothing to do with the problems of GM and Chrysler, two of the companies under his wing.

Fiat, which has already formed an alliance with Chrysler, is now attempting to form a three-way alliance with Chrysler and Opel.

GM, unlike Chrysler, contains a profitable business struggling to get out.

The industrial failures in the crisis included Chrysler and General Motors; companies that had been struggling for years.

The White House has said Chrysler's bankruptcy could be a "hopeful model" for GM.

Barring any major setbacks, the news means Chrysler could be out of bankruptcy by month's end.

Shelby also said that Treasury needed to be thinking about an exit strategy from its GM and Chrysler ownership stakes.

This was confirmed by LaSorda last Thursday at the public announcement of the Chrysler-Fiat alliance.

Mr Obama extended a 30-day window to Chrysler to reach a partnership deal with Fiat in return for up to $6bn of additional taxpayer money.

When I speak to a group at Chrysler, I'm less likely to be entertaining than when I'm on the dinner circuit.

An appeal by some Chrysler creditors may delay this by a few days.

Reports are now surfacing that Chrysler and Fiat have finally come to an agreement, with the deal set to be signed by Thursday.

As a young man, bin Laden drove a white Chrysler and a gray Mercedes, often very fast, according to Batarfi.

At Chrysler, bankruptcy would be used to force new labor contracts and rework debt deals with secured creditors.

So far Chrysler has managed to persuade its main union to back the restructuring and agree a cost-cutting deal.

In fact, with Chrysler filing for Chapter 11, we're only at the beginning of our long, nationalized nightmare.

Yet, if there were ever a company ready for a rebirth, it would be Chrysler.

The biggest threat comes with Fiat's takeover of Chrysler, and its plans to bring the Fiat Cinquecento to the U. S. late this year.

One sentence became a lightning rod. He wrote, "We do not need to be heroes to earn a good return on the investment in Chrysler. "

Chrysler and Fiat have until tomorrow to wrap up their alliance plans and present them to the U. S. government before funding is pulled.

OAO GAZ will apparently reallocate money intended to continue building a sedan based heavily on the last-generation Chrysler Sebring.

Chrysler says that fuel-economy is improved by up to 11 percent when compared to the previous Grand Cherokee model.

The biggest issue for Chrysler is whether its new vehicles, which will slowly start to arrive at the end of the year, are good enough.

Between them, GM and Chrysler have already received $17. 4bn of emergency loans from the federal government.

That maneuver should help Chrysler avoid filing for Chapter 7 while simultaneous speeding up the court process.

The news is a glimpse of silver lining in the cloud currently hanging over the market, and General Motors and Chrysler in particular.

Chrysler has asked the U. S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan for clearance to pay $753 million owed to dealers for sales incentives.

Chrysler will import Italian technology from Fiat as the ties between the two companies strengthen.

Competition was good for the entire industry and that Chrysler deserved a chance.

Tom LaSorda, Vice Chairman and Co-President of Chrysler, has announced he will be stepping down from his position, effective immediately.

In the case of Chrysler, the U. S. and Canadian governments plan to end up sharing a 10% stake.

The pay of GM and Chrysler executives remains subject to US government restrictions as part of the bail-out conditions.

Owners of Chrysler vehicles bought before Thursday should expect their warranties to be honored until they expire.

And Chrysler's dealer troubles can also be trouble for the company.

Soon after the Court's decision Fiat sealed its alliance with Chrysler, in which it is buying most of the Detroit carmaker's assets.

Cerberus, the US private equity group, will pay $7. 4bn, but most of that will be injected as new equity into the separated Chrysler group.

The rumor of an imminent merger between Volkswagen and Chrysler was leaked by Automotive News, the weekly trade journal of the car industry.

The only businesses he has rescued are the huge union-dominated General Motors and Chrysler.

General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler made cars on both sides of the Detroit River, sending parts and vehicles back and forth at will.

It may be too late for Chrysler's secured creditors and if GM's lenders cannot reach a voluntary agreement, they may face a similar fate.

We already know a great deal about the new SUV thanks to this official preview released by Chrysler.

As a condition for the deal, Chrysler will repay a $7bn-loan it received from the US and Canadian governments during the financial crisis.

Chrysler is now cutting production by almost a quarter and readying new, more fuel-efficient vehicles for market.

Relatively undemanding milestones will quite soon take Fiat's stake in Chrysler up to 35%.

Its capital, Santiago, is clean and modern, with a scaled-down version of the Chrysler Building.

Forming an alliance with a desperate Chrysler and picking up GM Europe at a cut-rate price would help Marchionne achieve his goal for Fiat.

None of this, unfortunately, applies to Chrysler.

It is unclear what impact that would have, though it could give the UAW an even bigger ownership piece in a combined GM-Chrysler operation.

He said Chery has little experience in international business and has much to learn from a big and experienced company like Chrysler.

Other parts of Chrysler will remain in bankruptcy to be sold or closed.

Yet, thanks to President Obama's auto task-force and a shotgun marriage with Fiat, Chrysler motors wearily on.

Tess angry and frightened, then to her husband wrote a long letter, pleading for the rapid return of Chrysler to protect themselves.

Canada's plans for GM and Chrysler almost mirror those set by the U. S. government earlier today.

for a start , the chery joint venture fills a specific gap at chrysler ? its lack of models in the sub - compact category.

Some domestic-brand sympathizers defecting from Chrysler appear to be moving to Ford and General Motors.

I never thought I'd see the day that GM, Ford, and Chrysler would be on a brink of bankruptcy.

I had been at Chrysler less than three months when all hell break loose .

Chrysler and GM Europe are available essentially for free, and with state loans or loan guarantees.

But Chrysler does not expect Chery to do so until at least 2010 and perhaps 2012.

Doom and gloom are written in the sections of the bankruptcy filing documents that deal with Chrysler's Viper and Jeep Wrangler brands.

One thing that's clear from the President's task force report is that allowing Chrysler or GM to go into bankruptcy is not a favored option.

Some analysts suggest GM, Ford and Chrysler can cut costs enough to survive until January.

Chrysler, like Ford and General Motors, has long been criticized for a glut of new car dealerships.

After shedding billions of dollars in debt, analysts say both General Motors and Chrysler are poised for a comeback.

" It was like two different years in one, " said Chrysler Vice- Chairman James Press .

Ultimately, I need to do this with Chrysler, but Opel gets me there much faster and with more immediate returns.

For years, Chrysler had been run by men who didn't really like the car business.

The president wanted the Chrysler problem to go away quickly and resume his presidency.

When carmakers reached capacity limits at home, they used cash piles to make poor acquisitions abroad (Daimler and Chrysler; BMW and Rover).

Sales were down by 9% at Chrysler and by 19% at General Motors, though this was better than many analysts had expected.

In that case Chrysler expects, optimistically, to reduce its capacity by only 100, 000 vehicles a year.

The American government rejected turnaround plans submitted by General Motors and Chrysler as inadequate.

In Chrysler's case, Judge Arthur Gonzalez has given his blessing to that approach, despite several legal challenges.

Chrysler was given $4 billion in U. S. loans after nearly running out of money.

Identifying popular mobile phones and CE devices that should be supported by the Chrysler next Gen. system in Asian market.

With a dwindling pot of cash, Chrysler is seeking $7 billion in loans to help it pay bills coming due as soon as the first quarter of 2009.

The dealership is losing its cars and trucks made by the U. S. automaker Chrysler.

The court documents confirm Fiat will supply Chrysler with its 500 mini car.

Under the current deal, the funds would only receive a small portion of the money owed them by Chrysler.

Chrysler's 1979 crisis opened a long debate over how the United States should advance its global trading interests.

The figures do not include Chrysler, which filed for bankruptcy in April or General Motors, which filed on June 1.

It was then that Captain George Eyston granted Chrysler permission to use the name.

August 5, 1987, Chrysler acquired American Motors Corporation (AMC), which for the Jeep into a new era has created a new arena.

If GM and Chrysler had languished in bankruptcy, industry executives argue, things would have been far worse.

When my administration took office and began going over Chrysler's books, the future of this great American car company was uncertain.

The United States Supreme Court has lifted their block of the Chrysler LLC asset sale to Fiat.

Chrysler would also gain access to Fiat 's international distribution network, which would help it to get its products into new markets.

At the New York Auto show last week, Chrysler introduced its 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is expected to go on sale early next year.

The 2008 Chrysler Sebring is an improvement over its predecessor, especially with the convertible's available retractable hardtop.

Chrysler said it would cut capacity by another 100, 000 vehicles a year.

In two years, Chrysler has fallen from third to fifth in U. S. auto sales.

The court document reveals Chrysler has only received one offer for the Viper franchise.

It has a bad product portfolio, with not only the Chrysler brand but Dodge skewed towards the US, and trucks and vans.

It has an option to raise its share to 51%, allowing it to consolidate Chrysler in its accounts.

The Italian carmaker has offered to supply Chrysler with fuel-efficient engines and small-car platforms in exchange for a 35% stake.

As the US rescues GM and Chrysler, it is succumbing to intense pressure to make federal help conditional on maintaining domestic production.

This is the first time Chrysler has reported a profit since the beginning of the economic crisis.

A Chrysler spokesman said the Grand Cherokee launch is on track for the second quarter of 2010.

Chrysler, which is close to stepping out of bankruptcy court protection, plans to have 2, 392 dealers.

Overall, Chrysler's sales were better than in previous months, but still down dramatically.

For Chrysler, the partnership with Fiat SpA (OTC ADR: FIATY) is unlikely to help much.

Instead, it appears the Avenger and Sebring could be made elsewhere, leveraging Chrysler's flexibility in plant configuration.

In fact, it was almost as large as the Ford Cortina, Opel Ascona and Chrysler Alpine.

Unless a resolution can be achieved by midnight tonight, Chrysler will almost certainly be forced to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Chrysler suppliers are required to perform and document an annual self-assessment per the "Elements of Manufacturing Basics" (EMB) criteria.

Soon after, GM began bringing its plants back on line. Chrysler likewise restarted production, although at a slower pace than GM.

BMW noted its models would be hit by a modest 2 per cent duty, compared with a 15 per cent penalty for Chrysler and 22 per cent for GM.

And Daimler is still suffering from its recently ended marriage to Chrysler, a toxic ex-spouse that is still inflicting financial pain.

Especially in the two years it takes for Chrysler to churn out any Fiat originated product?

But with the clock ticking, experts see it as all but certain GM will follow its smaller rival Chrysler into federal bankruptcy court.

Government guarantees can provide assurances, as they did two decades ago when Chrysler faced its crisis.

Other companies under scrutiny include Citigroup, Wells Fargo, General Motors, Chrysler and Chrysler Financial.

News today from within Chrysler reveals that the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger, as oft-maligned as they are, will be sticking around.