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0Breaking: Why the 2013 Dodge Dart won't really get 40 mpg combined 1325786520
Chrysler dropped a bombshell today, insinuating that its forthcoming 2013 Dodge Dart will have a combined fuel economy of 40 miles per gallon. Some media outlets have regurgitated this number without question. But it just isn't true, as that 40-mpg fuel economy number is unadjusted and will most ...
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Report: Dodge won't call its new small car Hornet 1321887540
Dodge has been wise in reviving old nameplates to inject some excitement into its contemporary model lineup. Recent products like the Challenger and Charger – both named after classics from the brand's past – have drummed up a considerable amount of enthusiasm where names like Stratus ...
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Report: Refinement concerns have fuel-saving dual-clutch on hold at Chrysler 1320929700
Chrysler has delayed plans for a dual-clutch gearbox in the United States, according to The Car Connection. The high-tech gearbox was slated to be introduced with the 2012 Dodge Avenger and Chrysler 200, but refinement issues have reportedly put that introduction on hold. At present, the best ...
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Report: Chrysler CEO: Guess we'll build more hybrids after all 1319050620
Chrysler-Fiat chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne has never seemed too excited when speaking of electrified vehicles. Sometimes, people don't change; they're dragged kicking and screaming into the new reality. CEO Marchionne recently told Automotive News that Chrysler is left with no ...
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2012 Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger get 31 mpg thanks to 8-speed trans 1315140840
The first eight-speed automatic transmission in a domestically manufactured automobile will debut in both the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger for 2012. The eight-speed slushbox, developed by German transmission specialist ZF and often found packed in luxury vehicles from automakers including Audi, ...
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Chrysler to get MPG boost from Fiat technologies, ZF 8- and 9-speed transmisions 1313930760
In the coming years, Chrysler will add a megadose of Fiat's fuel-saving technology to tame its gas-guzzling lineup of vehicles. The goal: Hit the target that the Fiat-Chrysler chief executive officer, Sergio Marchionne, set: increasing fuel economy 25 percent by 2014. Chrysler will take a ... -
28 plug-in hybrid Ram 1500s go to San Francisco, Sacramento 1312978260
On August 2, Chrysler handed over the keys to 14 plug-in hybrid Dodge Ram 1500 to the city of San Francisco as part of a three-year evaluation program. Fourteen also went to Sacramento. The cities will evaluate the vehicles by driving them and regularly reporting all driving and charging ...
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Report: Dodge mulling natural gas-powered Ram 1297519260
While we've just heard news that there won't be any hybrid pickups streaming out of Ram's retail showroom floors, according to a report from Bloomberg, the truck manufacturer is mulling the possibility of adding a natural-gas powered ...Dodge Ram – Click above for high-res image gallery -
Marchionne: Chrysler planning hybrid minivan for 2013 1295470860
2011 Chrysler Town & Country – Click above for high-res image galleryAside from the hydraulic minivan test program we heard about earlier, there is more hybrid minivan news out from Chrysler, the automaker at the forefront of the minivan movement back in the 1980s. Turns out, the ... -
Chrysler planning Ram 1500 diesel and hybrid models? 1291676100
Pickup truck fans have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of light duty diesel engines in half-ton trucks for the past several years, and it now appears that at least one automaker is about to deliver. According to a report from the all-Mopar-knowing hive mind at allpar.com, Chrysler's dealer ...
