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April 2008
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Chrysler Financial Loses Personal Data; Tells Customer Six Weeks...
From The Truth About Cars | April 24, 2008First, we're talking Chrysler Financial Canada. Second, the story in The Windsor Star omits a crucial piece of data (ironically enough... more
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Plymouth Volare Rolls On 24s, End Times Upon Us? [Found On Craigslist...
From Jalopnik | April 24, 2008Those tiny 14" wheels that Chrysler put on the Volare? Pizza cutters! Shopping-cart wheels! Try adding another ten inches of diameter to a... more
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Daily Podcast: All Change
From The Truth About Cars | April 23, 2008O.K., after we recorded this daily podcast, Jonny Lieberman and I figured-out who's who in terms of brand positioning in the U.S. market... more
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DUB Edition Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger, Please Make It Stop...
From Jalopnik | April 22, 2008Sweet quarts of Pennzoil, why must every automaker jump on bandwagons they have no business being on? Chrysler, the reason people put DUB... more
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Ethel Lusts For Slant Six Duster, Mom Worried [Classic Ad Watch]
From Jalopnik | April 22, 2008newVideoPlayer("71_Plymouth_Duster_476.flv", 463, 387,""); A woman who feels great passion for a Chrysler A-body with Slant Six power and... more
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8 Monthlong Dodge Charger Problem Fixed After Consumerist Post...
From Consumerist | April 22, 2008Whenever Brian drove his Dodge Charger in the rain, all the dash lights flashed and he had trouble restarting his car, but after 8 months... more
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Talk Back Tuesday: Chrysler and Nissan, sittin' in a tree
From Karl on Cars | April 22, 2008You may have already heard this, but there's a growing relationship between Chrysler and Nissan. For complete details, check out Michelle... more
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EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK: 2008 Chrysler 300C AWD, Day 2
From Automobile Blog | April 22, 2008Read Joe Lorio's comments on driving the 2008 Chrysler 300C AWD. more
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Toyota Sienna buying challenges - take a seat
From Consumer Reports Cars Blog | April 21, 2008My parents were in the market for a new minivan to replace their aging Nissan Maxima. One of the models they were considering was a Toyota... more
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Chrysler’s Chinese Chery Import Stuck in Development Hell
From The Truth About Cars | April 21, 2008Inside baseball-types will recall that erstwhile automotive magnate Malcolm Bricklin's dreams of importing a Chinese-built Chery car into... more
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Choren industries opens BTL plant in Freiberg
From AutoblogGreen | April 20, 2008Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies, DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen, GermanyGermany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has inaugurated the... more
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Chrysler [Still] Refuses to Name Vehicles Slated for Execution
From The Truth About Cars | April 20, 2008When a Chrysler PR flack called to ask about the source for the leaky-roofed Dodge Journey tested by TTAC reviewer Michael Karesh, I asked... more
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Chrysler to offer stand-alone service centers
From Straightline | April 19, 2008Now this is interesting... As we all know Detroit automakers are saddled with too many divisions and too many dealers. It's known that Chrysler... more
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Chrysler Standalone Service Centers by 2010. Maybe.
From The Truth About Cars | April 19, 2008When I lived in the UK, any and all deliveries of big ticket items were [not] made in "six to eight weeks." In the carmaker spin game... more
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Chrysler CEO: “We are still on plan relative to… the targets we...
From The Truth About Cars | April 19, 2008So, just tell us what those targets are Big Bob and we'll cut you some slack. After all, like you said, times is tough. Over a plate of... more
