The latest casualty in the $4/gallon summer is Chrysler. The automaker announced Monday that it will cut back from two shifts to one at the full-sized truck-building St. Louis North Assembly Plant, effective September 2. And it will indefinitely idle its St. Louis South Assembly Plant on October 31 due...

For those wired individuals who never want leave the electronic tether to their on-demand entertainment, vibrant social networks, and almighty digi-god Google, Chrysler will offer uconnect web—a dealer-installed in-vehicle wireless Internet connectivity system. Uconnect web can be fitted to any Chrysler...

Motorists are less delighted with their new vehicles this year, compared to 2007, based on J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study. The study, now in its 13th year, measures owner delight with the design, content, layout and performance of their new...

The all-new 2008 Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan earned “Good” ratings, the highest ratings available from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ( IIHS ), in both frontal offset and side crashworthiness tests . The previous generation minivans earned just an “Acceptable” rating...

Chrysler has extended Let's Refuel America $2.99 gas guarantee incentive program to July 7 due to the success experienced in May. Thus far, the highest take rates have been on the new Dodge Journey crossover, Dodge Caliber, Dodge Avenger, and Chrysler Sebring sedan. Response has been greatest in...

Chrysler has launched its own so-called economic stimulus plan, the “ Let’s Refuel America ” promotion, which guarantees enrolled Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep customers gasoline prices fixed at $2.99 a gallon. The automaker notes customer feedback has 76 percent of respondents citing rising gas prices as...

Fresh from its split from Daimler, and subsequent purchase by investment group Cerberus, Chrysler formed a partnership with an international automaker Nissan. Back in January, Nissan agreed to supply Chrysler with a new car based on the Nissan Versa sedan for limited distribution in South America. This...

All seven family and luxury sedans in the latest crash test group evaluated by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ( IIHS ) earned a Good rating for occupant protection in frontal crashes. Only one fell short of the top rating in the side crash test, the Kia Optima. However, results for the rear crash...