Chrysler News

The 2014 Chrysler 300S benefits from some special touches, including a Beats by Dr. Dre sound system developed specifically for it by Dr. Dre and Jimmy lovine.

Chrysler will bring 20 modified vehicles to the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas.

The next Jeep Wrangler needs to lose weight to meet stricter fuel economy standards, Jeep says.

Fiat has exercised an option to buy an additional 3.3 percent of Chrysler, bringing it closer to full control of the American automaker. As part of the 2009 deal that originally gave Fiat 20 percent of Chrysler and the promise for more if certain targets were met, Fiat also gained the option to buy...

The Detroit 3 automakers, made up of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, will be absent from the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, making this the third time in a row that the American brands have skipped the event. The first was in 2009, during the height of the financial crisis and ensuing bankruptcy of two...

Chrysler is introducing a new special edition 200 sedan, which it plans to debut at next week’s 2013 New York Auto Show. Developed in partnership with fellow Detroit legend Carhartt, a specialist in workwear, the new special edition is being introduced midway through the 2013 model year...

In January of this year, Chrysler design boss and head of SRT Ralph Gilles said the next Chrysler 200 would introduce a new styling direction for the brand. At the time, we thought this new, redesigned Chrysler 200 would be introduced for the 2014 model year. According to Autoweek, Chrysler is...

The idea behind the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee is a simple one: focus on the performance and handling aspects of the car, while reducing luxury content to keep the price attractive to the enthusiast buyer on a budget. SRT is now applying this less-is-more philosophy to the Challenger SRT8...

For Super Bowl XLV, in 2011, Chrysler hired Eminem to deliver a loud and clear message: the American auto industry, most noticeably Chrysler and its affiliated companies, were back. Perhaps even more relevant was the theme that Detroit, America’s motor city, was also on an upswing. Last year...

If you were holding out hope for a new Mustang and Camaro-fighting SRT Barracuda to debut in the next few years, you may want to sit down. According to the latest product plans released by Chrysler this morning, the SRT brand won’t see a new model before the 2016 model year. If that’s...

Chrysler has revealed a new version of its Uconnect touch-screen interface at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, which the automaker claims is the first in the industry to enable dealers to upgrade the system with navigation, weeks, months or even years after the car is bought. This means that...

Chrysler continues its ‘Imported From Detroit’ campaign with a new special edition 300 that celebrates the spirit of Motown.

To mark 75 years of Mopar parts and accessories, Chrysler is pulling out all the stops for this year’s SEMA show. With plans to display 24 Mopar modified vehicles (plus parts and accessories), the automaker has taken a 15,300 square foot booth in Las Vegas. Top draws to the exhibit will...

Emphasizing the strength of its Mopar brand, Chrysler is teasing five Mopar-modified vehicles in advance of this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show. The five shown, including a Jeep Wrangler, a Dodge Dart, a Dodge Charger, a Fiat 500 and a RAM pickup, are only a...

Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti over the weekend to address concerns Fiat might be closing one or more plants in Italy due to its shrinking market share and excess capacity. A joint statement after the meeting said Fiat would revise its plans by...

If you’re looking for a sedan with amenities like Poltrona Frau leather, hand-sanded matte wood trim, a powered rear sunscreen, adaptive cruise control, rear cross-path detection and an eight-speed automatic transmission, chances are good you’re shopping only European brands. For 2013...

Just days after announcing an upcoming line of clean diesel products dubbed “EcoDiesel,” Chrysler has filed paperwork with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to claim the “HFE High Fuel Efficiency” name as its own. As Car and Driver reports, the automaker had previously...

Chrysler is set to introduce a range of frugal diesel engines across its brands, starting with the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chrysler 300 initially and spreading to other models if demand necessitates. The move is just one part of Chrysler’s overall strategy to meet tough new CAFE standards...

For a performance brand, Chrysler’s SRT division has a fairly impressive lineup, ranging from the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 through the Dodge Charger SRT8 and the Chrysler 300 SRT8. Still, these are models that originate from other Chrysler divisions, which leaves SRT with just one model to...

The 2012 Chrysler 300S gets the Batmobile treatment in Chrysler's 'Imported From Gotham City advertisement.