Chrysler News

With the Jeep Wrangler assembly line behind him and nearly 300 hourly workers in front, Chrysler LLC Vice Chairman and President Tom LaSorda led a rally in Toledo yesterday to drum up support for the U.S. auto industry's request for $34 billion in federal money.

Chrysler LLC's Tom LaSorda does not expect the automaker will lay off any workers involuntarily this month, saying Wednesday that the company met its salaried headcount reduction goals in November.

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said on Wednesday the union would surrender job security protections and rework a historic retiree health- care trust in concessions intended to help U.S. ...

Detroit's Big Three auto executives have ditched their corporate jets for hybrid cars and replaced vague pleas for federal help with detailed requests for as much as $34 billion in their second crack at ...

Top UAW officials from across the country will meet in Detroit on Wednesday regarding concessions for workers...

Note: The following video was first aired Nov. 24 on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," who decisively debunks the $70 per hour autoworker myth.

The heads of Detroit's automakers will be making the most important pitches of their careers this week when they return to Washington to ask Congress a second time for $25 billion in emergency loans.

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger signaled Sunday that the union is willing to reopen its contracts with the Detroit Three as a way to help the domestic automakers win support for federal loans as long as the ...

If a $25 billion emergency loan package for the auto manufacturing industry does not win approval in Congress, auto dealers in the Charlottesville area say local sales of certain vehicles might take a nosedive.

The American auto makers want a bailout they don't deserve. The European auto makers don't need a bailout but will demand one if GM, Ford and Chrysler get their way.

When we traveled to Nashville last year reviewing the bright red Dodge Charger SRT8 we ran out of time before visiting all the places we intended.

The downturn in the North American auto industry hit mighty Magna International Inc.

At a time when brand preference is dictated more by price than loyalty, Jack Ochs stands out.

How lucky we are, I've heard it said, that the wheel was invented before the automobile.

Mitsubishi's pint-sized electric car may look like a toy, but the quick and nimble little runabout with the unpronounceable name is one sweet urban commuter.

In March of 2007 I said that Magna buying Chrysler would be a good thing. And I specifically said that private equity would botch this up.

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"1988-1990 Dodge Lancer Shelby." 19 July 2007. HowStuffWorks.com. 21 November 2008.

Chrysler LLC says it expects minimal involuntary layoffs will be needed to reach its goal of cutting 25 percent of its salaried and contract work forces.

While Detroit's automakers prepare revised pleas in a bid to secure $25 billion in federal loans, investors in their suppliers could emerge as the real winners from any government rescue for the embattled ...