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New wave of American design stokes Detroit 3 market share gains
… sports sedan, Ford's Fusion family car and Chrysler's Jeep Grand Cherokee are turning heads and stoking sales. On the strength of ..... automaker was designing its make-or-break model, the Jeep Grand Cherokee . Chrysler's crisis "It was really bad, definitely a …
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Clues to the next Wrangler: See the want ads
Jeep has begun searching for the extra bodies to mount its next big project: the redesign of the Jeep Wrangler . And the job opening descriptions provide some clues as to the changes planned for the off-roader's next generation. This …
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North America car and truck production by plant - April and YTD
… 418 0 – Jeep Compass 12,342 ..... 277 -4% Jeep Patriot 7,123 ..... 0 0 – Jeep Grand Cherokee 22 ..... 024 12% Jeep Liberty 0 10,922 – 0 42,338 – Jeep Cherokee 0 0 – 0 0 ..... 338 – Jeep Wrangler 6,817 6 ..... 070 -6% Jeep Wrangler Unlimited …
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Customer Incentives
… Caravan $1,000-$2,000 0-4.9% Journey $500-$1,000 0-5.9% Dart $750 1.9-4.9% Fiat 500 $500 0% Jeep Compass $2,500 0-3.9% Patriot $2,000 0-3.9% Grand Cherokee $500 1.9-5.9% Ram1500 $500-$1,750 2.9 …
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Heating Up Ford Production (5/22/13)
… assembly plant. Three factories that we'll have no shut down at all. Don't include plants that may be at thirteen viper Jeep Grand Cherokee and keys. Both like and plans to modify it more than a quarter million diesel cars to keep the customers. From mistakenly …
down at all. Don't include plants that may be at thirteen viper Jeep Grand Cherokee and -- keys. Both like and plans to modify it more than a quarter million diesel cars to keep the customers. From -
Auto dealers escape worst of tornado's wrath
… CEO David Stanley said inventory at two of them -- David Stanley Chevrolet in Oklahoma City and David Stanley Chrysler- Jeep - Dodge in Midwest City -- sustained damage. Stanley said General Motors and Chrysler Group were sending extra vehicles, and his …
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Veteran Texas dealer mines data to sell pickups
… s attention now that he has run a Chrysler dealership in Texas for decades. But software installed at Elder Chrysler- Dodge - Jeep -Ram in the past month has turned his head. The dealership sold 14 new vehicles in April to previous customers identified …
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Goofy ads, variants help Mini rule its own little world
… The iconic British Mini made from 1959 to 2000 had many variants, including a pickup, a van and a buggy that resembled a Jeep Wrangler . "That's why it was so successful over such a long period of time," McDowell said. The second-generation Cooper …
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Dealers
… Dodge Scott Fader, left, president of Heritage Chrysler- Dodge - Jeep -Ram Owings Mills in Owings Mills, Md., receives a 25 ..... Mankins, right, vice president of Miller's Chrysler- Dodge - Jeep -Ram in Martinsburg, W.Va., receives a 25-year award …
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2 million extra doors was the best call Daimler made during 'marriage of equals'
… copy of one of the best results of Chrysler's former bad marriage rolled down an assembly line in Toledo . The four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited -- or 'JK' if you speak the language of Chrysler body codes -- hit the production milestone in under seven …
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At Fiat-Chrysler 'it's all about differentiating the brands'
… What we make, makes us" commercial has been a breakthrough -- incredibly effective not just because it did a lot of sales for the Jeep Grand Cherokee but for the whole marketing team. It captured a tone, it has helped us find our path.
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Customer Incentives
… Caravan $1,000-$2,000 0-4.9% Journey $500-$1,000 0-5.9% Dart $750 1.9-4.9% Fiat 500 $500 0% Jeep Compass $2,500 0-3.9% Patriot $2,000 0-3.9% Grand Cherokee $500 1.9-5.9% Ram1500 $500-$1,750 2.9 …
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Subaru, Mitsubishi small crossovers top new crash test
… an "acceptable" score on the small overlap test. Five small SUVs -- the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Buick Encore, Jeep Patriot and Ford Escape -- received "poor" ratings on the small overlap test. When the Patriot crashed, for instance, the steering …
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Where Automakers Fall Short (5/13/13)
… terminate the dealership franchises. The reason for the plan terminations. Failure to improve to factory standards. Chrysler Jeep and dodge and lumber to New Jersey is suing in US district court. This suit says that the dealership had agreed to the renovations …
for the plan terminations. Failure to improve to factory standards. -- Chrysler Jeep and dodge and lumber to New Jersey is suing in US district court. This suit says that the dealership had agreed to the renovations -
N.J. store sues Chrysler over termination
… a lawsuit to stop the automaker from terminating the dealership's franchises. According to the suit, Lucas Chrysler- Jeep - Dodge in Lumberton, N.J., agreed in December 2007 to renovate its interior and exterior by December 2009. But auto sales collapsed …
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At Chrysler-Fiat 'it's all about differentiating the brands'
… customers shouldn't be cross-shopping within our Chrysler- Jeep - Dodge -Ram portfolio. They have to shop against the competition ..... effective not just because it did a lot of sales for the Jeep Grand Cherokee but for the whole marketing team. It captured a tone, it …
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New needs, more speeds
… produce eight- and nine-speed transmissions. One of the key vehicles for those higher-gear installations will be the Jeep Grand Cherokee . That nameplate illustrates how automakers have been under constant competitive pressure to up the ante in transmission …
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Chrysler Group seeks an edge with Chrysler Capital
… s a real benefit for the dealer in terms of retention for the dealer when they do the loan with the captive. Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge spend a lot of money on their branding, on their marketing. So when a customer gets a loan and each month they're paying …
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Dealer pairs test driver's phone to car
… into a better way to demonstrate his technology-laden vehicles. Before the start of each test drive at Extreme Chrysler- Dodge - Jeep -Ram, the salesperson showing the vehicle asks the customer in the driver's seat for his or her smartphone and -- with …
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Fiat dealers anxious for broader product lineup
… dealership on Long Island in New York, which sits 60 feet from his primary store, which sells the higher volume Chrysler, Jeep , Dodge and Ram Truck brands. Brown says he has full faith that Marchionne and his executives will make Fiat dealers successful in …
