Amateur spy photographer, John M. Sullivan, caught a couple of camouflaged 2008 Jeep Libertys during a visit to the Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado. Looking nearly identical to the Dodge Nitro, a closer inspection reveals the trademark Jeep grille and rounded headlamps.
As it is sharing its platform with the Dodge Nitro, the 2008 Jeep […]

DaimlerChrysler has said that all of its future vehicles will be available with an optional hybrid powertrain. DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche told German automotive magazine Auto Motor und Sport that hybrids are “very important” due to new European and U.S. regulations on CO2 emissions.
DaimlerChrysler’s first hybrid will be a hybrid version of the Dodge Durango, […]

DaimlerChrysler is considering holding on to the Chrysler Group’s Jeep brand in the possible sale of the American arm of the Anglo-German company, according to German newspaper Handelsblatt. According to inside sources, DaimlerChrysler is considering splitting the Jeep brand out Chrysler and keeping it independent. Experts believe that Jeep fits well with the Mercedes brand, […]

Jeep has taken its Grand Cherokee up to northern Scandinavia for cold weather testing of the 2008 model. But this isn’t any Grand Cherokee we’ve seen on the roads. Based on the lettering on the back, this is the Grand Cherokee CRD, powered by a 3.0L diesel built by Mercedes-Benz. The new diesel engine develops […]

Thanks to an extra selling day, Chrysler Group reported its sales for January 2007 were up 1 percent compared to last January. Chrysler’s January sales results were driven by solid retail sales, while fleet sales were down. Chrysler’s sales mark the automakers best January in the last six years.
Chrysler Group’s sales were driven in large […]

Chrysler Group today announced pricing for its 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD — the automaker’s first diesel-powered, full-size SUV — at the Washington Auto Show. The Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD will have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) beginning at $38,475 (including $695 destination) for a Limited 4×2 model. The 3.0L V6 CRD engine will […]

Chrysler is expected to stop production of its three-row Jeep Commander SUV after the 2009 model year, according to The Detroit News. Sources from both the UAW and suppliers are saying that the Commander will go out of production in 2008, at the end of the 2009 model year.cited by the Detroit News.
“We removed the […]

Poor sales of its trucks and SUVs in the second half of 2006 will force the Chrysler Group to lay off 250 employees at its Mack I engine plant in Detroit. The job cuts will trim the work force at the engine plant to 530 employees beginning next week.
The plant builds the 4.7L V8s that […]

This week, Jeep unveiled its open-air Trailhawk concept at the Detroit Auto Show. Combining the off-road features of the body-on-frame four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with the refined sophistication of a Grand Cherokee, the BLUETEC diesel-powered Trailhawk concept provides an all-new on-road open-air concept.
“The key to the look of the Trailhawk,” said Nick Vardis, Principal Exterior […]

Want a HEMI? Starting later this year, it will be much cheaper to answer ‘yes’ to that question. The Chrysler Group will launch a incentive program in March that will offer consumers Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep trucks equipped with the HEMI for no additional charge, according to The Detroit News. The company hopes the campaign […]