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Chrysler is studying the possibility of rear and all-wheel-drive platforms for Chrysler, Dodge and Alfa Romeo according to a new report by automotive news. Currently, Alfa Romeo doesn’t offer any AWD vehicles but it seems the company would like to change that, by making one for the mid-sized Giulia sedan …

DETROIT - Italian automaker Fiat has exercised a third option to buy a small amount of Chrysler stock, but the sale won't go through until a U.S. court settles a dispute over the price. Fiat said Monday that it offered $254.7 million for another 3.3 per cent of Chrysler's outstanding …

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Chrysler Group LLC says it will recall about 490,000 cars and utility vehicles worldwide because of a problem with active head restraints intended to prevent neck injuries in rear-end collisions. The carmaker said Wednesday that microcontrollers in the head restraint could be faulty and prevent the …

TORONTO - Ford Motor Company of Canada and Chrysler Canada both posted higher sales in May compared with a year ago. Ford said sales in May edged 0.5 per cent higher, boosted by its truck sales. The automaker sold 32,490 vehicles last month, up slightly from 32,338 in May 2012.

When is an import brand no longer an import brand? When it moves to North America. The Detroit Bureau has published a story describing a potential shift in Fiat's corporate headquarters from Italy to Detroit, Michigan. The relocation would be part of an effort to bring Chrysler, Fiat's subsidiary, in …

Chrysler has announced separate recalls for roughly 170,000 vehicles, including more than 9,000 in Canada, for problems involving fuel tanks in some SUVs and air bag warning lights in a number of sedans. Chrysler is recalling about 30,000 small SUVs because a faulty hose inside the gas tank. he recall …

Canadian autoworkers were given a bit of a holiday this week - but not the fun-in-the-sun kind. Instead, Chrysler cut the hours worked at its three-shift minivan plant in half, dropping each one to four hours in a bid to reduce inventory of the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town …

Chrysler's push towards adopting nine-speed automatic transmissions will see their installation in as many as three new models by the end of 2013. According to a report by Bloomberg, Chrysler has tapped the Dodge Dart, the Jeep Liberty, and the Chrysler 200 as the first recipients of the new high …

Ford has triumphed as the best-selling automaker in Canada for the 2012 calendar year. Ford was able to sell 276,068 vehicles during the course of 2012, which is almost on par with its sales figures from the year before. More than a third of models sold were F-150 full-size pickups.

DETROIT - Auto companies are betting on a surge in pickup sales now that home building is on the rise. Chrysler said Thursday it is adding 1,000 workers to its Ram pickup factory because it sees higher demand for the redesigned truck. Ford and General Motors also say truck sales …