Back in September 2015, when Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal came to light and shocked the automotive world, Fiat Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne lambasted a company spokesperson for saying the company didn’t equip vehicles with illegal software to skirt emissions tests. In Marchionne’s words, he asked: “Are you out…
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The founder and chairman of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. has global expansion on his mind. Last week, Li Shufu succeeded in becoming Daimler’s largest single shareholder. But before that he made a play for Fiat Chrysler, and today, we may know more about how that went down.
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In an action that a local fire chief called “heroic,” Ralph Gilles, Fiat Chrysler’s Global Head of Design, used his Jeep Wrangler’s bumper to push a burning Ford Edge away from a crashed Ford Fiesta and its trapped occupants, having arrived first at the scene of what was to become a fatal car crash in suburban…
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Within days of Volkswagen’s admission in September 2015 that it purposely installed software on diesel vehicles to deceive regulators during vehicle emissions tests, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turned its attention elsewhere to one of America’s own car companies—Fiat Chrysler.
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The Super Bowl! It’s the big football game when all the brands try and make you feel deep feelings in hopes you’ll buy their dumb shit. I don’t want to speak for the man, but I’m guessing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wouldn’t have been a great fan, seeing as how he once said “the evils of capitalism are as real as…
A year after regulators first revealed that it believed Fiat Chrysler had equipped “defeat devices” for emissions tests in diesel Jeep and Ram vehicles, the U.S. government has reportedly offered to settle its case against the automaker, so long as it pays a major fine and recalls every affected vehicle.
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On September 27, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Hoegh Autoliners AS, a Norwegian shipping company, plead guilty in a scheme with four other companies to fix prices on shipping. One of the companies who say they got duped, to the tune of an untold sum of money? Fiat Chrysler, who has now filed a complaint
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If there’s ever been a consistent shining light in the Chrysler brand portfolio in modern years, it’s been Jeep. Recognized and admired worldwide, is one of the strongest brands in any industry. But for Fiat Chrysler to give up its star player to a Chinese automaker, as has been suggested by recent reports, would be a…
