Chrysler-The most cherished cars in the auto field.

Chrysler is 80pc controlled by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity company. Daimler this week agreed to give up a 19.9pc stake and the exact ownership structure following the restructuring remains unclear.
# The car maker has been operating under a $4bn emergency loan from the US government since the start of 2009 under its bail-out.
# The company has been bailed out twice by the state - the first was in the late 1970s when the oil crisis saw it receive $1.5bn of loan guarantees to save it from collapse.
# Walter P. Chrysler established Chrysler Corp in 1925. He was the man who laid the cornerstone for the Chrysler Building in 1928, briefly the world’s tallest building and an unmistakable silhouette on the New York skyline.
# Chrysler is said to have invented the minivan - a market it has dominated with the Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country. It holds 39pc of a shrinking market - only 592,000 were sold by all companies in the US last year, down from a peak of 1.37m in 2000.
# The company created the world's first streamlined car, the 1934 Chrysler Airflow.
# In 2008 it posted an $8bn loss, when US sales fell 30pc to 1.45m vehicles as its reliance on high-powered, gas-guzzling cars, trucks and SUVs left it unprepared for rising gas prices and growing green concerns.
# Key brands: Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep.
# Key vehicles: Dodge Ram pickup truck, Dodge Charger, Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Caravan minivan, Chrysler Town & Country minivan.
# Staff: it had about 54,000 employees in December 2008, including more than 40,000 hourly and 13,000 salaried workers. The hourly workforce includes 26,801 in the United States, 8,652 in Canada and 3,862 in Mexico.
# North American plants: Chrysler has 30 facilities in North America, including 12 assembly plants and 18 other facilities for engines.

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Chrysler History -The Path Was Not Flower Strewn Only Determination And Faith In One Self Helped

Roy Chaplin appointed Hugh Chalmers at Thomas –Detroit Motor Company. The name of the company was changed to Chalmers-Detroit and new cars were soon introduced. Two examples managed a 1st and 2nd place finish at the Jericho Sweepstakes race on Long Island in 1908. The following year, four wins, three seconds and three thirds in seven races were won by the three-team cars called the 'Chalmers Bluebirds.'
Chapin and Coffin later left the Chalmers Company; by this point, the 'Detroit' part of the name had been dropped. They had formed Hudson in 1909 with financial support from a Detroit merchant. The Chalmers continued with their line of four-cylinder cars; by 1912, a six-cylinder version had been created.
In 1909, a Chalmers car earned a trophy on the 1909 Glidden Tour and won the event outright in 1910. To promote the cars even further, Chalmers presented cars to the baseball players in each major league with the highest batting average. The most valuable player as chosen by sportswriters was also given a car.
There were five models on four wheelbases offered for sale in 1912 by Chalmers. To add even more variety to the mix, there were four different engines with the smallest being the 30-horsepower four-cylinder unit. This engine came with either the Model 11 Tourer or the Model 9 Coupe or Roadster. The Model 9 had a short 104-inch wheelbase and the Model 11 a 115-inch wheelbase. The Model 10 had a 40-horsepower four-cylinder engine and a 122-inch wheelbase. The top-of-the-line model was the Model 12, fitted with a 54-horsepower six-cylinder engine and resting on a wheelbase that measured 130-inches.

By 1917, the Chalmers had sent new marks for 10 miles, 100 miles and a 24-hour average in speed-record activity. Even with these impressive accomplishments, the company struggled in the post-WWI recession. In 1922 the company merged with Maxwell and later, the combined company became part of Chrysler in 1924.

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Acura-The Car That Flaunts Your Class

Acura is little upmarket car rendering high luxuries impressively.It's features and performance are just marvelous!Usually Acura cars are not known for their glamor and glitzy as the premium Europeam makes. It is absolutely on you how you see it ,whether it is a luxury car or not? The company has been consistent in giving excellent results. Acura is infant in the car industry by birth.Parent company Honda introduced Acura in 1986 in US market.The Acura brand was successful in North America. Car lovers liked feature,performance and upscale look of the car.

Acura's product line grew in 1990.The company quickly caught the nerves of customers and swept the market off with Acura cars!Acura has been designed in house,and incorported many family friendly features.Acura is packed with latest technology ruling the road!

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Chrysler-cars Cherished Ones In The World!

Every cloud has silver line,good time has to come after rough weather.After bankruptcies,brand shut downs,the automobile industry was tossed by the storm named recession.Now it is the time of recovery.Fragile and patchy recovery is not that mentioning.But still there is change,so there is hope.The car industry was the worst victim of economy crunch.The turmoil had alsmost killed the spark of this industry.But the show must go on.And the whistle blower is a common man.His encouraging question'Which car should I buy?'is the only strong string that kept the car industry move on.

With many of Chrysler’s former dealers in open revolt over peremptory sackings and loss of franchise, the news that new owner Fiat is busy looking for suitable models from its European line-up to sell in the USA with Chrysler badges got a little buried.

No, there is no reason to suppose that the Lancia Delta five-door will be badged as a Chrysler, as it is at the Detroit Motor Show 2010, before going on sale in the US.


Nor is there any reason to suppose that owners of such a mythical vehicle will have to wear gladiator get-ups to protect them from the wrath of former Chrysler dealers.

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Chrysler-The long cherished history.In the history of car making Chrysler has got its major share.

Chrysler LLC is an automobile manufacturer of America since 1925. Rough yet royal,rock steady yet stylish,ruled the road. From 1998 to 2007 Chrysler and its subsidiaries were known as part of German based Daimler Chrysler. Under Daimler Chrysler,the company was named as Daimler Chrysler Motors company LLC.

On May 14,2007 Daimler Chrysler AG announced 80.1 % of Crysler was sold to American private equity firmCyberus Capital management. 'The New Chrysler' came in to existence using pentastar logo.In 2008,the whole world came to stand still when the Chrysler announced a bankruptcy.So it closed all operations permanently. The day it was to announce the final shut down American President George Bush announced $13.4billion rescue loan for American auto mkers including Chrysler!

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Ford Cars -The new meaning to automotive

Henry Ford is the founder of Ford car company.He was forty years old when he founded the company. He ia a pioneer in mass production of the modern assembly lines.Ford became richest by owning this company.He is still remembered and respected for giving highest wages to his workers.

Some of the modern inrnational Ford cars are Focus Sedan,Taurus,Focus Coupe,Fusion Mustang and many more ..... Ford cars are very popular in India as they fit the budget also. The rich and mesmerizing looks,sturdy body and the mileage rule the roads.

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