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Aug 04, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

New wheels for city

The City of Thorold is getting some new wheels.
At the July 19 meeting of city council, councillors gave the go-ahead to spend about $62,820 for the purchase of three new trucks for city operations.
Colombo Motors of Woodbridge will supply a 2011 Dodge 1500 half-tonne truck for the parks and cemeteries department, at a cost of $16,276 plus tax. Colombo was the lowest of seven offers made by dealerships, including Niagara Motors of Virgil, Performance Chrysler Dodge Jeep of St. Catharines, and Grimsby’s Forbes Ford Sales.
Dave Akrigg, operations manager, told city councillors in a report that the truck — replacing an older one — is “essential” for the department.
Forbes Brothers will supply at new three-quarter tonne Chevrolet cargo van at a cost of $24,169 plus tax. The new van will replace an old 2000 Dodge van. Forbes’ offer was the lowest of three bids.
Forbes Brothers also edged out the same other two dealerships, with the lowest price for a Chevrolet 4X4 extended cab pickup truck. The truck, needed for the public works department, will cost $22,375 plus tax.

http://www.capradio.org/

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New Hybrids Get Test Drive in Sacramento Region

More than a dozen brand-new hybrid work pickups will be tooling around Sacramento as part of a special testing project.

Chrysler hopes this is the last test for the trucks before they’re made available to the public.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District gets four of the electric gas hybrid Dodge 1500s. The trucks have outlets for power tools and a braking system that recharges one of the two batteries on board. David Hatfield with SMUD says the utility is already preparing for increased energy demand once more vehicles like the Dodge Hybrid come on line..

HATFIELD: “We’ve been doing a lot of studies on what we call grid impact. The demand of the vehicles that we expect to see well into the 2030 era, we can manage with the power that we’ve got available. We won’t have to build any new power plants to charge up battery electric vehicles.”

Reg Modlin with Chrysler says the company believes it has a truck ready for the retail market.

MODLIN: “To find a pickup truck owner that wants to buy an electric vehicle is hard. We’re trying to make that combination by giving utility to the owner that they can’t get by buying their currently conventional pickup truck.

Chrysler projects it will cost half as much to run the hybrid compared to their traditional model. The company plans to test a similar fleet of 25 hybrid minivans next year.

Besides SMUD, six local cities and Sacramento International Airport will also take part in the testing. The project is funded by Chrysler, the California Air Resources Board, and the Department of Energy.

http://www.capradio.org/

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Aug 04, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

News from China

GM are famous for its pick up trucks, in fact America is famous for its pick up trucks full stop. Other countries manufacturers have tried to make them, but without a logo from one of the Big Three American companies they appear to be a bit limp at best. Urban Cowboys across China are lapping up their gray market imports of Dodge Ram trucks, Chevrolet Avalanches’s and Ford Raptors at an alarming rate, so it came as no surprise to learn that GM were entering into the commercial vehicle market, except they are coming with a very Chinese product. Real pick up truck users, i.e. not urban cowboys, are rural farmers and small time business users that tend to use compact trucks for hauling hogs and lumber from the village to the market, there is no real demand in rural areas for anything above a 2.4L 4 cylinder gasoline engine and GM knows this all too well. They partnered with First Automobile Works to develop a series of commercial vehicles, one of which is the below POCV compact truck which debuted at the Changchun Auto Show where the FAW-GM partnership is based. Only Nissan have entered the commercial vehicle market with a locally made pick up truck, other manufacturers have stayed clear of the segment due to stiff competition from local manufacturers such as Great Wall. By mixing international know how with low cost Chinese construction methods, the POCV is likely to be a big hit.

Two versions are being offered so far, a 2.4 gasoline and a 2.2 diesel variant with prices starting 60,550rmb and 66,550 depending on the fuel offering which puts both models at around $10,000USD – a bargain for China, and possibly other developing markets.

http://www.chinacartimes.com/

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Jul 29, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

2011 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram Summer Clearance Event in Paris, TX

For a limited time, James Hodge Motor Company, of Paris, TX, is offering a Summer Clearance Event on its 2011 lineup. The Dodge dealer invites customers to stop in and check out its great selection of 2011 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles.

For auto consumers looking for a strong and capable truck, check out the 2011 Ram 1500. This award winning tuck offers both top-notch performance and great safety features. In addition, the truck’s interior features plenty of storage and driver-friendly controls.

The 2011 Dodge Charger is a high performance vehicle with a noticeable exterior. This full-size sedan stands out with its new styling both inside and out, its powerful new engine and new available technological innovations.

For those searching for a compact SUV, the 2011 Jeep Wrangler is tough while offering a comfortable ride. For 2011 the SUV features upgraded interior materials and even more available features.

In addition to the 2011 Ram 1500, 2011 Dodge Charger and the 2011 Jeep Wrangler, James Hodge Motor Company carries a full line of other 2011 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles. To test drive a new car, truck or SUV during the Summer Clearance Event, visit James Hodge Motor Company in Paris, TX. Or, view the dealership’s inventory online at www.jameshodgemotors.net.

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Jul 29, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Custom Dodge Dakota 6×6 is hard to explain

We’ve seen a few 6×6 trucks before, but never one quite like this. This 2003 Dodge Dakota was given the 6×6 conversion without the custom show truck treatment that we would expect to come with it. Currently for sale on Ebay, this six wheel Dakota is equal parts weird and hard to explain.

A 6×6 custom Dodge Dakota is bizarre enough on its own. When you take into account the fact this one is an otherwise stock truck currently listed on Ebay without an explanation as to how or why it gained another axle, the weird factor increases immensely.

If this Dodge was modified for practical purposes we have to wonder if there is any way purchasing a dually wouldn’t have been a more reasonable choice. If not, the question becomes what the motivating factor for creating this oddity must have been.

According to the listing this Dakota was owned by one person since new, a fact which would explain the relatively low mileage (22,364). What it doesn’t explain is why in 2005 this truck was modified to include air bags and an extra axle. Exactly what was done is fairly vague, but complete details of the conversion do come with the truck for the new owner.

Somewhat expectedly this 6×6 Dakota is currently for sale with a fairly substantial markup for the truck’s extra axle and low miles. It’s currently listed with a buy-it-now of $17,995, which is significantly more than any other ’03 Dakota we could find for sale. We sincerely hope that price includes a thorough explanation of how and why this odd vehicle came to exist.

http://jalopnik.com/

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Jun 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Political Punch

ABC News’ Ann Compton (@AnnCompton) reports:

James Fayson got his job back making Jeeps in Ohio, and now he’s making the case for President Obama’s re-election campaign.

The 36-year-old Chrysler worker spent Wednesday at work, trailed by a campaign film crew.

“I’m very thankful to be back to work,” Fayson told the Toledo Blade newspaper, “and it’s only because of the decision that the President made to save the auto industry that I was afforded [the chance] to come back to work.”

President Obama is meeting Fayson and other workers in the community around a Jeep Wrangler assembly plant to mark the end of the government’s rescue of Chrysler at 1:30 p.m. today. The company went through bankruptcy, then repaid more than $7 billion in bailout loans to the federal governement last week. Now the Treasury Department has announced it is selling the last of its shares of Chrysler stock to Fiat of Italy which now owns Chrysler. U.S. taxpayers lost about $1.3 billion in the company’s rescue.

James Fayson lost his assembly line job at the height of the bankruptcy but was hired back late in 2010.

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Jun 05, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Chrysler Idles Pickup, SUV Factories in June to Conserve Parts From Japan

Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker run by Fiat SpA (F), is pulling ahead summer shutdowns at some factories and canceling overtime at a plant in Mexico to conserve parts from suppliers affected by the March earthquake in Japan.

The automaker, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, will idle some factories in Ohio and Michigan in June, instead of July, Jodi Tinson, a Chrysler spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail. The factories make pickups and sport-utility vehicles. U.S. automakers typically stop production for a week or two to change tooling before beginning the next model year’s production.

Chrysler’s Toledo North Assembly Plant that builds Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro SUVs in Ohio will shut down during the weeks of June 20 and June 27 instead of during the week of July 11 and July 18, she said. The Toledo Supplier Park that produces Jeep Wranglers will shut down for the week of June 20 instead of the week of July 11, Tinson said.

A factory that makes Ram 1500 and Dakota pickups in Warren, Michigan, will be closed during the weeks of June 20 and June 27 instead of July 11 and July 18, she said.

The assembly plant in Saltillo, Mexico, that makes Ram trucks will eliminate overtime scheduled for May 20, May 27, June 10 and June 24 instead of taking down time during the week of July 11, she said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/

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May 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

GM Ford and Chrysler increase market share in 2010 – Report

After falling in every single year between 1994 and 2009, the market share of the Big Three (GM, Ford and Chrysler) is on pace to increase slightly in 2010 for the first time in 17 years.

Based on YTD sales through November 2010 from Ward’s Automotive, the Big Three will capture about 44% of the US vehicle market in 2010, up slightly from 43.66% in 2009. If that happens, it would be the Big Three’s first increase in market share since 1993.

Also based on sales data through November from Ward’s, the light truck share of the US vehicle market will increase to 50.8% in 2010 from 48.5% in 2009. This will be the first time since 2007 that light truck sales will be more than half of all vehicle sales, and the first year since 2005 that the market share of trucks has increased.

Other highlights for the automotive industry include:

1. Capacity Utilization for the US automakers in 2009 was only 45.2%, compared to 62.2% for 2010 (based on full year data).

2. US total vehicle production YTD in 2010 is above last year by 38.7%, from 5.17 million units to 7.17 units.

3. Vehicle sales in the US this year, at 10.4 million units YTD, are running 11.1% above last year’s sales of 9.375 million units.

Taken together, these facts suggest that the US automotive industry made a strong recovery this year in terms of sales and production, and next year will probably be even better.

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New Chrysler Pentastar V-6 Engine Earns ‘Ten Best’ Kudos from Ward’s Automotive

Newest Chrysler engine recognized by the Editors of Ward’s Automotive as one of the “Ten Best” for 2010
Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 cited for exceptional fuel economy, emissions and power
New engine destined to be workhorse in many Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge cars and Ram trucks

Chrysler LLC Powertrain’s newest engine, the Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6, has been recognized by Ward’s Automotive as one of the ‘Ten Best” engines for 2010.

Introduced in the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the new engine will soon be available in 10 vehicles across the 2011 Chrysler line-up including Chrysler 200, 300 and Town & Country minivans; Dodge Avenger, Challenger, Charger, Durango and Journey, and Dodge Town & Country . By 2014 the new Pentastar V-6 is expected to account for more than one third of the powertrains in the Chrysler line-up and will substantially contribute to achieving an overall corporate fuel efficiency improvement of 25 percent.

“We designed the new Pentastar 3.6-liter V-6 to meet a variety of requirements in terms of fuel efficiency and power for passenger cars, minivans and sport utilities,” said Bob Lee, vice president of engine engineering and advanced propulsion systems for Chrysler. “Already we are looking forward to adapting future technologies to the Pentastar V-6 as they become available for even more fuel efficiency and performance.”

“Every year, Ward’s Automotive recognizes the industry leaders in engine technology,” said Drew Winter, editor at Ward’s Automotive. “The new Pentastar delivers on all fronts including fuel economy, lower emissions and power.”

Slated to be Chrysler’s new workhorse V-6, the new 3.6-liter Pentastar will replace seven current V-6 engines ranging in displacements from 2.7 – 4.0-liters by 2013.

http://www.prnewswire.com/

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