Chrysler Maserati News

Okay, it is 1989 and you have a decision to make. You want something fun to drive, with some real get up and go.

Sergio Marchionne, all but enshrouded by handlers since he grabbed the wheel at Chrysler earlier this year, finally had his Detroit-area coming-out party last month.

ALL TOYS BRIGHT AND SHINY as told by noted car scribe Richard J. Pietschmann, fellow journalist, spouse and former auto writer for Departures Magazine .

The new Chevy Volt at the Los Angeles Auto Show Wednesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

In the just-announced firing ofA CEO Fritz Henderson, General Motors loses another car guy at the top.

Tickets are on sale at Computicket for the Superstars Series race meeting scheduled for Kyalami on December 12.

The 2010 Dodge Viper SRT 10 ACR will debut next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, on the heels of a record-breaking day at the Laguna Seca raceway in Monterey, Calif.

With the current Dodge Viper SRT10 facing the chop - production ends next year with just 500 model-year 2010 cars to be built - Dodge has decided to give it a smokey sendoff with some tweaks to the ACR package which on Tuesday helped set an unofficial production-car lap record at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

See, it's not all bad news about bailing out Chrysler. Here's a good example: we get goodies like the Alfa Romeo 169 sedan.

Chrysler Group LLC is cooling to the idea of U.S. assembly and sales of Alfa Romeo sports cars, the premium brand of new parent Fiat SpA , under a five-year business plan that focuses on domestic models.

Italian car lovers are rejoicing. Dodge fans we're not so sure about. In a presentation today, Chrysler executives unveiled their vision for the next few years.

Chrysler delivered an epic press conference/Web cast Wednesday to detail its five-year plan, including coming products.

Chrysler Group talked about some jazzy vehicles in the long-winded rollout of its five-year plan Wednesday, but the biggest shock came not from styling and interiors, but from dollar signs: The company said it is solvent and profitable.

Chrysler's newly formed ties with Fiat may soon see the Italian auto giant building two new bespoke sedans on the rear-wheel drive Chrysler 300 LX platform.

Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA on Wednesday posted its third straight quarterly loss due largely to falling sales of trucks and farm and construction equipment.

Last year, Italya s Bologna Motor Show attracted 972,060 visitors and 320 exhibitors.

Chrysler Group has created a new brand called Ram for its trucks and named its top designer, Ralph Gilles, as CEO of Dodge cars.

In Europe, not a single automobile manufacturing plant, such as this Opel facility south of Warsaw, Poland, has been permanently closed due to the economic downturn.

The results that were spit out are quite interesting in the fact that what was reported by dealers as trade ins simply may not add up at first glance.

Thankfully, the recent Southern California wildfires missed this area of Palos Verdes, so the 17th installment of the concours went off without a hitch.