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Filed under: Chrysler, Earnings/Financials The post-bankruptcy Chrysler Group is continuing its financial recovery even as the overall economy continues to sputter along. In the April-June quarter, the automaker posted an overall operating profit of $183 ..

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Chrysler reports $183M second quarter operating profit, $172 million loss overall (source: Autoblog)

It’s been eleven years since the Chrysler PT Cruiser made its debut at the 1999 Detroit Auto Show, and over a decade since production PTs made it to the showroom. We’ve seen turbo PTs, convertible PTs, and more special editions than you can shake a camshaf..

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Test drive: 2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser (source: About)

Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Chrysler, GM, Earnings/Financials You don’t have to be a pollster to know that for the most part, the American public remains none too happy about the federal government handing over the people… (source: Autoblog) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Obama working to pitch success of auto bailouts to American public (source: Autoblog)

Filed under: Chrysler, Earnings/Financials, Fiat Chrysler may be more than a little short on new products right now, but that apparently isn’t stopping Team Pentastar from bolstering its bottom line. The Detroit Free Press reports that Fiat/Chrysler CEO S..

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Marchionne: Chrysler earned operating profit in Q2 (source: Autoblog)

Filed under: Car Buying, Chrysler, Earnings/FinancialsChrysler Financial hasn’t been doing a whole lot since the domestic automotive implosion of aught-nine. When the Obama Administration’s Automotive Task Force found that the lender didn’t have the wherew…

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Chrysler Financial to begin lending once again for Chrysler vehicles? (source: Autoblog)

Filed under: Car Buying, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Earnings/Financials Hyundai has had the largest jump in transaction prices so far this year, but the Detroit Three have made the kinds of gains they haven’t seen in years. Overall, according to Edmunds.com data… (source: Autoblog) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Report: Detroit Three’s average transaction prices better than Japan, Korea (source: Autoblog)

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Chrysler, Dodge, Earnings/Financials Dodge Viper assembly line workers in Detroit - Click above for high-res image gallery It’s not every day that someone actually wins the lottery, but that day has come for nineteen Ame…

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Lucky 14: Workers at Dodge Viper plant win Powerball jackpot (source: Autoblog)

Filed under: Government/Legal, Earnings/Financials Kenneth Feinberg, the man who earned the nickname Pay Czar and then took a hammer and sickle to the wages of General Motors, Chrysler, Ally Financial and AIG execs, will be departing his post this summer…. (source: Autoblog) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg stepping down this summer (source: Autoblog)

Filed under: Government/Legal, Chrysler, GM, Earnings/Financials Earlier in the week, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa (R, Calif.) called for an amendment to a financial reform bill that would bar any company at least five percent owned by the government ..

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Followup: Move to ban GM, Chrysler lobbying efforts snuffed out (source: Autoblog)

Filed under: Government/Legal, Chrysler, GM, Earnings/FinancialsThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is moving to prevent General Motors and Chrysler from lobbying while the federal government owns a stake in each company. Representative Dar..

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Report: Chrysler, GM could be banned from lobbying (source: Autoblog)