Remember the last time Chrysler and Maserati collaborated? It was the late ’80s, the car was called the Chrysler TC by Maserati,and it didn’t go nearly as well as the men in charge of the project had hoped. Now, 25 years later, Sergio Marchionne heads both companies and he wants to try another tryst. It [...]

Filed under: Government/Legal Former White House Auto Industry Task Force member Steven Rattner is being sued by New York State Attorney General and Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo for allegedly paying kickbacks to win investments in the state’s pension fund. Cuomo is seeking $26 million from Rattner, and to bar him from trading securities in New York for life, an agreement that might hamstring Rattner if he can’t do securities work in New York any longer.

Filed under: Sedan , Chrysler 2011 Chrysler 300 teaser – Click above for high-res image gallery Our friends at Kicking Tires stumbled upon a series of teaser images from Chrysler showing off the revised-for-2011 Chrysler 300 sedan.

Filed under: Sedan , SUV , Government/Legal , Work , Ford , Specialty 2011 Ford Police Interceptor – Click above for high-res image gallery The battle for law enforcement domination rages on. A gaggle of would-be police cruisers showed up at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for public testing recently, and of all the competitors, the Taurus-based Ford Police Interceptor with its twin-turbocharged, direct-injected 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine managed to turn the quickest lap time of the bunch by beating out the V8-powered forces from Dodge and Chevrolet . It also ran from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 5.8 seconds.

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Chrysler , Fiat In-flight wireless Internet access and e-mail is both a boon and a curse to Chrysler chief marketing officer Olivier Francois, who says he already works 20 hours a day running marketing for both Chrysler, as well as five of Fiat’s brands. His frequent flight time was his last refuge to write and think through other work on the nine brands he manages without endless meetings or putting out fires

Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Chrysler , Fiat , Electric The Fiat 500 Abarth prefers to run on two wheels – Click above to watch video after the jump The other day we told you to bone up on your Italian because the Fiat 500 configurator came online . Now you should seriously start saving your Lira because the high-performance 500 Abarth model has been confirmed for the U.S. market.

Filed under: Budget , Sedan , Chrysler , First Drive Sebring Successor Goes A Long Way to Address Old Ails 2011 Chrysler 200 – Click above for high-res image gallery Chrysler isn’t into mincing words about the company’s recent past. After years of corporate and product neglect, those at the helm of the smallest of the Big Three know that the company has a long way to go to regain buyer confidence.

Filed under: Car Buying , Chrysler , Dodge , Jeep , Fiat Chrysler has unveiled a new company-owned dealership in California, called Motor Village of Los Angeles, that will sell and service the Chrysler, Jeep , Dodge , Ram Truck, Fiat and Mopar brands. A five-story glass structure will house separate salons for each of these marques

Filed under: LA Auto Show , SUV , Jeep , Luxury , Off-Road 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit – Click above for high-res image Jeep is preparing to rumble in to the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show with a pair of upscale variants on two of their most popular models: the Grand Cherokee Overland Summit and the Liberty Jet.

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Dodge , First Drive Dodge Accepts The Challenge With Two New Engines 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 (above) and SE V6 (below) – Click above for high-res image gallery From the instant the Dodge Challenger hit the scene in 2008, it was apparent that Chrysler had taken a different tack with its retro muscle car than Ford or Chevrolet .