DaimlerChrysler has decided to retain its loss-making Smart mini-car brand.
Chrysler and Jeep dealerships from across the country have officially signed up to their third brand, Dodge.
Chrysler is looking at ways of better supporting its London dealers following the collapse of Capital Chrysler last year.
DaimlerChrysler has admitted it paid bribes - or 'improper payments' - after an internal investigation sparked by an insider's allegations that the carmaker had a slush fund to bribe foreign officials.
Mike Cooper, business manager for Rossetts Commercials in Aldershot, has been awarded Business Manager of the Year by Mercedes-Benz CharterWay, the international commercial vehicle, financial services, contact hire and fleet management arm of DaimlerChrysler.
Chrysler will launch the estate version of its 300C in the UK in April with prices starting from £27,250.
Simon Elliott, managing director of Chrysler Group in the UK, is to take up the position of executive director, sales and marketing, aftersales and network development for the company in China.
DaimlerChrysler UK has said it will exhibit at the British International Motor Show in July.
Project Kimber is to draw up a contract to redesign and produce the Smart Roadster and Roadstercoupe under a different name, after it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the struggling DaimlerChrysler brand.
Chrysler’s Crossfire now comes with free Smartnav satellite navigation.
Whitehouse Chrysler Jeep’s after sales centre in Crayford is one of the first of three garages to be awarded the BSI Kitemark for service excellence.
The recent closure of two Smart dealerships is part of DaimlerChrysler’s global business plan for the brand, according to the manufacturer.
ChryslerJeep has named the 14 approved aftersales sites for the new range of Dodge Ram pick-up trucks.
DaimlerChrysler will cut 6,000 administrative jobs by 2008, following the introduction of a new management model.
DaimlerChrysler's loss-making Smart small-car brand has reiterated it is not for sale and insisted investment bank Goldman Sachs was acting only as a ‘buffer zone’ to screen potential offers.
DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group, which has announced plans to increase exports of US models to Europe, has made new appointments in its global marketing and product strategy organisations.
Chrysler is looking to move upmarket in the UK, and the 300C is to spearhead that aspiration.
DaimlerChrysler has appointed Goldman Sachs, the investment banking firm, to gauge interest in the unprofitable Smart division of its Mercedes group.
General Motors sold 392,041 new cars and trucks in the US in December, down 10% from the same month a year ago.
Chrysler has six right-hand models for launch in the first seven months of next year and it is also launching the US monster brand, Dodge in the UK.
