The Fiat 500 attracts attention wherever it goes – including the race track. A pair of Fiat 500s will challenge the curves and hills of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend, competing in the Touring Car B-Spec class of the SCCA-sanctioned Pirelli World Challenge race series. The World Challenge is a support event for
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Chrysler Group LLC reported a 16% increase in its net income during the second quarter of 2013. The net income of $507 million compares with $436 million in the same quarter last year. This marks Chrysler Group’s eighth consecutive quarter of positive net income. “We’re relatively satisfied with the performance of Chrysler in the second
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Mopar-powered drivers captured the “Wally” trophy in both the Funny Car and Pro Stock classes at last weekend’s NHRA Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, Calif. The Pro Stock class came down to an all-Mopar Final Elimination that matched Jeg Coughlin Jr. against Vincent Nobile — with Nobile taking the win with a run of 6.572 seconds
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As reported here, the Detroit and Chicago chapters of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in June were locked in an intense wellness competition. In the end, the chapter members walked nearly 15 million steps collectively. The prize was scholarship dollars for aspiring journalists. Chicago edged out Detroit and earned $5,000 for its scholarship
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The Woodward Dream Cruise is one of the nearly spiritual times every year when the past and the present of the automotive industry come together in a united celebration. The universal love of the automobile, what it represents, what it conveys and what it does, brings hundreds of thousands of people together along metro-Detroit’s Woodward
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Does your new car still appeal to you? It would if you owned one of several Chrysler Group products named today in The J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study. The Study recognized the 2013 Dodge Charger, Fiat 500, Ram Truck brand and Chrysler 300 in its annual study, which examines what consumers like
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It was a great weekend on the track for the Chrysler Group: Mopar driver Allen Johnson captured the “Wally” trophy for the Pro Stock class at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals near Denver, while the SRT Motorsports Viper GTS-R sports cars grabbed the pole and two of the three podium steps in the GT class
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