Affordable cars disappearing from American landscape

... as it transitions to a lineup heavy on crossovers and SUVs. FCA decided in 2016 to axe the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 cars. Price will be a bigger hurdle for buyers who want to stick with one of the domestic brands. Many compact crossovers are ...

Let GM's Mark Reuss focus on product

... crossover that is not even class-competitive. For FCA to kill the Dodge Dart after just four years and the Chrysler 200 after just three was a multibillion-dollar boondoggle that shouldn't have happened. Sure, car sales are tough now, but it didn't ...

Maserati names FCA dealer network head as new North America chief

... will continue to hold his previous position alongside his new appointment. Notably, he helped launch the 2015 Chrysler 200 and led the Chrysler brand itself. Before former CEO Sergio Marchionne's untimely passing , he announced Maserati would get a ...

Time to re-engineer the job of product development chief

... XT4, a mess of a small crossover that is not even class competitive. For FCA to kill the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 after just three years each was a multibillion dollar boondoggle that should have never happened. Sure, car sales are tough now, but ...

Wintry Weather Illustrates One Challenge Facing Vehicle Automation

... service training instructor for Delphi Products and Service Solutions, as he gestured toward the dashboard of a Chrysler 200 while giving a demonstration on how lane-keeping assist works. "You're acing the local news station because they had a ...

Fiat Chrysler Prepares For A Mostly SUV Future Because Money

... From the story: Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne eliminated several passenger cars including the Chrysler 200 so that the Italian-American automaker could better tap robust industrywide demand for roomier and more rugged models. The pivot ...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: Profit Up 15%, Debt Still High

... factory shuffling and in part because of the discontinuance of three lower-profit models from a year ago (the Chrysler 200, Dodge Dart, and Jeep Patriot). NAFTA's adjusted-EBIT margin was 8.4%, up 0.5 percentage points from a year ago. Profit in ...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: Profit Up 15%, Debt Still High

... factory shuffling and in part because of the discontinuance of three lower-profit models from a year ago (the Chrysler 200, Dodge Dart, and Jeep Patriot). NAFTA's adjusted-EBIT margin was 8.4%, up 0.5 percentage points from a year ago. Profit in ...

Maserati, foreign sales boost Fiat Chrysler profit

... at some plants. In North America, the company has stopped producing struggling cars such as the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 and is in the process of ramping up its rollout of the Jeep Compass to replace the old Compass and Patriot. And Jeep sales in ...

Report: Ford, GM consider axing non-premium large sedans

... being launched in China in 2015. In addition, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles ended production of its Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 models in 2016, while Hyundai this month dropped the Azera . According to The Detroit News ' sources, Ford and General Motors ...

SUVs Enjoy Summer Surge as Car Workers Take Unwanted Breaks

... and Lincoln MKC crossovers. Fiat Chrysler -- which last year ended production of its Dodge Dart compact car and Chrysler 200 midsize sedan to make room for bigger vehicles -- is adding a week of output at four plants that make Ram pickups or Jeeps. ...

SUVs enjoy summer surge as car workers take unwanted breaks

... and Lincoln MKC crossovers. Fiat Chrysler -- which last year ended production of its Dodge Dart compact car and Chrysler 200 midsize sedan to make room for bigger vehicles -- is adding a week of output at four plants that make Ram pickups or Jeeps. ...

Marchionne Keeps Fiat Chrysler Rolling With SUV-Heavy Plans

... to 1.24 billion euros, even as shipments dropped 6 percent amid the phase out of the Dodge Dart compact and Chrysler 200 sedan and the ramp-up of the new Jeep Compass SUV. A seasonal increase in net industrial debt was limited to 500 million euros, ...

Fiat Chrysler Profit Rises 34% on Strong SUV Demand

... 6% drop in the number of vehicles sold. The sales drop came as FCA discontinued the lower-margin Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 sedans and reduced its rental-fleet sales, which led to a modest improvement in margins. FCA's adjusted-EBIT margin in North ...

Fiat Chrysler Q1 profit rises on shift to SUV sales; N.A. results flat

... euros. The gains came even as shipments dropped 6 percent amid the phase out of the Dodge Dart compact and Chrysler 200 sedan and the ramp-up of the new Jeep Compass SUV. Adjusted margins in North American ticked up to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent, ...

Fiat Chrysler Q1 profit increases on Europe rebound, Maserati surge

... euros. The gains came even as shipments dropped 6 percent amid the phase out of the Dodge Dart compact and Chrysler 200 sedan and the ramp-up of the new Jeep Compass SUV. Adjusted margins in North American ticked up to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent, ...