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 ...

Toyota pins Corolla hopes on multicultural buyers

... straight year. It has been a tough stretch that has seen car nameplates such as the Ford Taurus, Fusion and Chrysler 200 get discontinued. While much of the market has swung to the booming crossover segment, not all consumers have backed away from ...

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 ...

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 ...

10 Disappearing Sedans

... the fact that GM closed the Australian factory where it was built last year. (Image source: Chevrolet) The Chrysler 200 was a five-seat sedan said to be "inspired by iconic American design" principles. Its claim to fame was that it combined elegance ...

2019 Nissan 370Z Coupe review: A sports car throwback - Roadshow

... automotive world, anyway. High-volume cars such as the and Toyota Camry have undergone two full redesigns. The Chrysler 200 , Dodge Dart and Kia Borrego have all come and gone. Entire brands like Saab and Saturn have ceased to exist. And then ...

Americans blast 'absurd' auto tariff proposal in written submissions to U.S. government

... flooding the U.S. Market!" Trump tweeted . In this March 14, 2014 photo, assembly line workers build a 2015 Chrysler 200 automobile at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The national security provision lets the president ...

The Sedan Is Dying, So It's Time to Buy One

Some recommended viewing for Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett and his automotive C-suite rivals in Detroit and elsewhere: Walking Dead, World War Z and Dawn of the Dead.

Berwick car show to feature 1934 Plymouth

Get ready to rumble as Berwick's sixth annual car show gets underway on Sunday, June 3, in Sullivan Square, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The rain date for the event is Sunday, June 10. This free family-oriented event is hosted by the members of Charles S. Hatch Post #79 to benefit local veterans. In addition to cars, trucks, motorcycles and customs, there will be plenty of food, beverages and music to enhance your trip down memory lane.

The death of the small car? Automakers pivot toward trucks and SUVs

... Automobiles announced all the way back in 2016 that it would kill off car models like the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200, switching production lines to make SUVs and trucks instead. "These vehicles are cars that weren't making money," Gentile ...

Ford phasing out sedans in North America

... which Mr. Shanks described as "trucks and most utilities." FCA U.S. L.L.C. already has stopped building the Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart sedans, and General Motors Co. is planning eliminate a production shift at its Chevrolet Cruze plant in Ohio, ...

Ford Dropping All But 2 Car Models From Its US and Canadian Dealerships

... funds from cars to SUVs and trucks. And it's not just Ford. Fiat Chrysler did away with the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 more than a year ago. And General Motors decided to scale back production of the Chevy Cruze, Chevy Impala, Buick LaCrosse and ...

Ford dropping all but 2 cars to focus on trucks, SUVs

... been announced. In 2016, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced it would end production of the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 to focus even more on SUV and trucks. The company, which does still produce some car models, shuffled production and preserved ...

Ford Dropping Fiesta, Taurus, Fusion Its North American Dealerships

... funds from cars to SUVs and trucks. And it's not just Ford. Fiat Chrysler did away with the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 more than a year ago. And General Motors decided to scale back production of the Chevy Cruze, Chevy Impala, Buick LaCrosse and ...

Ford dropping all but 2 car models from its U.S. and Canadian dealerships

... funds from cars to SUVs and trucks. And it's not just Ford. Fiat Chrysler did away with the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 more than a year ago. And General Motors decided to scale back production of the Chevy Cruze, Chevy Impala, Buick LaCrosse and ...

More sedan, smaller, entry models bite the dust in Detroit

Two years ago this month, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles essentially threw in the towel on the "automobiles" part of its name. Canceling the compact Dodge Dart and the mid-size Chrysler 200 sedans, the company doubled down on the pickup trucks and utility vehicles that had long been its profit centers.

Report: Chevy Sonic, Ford Taurus and Fiesta days numbered in US

... Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has already done. Two years ago, FCA ended production of its Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 small and mid-size sedans in favor of an SUV-heavy lineup in the U.S. The WSJ report noted that sales of sedans, hatchbacks, coupes ...

American sedans are vanishing

... and trucks. Fiat Chrysler already dropped out of some of its key sedan segments, such as the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200, more than a year ago. And General Motors has pulled back on the production of car models such as the Chevy Cruze and Impala, ...

Toyota announces end of Avensis production

... in the face of the unrelenting sales onslaught from crossovers and SUVs. In North America the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 have already bitten the dust, and the likes of the Ford Fusion could be next in the firing line. The Fusion's European ...

Ram pickup gets the jump on Silverado, Sierra

... It stripped every piece of manufacturing equipment out of the Sterling Heights factory that used to build the Chrysler 200 sedan to convert it to the new Ram. The plant in Warren that has been Ram's home for decades will keep building the old model ...