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 ...

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.

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 ...

If the Sedan Dies, What Will Pros Drive?

... passenger car model in the U.S. The company scrapped the Dodge Dart to make room for more Jeeps, while the old Chrysler 200 was reconfigured for the new 2019 Ram 1500 pickup. FCA has a variety of other light trucks in development, including a new ...

Ram ProMaster City

... 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine and 9-speed automatic transmission are essentially as used in models like the Chrysler 200 and Jeep Cherokee; with an empty load the ProMaster City can dash to 60 mph in just 9.8 seconds. Cargo and payload are are two of ...

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, ...

Future of sedans gets murkier amid rise of SUVs, crossovers

... full-size sedan at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. FCA tossed the compact Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 overboard in 2016. General Motors is reducing sedan production and putting several nameplates, including the Chevrolet ...