Chrysler Dodge Plymouth

1968 Road Runner

Dodge Charger R/T

Dodge Viper GTS

        Second generation Dodge Viper 1996–2002

Dodge introduced the GTS, a new coupe version of the Viper R/T 10. taking design cues from Pete

Brock's designed Shelby Daytona. The GTS came with the same 8.0 liter V-10 engine, but power would

be 450hp then the R/T's 415hp. The 1996 GTS would be the first Viper to be equipped with airbags, air

conditioning and power windows.  The GTS was the pace car for the Indianapolis 500. 0-60 was 4.0

seconds. Quarter mile: 12.2 sec @ 119 mph, 0 - 100 mph in 8.6 sec. Top Speed 185mph.


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June US Auto Sales

• Auto Groups
• 
  
• General Motors 259,353
• Ford Motor Co. 224,681
• Toyota               209,912
• Fiat Chrysler     185,035
• Honda               134,397
• Nissan               124,228
• VW Group         53,207
• BMW / Mini      38,445
• Mercedes Benz  31,260
• Jaguar Land Rover 5,860

    Smaller Automotive Manufactures
Hyundai and KIA did better then some of the big Auto groups. 

Hyundai             67,502
KIA                    54,137
Subaru                44,335
Mazda                 27,223

Mitsubishi            7,963

Mike Castiglione Automotive 

67 Dodge Coronet R/T

Road Runner

1969 Dodge Coronet Superbee

2011 Jeep Cherokee

                                               2011 Jeep Cherokee from the 2010 SEMA Show

2010 Dodge Charger

Chrsler's new 8 speed Auto Trans

Some Chrysler cars will get new eight-speed automatic transmission made by ZF for the 2012 model year. The Dodge Charger, Challenger and Chrysler 300 will benefit mightily from the new transmission that will eventually replace the older five-speed unit that's currently available.The new transmission will first become available in 2012 Dodge Charger and 2012 Chryler 300 models powered by the 3.6-liter Pentastar V6. 2012 Dodge Challenger SE models will get it later.

Next Viper

Chrysler Group LLC says the new Dodge Viper sports car is going to be “drop-dead beautiful” and is meant to draw buyers from Porsche and Corvette buyers. The new Viper's look was inspired by “a naked woman on the beach,” said Ralph Gilles, the head of Chrysler's design. The car will be released next year as a 2013 model-year vehicle, Gilles told reporters at the Automotive News World Congress Thursday in Detroit.“It's an icon, and as a performance brand, it's important for me to have a performance vehicle,” Gilles, who also is head of the Dodge brand, told reporters after the event. Chrysler, managed by Italy's Fiat SpA, wants to draw buyers from competing vehicles such as Porsches and the Chevrolet Corvette, Gilles said. The new Viper will be profitable, and its sales volume isn't important, he said. Chrysler sold under 500 Vipers last year.

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Chrysler Group LLC is recalling about 367,350 Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans, citing airbags that may inadvertently deploy. Chrysler said it is recalling some of the 2008 model year minivans because water leaks may cause the airbag warning light to illuminate and the airbags to inflate. The recall was posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Web site today.



Volkswagen AG is recalling 377,286 cars in the United States, citing fire risk from fuel-supply lines that may chafe and leak. VW is recalling Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Golf, Rabbit, New Beetle and New Beetle Convertible cars, it said in a letter posted today on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Web site. “It’s a voluntary safety recall,” said Kerry Christopher, a spokesman for Volkswagen at its U.S. headquarters in Herndon, Va. “There haven’t been any reports of injuries or fires that have resulted from this.” The recall applies to model years 2007 to 2009 of Jettas, Golfs and Rabbits and model years 2006 to 2010 of Beetles. Some Jettas from the 2009 model year are also under investigation by the U.S. auto-safety regulator after it received reports of engines stalling without warning while the cars are moving.