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Marchionne: hybrid Chrysler 300 next year, hybrid minivan in 2013

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Chrysler Group LLC will add a hybrid version of the new Chrysler 300 sedan next year as a 2013 model, and add a hybrid minivan in 2013, according to CEO Sergio Marchionne. Chrysler has developed its own hybrid technology, Marchionne said, promising details later.

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Junkyard Find: 1984 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z

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That car ended up being the Dodge Daytona and its Chrysler-badged twin ( the Laser ), and it debuted as a 1984 model. The 1984 Daytona wasn't the first sporty front-wheel-drive hatchback offered to American car shoppers by Chrysler; the Omnirizon -derived Dodge Omni 024 / Plymouth Horizon TC3 first hit showrooms as 1979 models.

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Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

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One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. Several mild hybrid applications will come to market shortly thereafter.

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Chrysler Group LLC Posts 2Q Operating Profit

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Dodge Challenger sales (3,695 units) up 317%. Dodge Charger sales (6,023 units) up 126%. Dodge Journey sales (4610 units) up 11%. Dodge Nitro sales (2,186 units) up 96%. Chrysler Town & Country minivan sales (8,083 units) up 18%. Dodge Dakota sales (1,088 units) up 49%.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

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Though the extended Chrysler K Family had many members (including minivans and Maseratis ) and stayed in production deep into the 1990s, there were just five true K models sold in the United States: the Plymouth Reliant, Dodge Aries, Dodge 400, Dodge 600 and Chrysler LeBaron (though not all the LeBarons and 600s were genuine Ks).

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Junkyard Find: 1991 Dodge Grand Caravan LE

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We've had a run of European machinery in this series lately, with six of the last ten Junkyard Finds coming from across the Atlantic ( one from Sweden , one from Italy , two from West Germany and two from France ), so today it's the turn of that most Michigandic of machinery: A Chrysler minivan. Lesser Caravans got a Chrysler 2.5-liter

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Lancer ES Turbo

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The branches of the Chrysler K-Car Family Tree are far too numerous to describe here, since so many different K-derived cars and minivans were built from the 1981 through 1995 model years for the North American market. 1986 Dodge Lancer ES Turbo in California junkyard. 1986 Dodge Lancer ES Turbo in California junkyard.

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