Chrysler Group Named Among “Top 50 Companies Creating Opportunities for Multicultural Businesses”

Chrysler Group Named Among "Top 50 Companies Creating Opportunities for Multicultural BusinessesChrysler Group LLC has been named to DiversityBusiness.com’s 13th annual list of the 50 best companies providing opportunities for multicultural businesses.

Inclusion on the list this year was the result of an online election which involved more than 1.3 million multicultural business owners. Voters were asked to answer 10 questions about candidate company performance such as volume, consistency and quality of business opportunities these companies provide to minority-owned businesses. DiversityBusiness.com “is the nation’s leading multicultural B2B online website.”

“Chrysler Group is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of our supplier diversity program this year,” said Scott Kunselman, Senior Vice President – Purchasing & Supplier Quality, Chrysler Group LLC. “We remain as committed as ever to creating opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses because we believe that a diverse supply chain leads to better, more innovative products for our customers.”

Chrysler Group’s has a longstanding commitment to increasing purchasing from minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned suppliers. The Company’s supplier diversity goals require that 10 percent of a Tier 1 supplier’s procurement buy is sourced to certified minority suppliers. Indeed, since 1983 the Company has purchased more than $47 billion from these suppliers.

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2013 Dodge Dart Aero Gets 41 MPG Hwy

2013 Dodge Dart AeroSeeking a brand new “green” car, but can’t go fully electric yet? Consider the 2013 Dodge Dart Aero. This award-winning, fuel-efficient retro compact gets 41 mpg hwy and starts at just $19,295. Worried about buying a small car? The 2013 Dodge Dart was recently named a hard-to-get Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIS).

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RAM Truck: Truck of Texas

It’s been a fantastic year for RAM Trucks. It’s won multiple awards including North American Truck of the Year, Four Wheeler Off-Road Pickup Truck of the Year and, most recently, Truck of Texas. 

Below is a video released by RAM as a ‘thank you’ for the Truck of Texas award.

The Dodge Dart is Fast and Furious

Fast and Furious 6 doesn’t come out until May 24, but Dodge has released a new commercial complete with sneak-peak clips of the film. Check it out:

FUN FACT: The Dodge Dart is fast and furious AND eco-friendly. At the end of each Dart’s life ALL the plastics and metals can be recycled.

2013 Dodge Dart: Eco-Friendly Extreme

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Many of today’s drivers try to at least be aware of their vehicles impact on the environment. And while many manufacturers try to catch up to this growing trend, the 2013 Dodge Dart leaves them in the dust.

From wxyz.com:
On this Earth Day, Detroit is flexing its eco-muscle and offering cars that get better gas mileage, use recycled products and cheat the wind. All in an effort to save money and the environment.

The Dodge Dart helps save the environment by offering world class aerodynamics and getting 41 miles per gallon

This Dodge packs a powerful punch in the Earth-friendly department. At the end of each Dart’s life ALL the plastics and metals can be recycled.

The Dart’s carpets are made from recycled milk jugs, and the noise cancelling padding in the trunk is made from recycled denim jeans.

But that’s not all! The power steering operates without toxic fluid and the time between oil changes are now farther apart.

“With the Dart you can go up to 8,000 miles before you are required to get an oil change, which is good for the environment because of less waste,” says Peter Milosavlevski, Dart’s Organization Engineer.

Chrysler is dedicated to being eco-friendly.

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Travis Pastrana signs with Dodge for another year, brings partner Bryce Menzies

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From autoblog.com:
Dodge and SRT Motorsports announced that the Dodge Dart will be returning for its sophomore season of the Global Rallycross Championship with a two-car team fielded by Pastrana Racing. Travis Pastrana drove his GRC Dart to victory lane in the fourth race of the car’s inaugural season, and his race team is looking for even more success with the addition of off-road racer Bryce Menzies behind the wheel of the second car.

The 2013 GRC season kicks off on April 21 in Brazil with plenty of dirt-spewing, ramp-jumping action. Scroll down for a video from the cars’ main sponsor, Red Bull, and a press release from Chrysler.

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2013 Chrysler Town & Country: Minivan Popularity Continues

2013 Chrysler Town & Country
From philly.com:
Thirty years ago, Chrysler’s tinkers put a van body on a car-like front-drive platform and the modern minivan was born.

A flexible beast of burden good at hauling both people and cargo, the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth minivans became a big hit in suburbia – and thus played a large role in the company’s escape from insolvency. Their considerable profitability was why the folks at Chrysler called them “the crown jewels.”

Indeed, Chrysler gets more than a third of the apple. It gets more than half. U.S. sales of Chrysler’s three minivans – Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Grand Caravan and a pure cargo variant called the Ram Truck Cargo Van – totaled 260,287 last year. That’s almost 16 percent of Chrysler’s total vehicle sales for 2012, which was 1.61 million.

The minivan has been able to stay in the half million-per-year sales range, in Velisek’s view, because of the functionality edge it holds over crossovers. Simply put, it’s roomier than most crossovers. I can’t think of a crossover that will carry a 4-by-8 sheet of plywood.

The Chrysler Town & Country and the Dodge Grand Caravan utilize the same architecture and mechanicals. The difference is in their amenities and price. The Dodge has a base price of $19,995, which is rather remarkable for a minivan that has 144 cubic feet of cargo space, gets good pep from its 3.6-liter V-6, and boasts EPAs of 25 m.p.g. on the highway.

The Town & Country, while it uses the same bones, the same 280-horsepower Pentastar V-6, and the same six-speed automatic, is markedly more upscale. The base Touring model starts at $30,395, and the top-of-the-line Limited opens at $40,395. The middle-of-the-pack Touring-L that I spent a recent week in based at $33,395.

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