CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER in USA
Chrysler Division, DaimlerChrysler AG, 12000 Chrysler Drive, Highland Park, Detroit, Michigan 48288, USA,
http//www.chryslercorp.com
Models produced in the USA:
Neon, Sebring, Sebring Coupe, Sebring Convertible, Town & Country; models
produced in Mexico: PT Cruiser, PT Cruiser Convertible; models produced in Canada:
300
(sedan,
Touring estate body version), Pacifica, Town & Country; models
produced in Austria: Voyager, Grand Voyager; models produced in Germany:
Crossfire, Crossfire Roadster.
Production volume in the USA in 2003 - 148,953 vehicles. In the
years 1904-13
the
Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co. produced the Maxwell-Briscoe cars. In the years 1910-12 the company was part
of the United States Motor Co., which in 1910 also took over the Columbia
company (which produced cars under the Columbia make in the years 1895-1913, the Morris & Salom make in the
years 1895-96,
the
Electric make in the years 1896-1900, and the Riker make in the years 1896-1902), the Alden--Sampson
company (which produced cars under the Moyea make in the years 1904-05 and the Sampson make
in the years 1905-13), the Dayton company (the Stoddard-Dayton cars in the years 1904-13), the Brush company (1907-13) and
the Courier
company (1909-13).
In 1912, the Maxwell-Briscoe
name was changed to Standard Motor Co., and in 1913 - to Maxwell Motor Co. Also in 1913, the Maxwell-Briscoe
name was changed to Maxwell. In November 1921, Walter P. Chrysler bought the
Maxwell company, which in 1922 was taken over by the Chalmers company (which produ-
ced cars under the Thomas make in the years 1903-19, the Thomas Detroit
make in the years 1906-08, the Chalmers Detroit make in the years 1908-10, the Chalmers make in
the years 1910-24, and the Saxon make in the years 1913-22), and changed the name
to Maxwell--Chalmers Corp. In December 1923, the first Chrysler 70 was promoted. In
June 1925,
the
name Maxwell-Chalmers Corp. was changed into the Chrysler Corporation, which
at the end of 1925 terminated the production of Maxwell cars and in July 1928, took over the Dodge
Brothers company. From July 1928 to June 2001, Chrysler produced cars of the Plymouth make, from
August 1928
to
December 1960
- under
the De Soto make, from 1954 to June 1975 and again from October 1980 to 1983
- under the Imperial make. After World War II, Chrysler
took over several foreign companies: in the years 1958-69 Simca (in 1958 - 15%, in 1963 - 63%, in 1967
- 77%, in 1969 - 100%), in the years 1964-67 - the Rootes Group
(makes: Hillman, Humber, Singer and Sunbeam), and in the years 1963-67 - the Spanish
Barreiros. At the end of 1970s, the concern faced bankruptcy and in 1978 it sold all its
European plants to Peugeot. In the next years, plants in Brazil and Argentina
were taken over by VW, in Colombia and Venezuela - by GM, in Australia and South
Africa -
by
Mitsubishi, and so on. In 1987, the fourth largest producer in the USA - the AMC concern with
the Jeep make - was
taken over. The AMC models were produced in the years 1987-98 under the
Eagle make. In May 1998, a Chrysler - Daimler-Benz merger
contract with the share distribution ratio of 43 to 57% was signed. In November 1998, the DaimlerChrysler
AG was established. Chrysler vehicles have been produced in the USA, Canada
(since 1925),
Mexico,
Venezuela (1950 -2002), Austria (since 1991), and Germany (since 2003). Latest premieres: Paris 2002 - California Cruiser
(a prototype); Geneva 2003 - PT Cruiser GT, Sebring restyling, Sebring Convertible
restyling, Airflite hatchback concept car; Chicago 2003 - 300 C; Frankfurt 2003 - 300 C Touring estate; Las
Vegas 2003
- PT
Cruiser Coupe concept car, Sebring Special; Detroit 2004 - Town & Country restyling, Crossfire
Roadster, Me Four-Twelve coupe concept car; Geneva 2004 - Voyager / Grand Voyager restyling,
Crossfire SRT6, Crossfire Roadster SRT6; New York 2004 - Pacifica Touring / Limited; August 2004 - 300 C SRT-8; Las Vegas
2004 - PT Speedster and
Crossfire Drifter prototypes; Detroit 2005 - Firepower coupe concept car. At the end of 2003, the production of
sedan Concorde, 300M and LHS cars was terminated. Plans for the future: 2005 - California Cruiser
(based on the prototype from Paris 2002), the successor to the Town & Country / Voyager; 2006 - Sebring of the
second generation. In 2003, DaimlerChrysler, in seven countries and under the
Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep makes, produced 2,598,221 passenger and
cross-country vehicles, pick-ups and delivery trucks, while under the Chrysler
make, in five countries, 603,371 vehicles.
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