GM Toledo Powertrain No. 1, Toledo Jeep productivity lags (Jeep Wranglers) in new study

12:23 am, June 7th, 2007

Toledo Blade - However, the complex which makes Jeep Wranglers, Jeep Libertys, and Dodge Nitros improved from a year ago. The Nitro production, which began last summer, finished second in its mid-sized sport-utility vehicle category, at 20.11 hours to make a vehicle Continue reading

Wall Street Journal - DETROIT — U.S. safety regulators opened a preliminary investigation into the Chrysler Group’s 2007 Jeep Wrangler after receiving complaints of engine stall at highway speed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it has Continue reading

Ithaca Journal - DETROIT With all the buzz generated by the Saturn Aura, Ford Edge and four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, casual Chrysler Group sold 10,776 Wranglers, compared with 31,503 Dodge Rams. Analysts estimate that the average profit on smaller Continue reading

Toledo Blade - The report also showed that Chrysler s Toledo Jeep Assembly complex slipped in productivity. It was not among the top 10 The start of three on-site supplier operations helping to make the Wranglers and a new four-door Wrangler also was novel for an Continue reading

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Jeep Wrangler Unlimited climbs highest volcano on Earth (Jeep Wranglers)

12:23 pm, May 29th, 2007

Hamilton Mountain News - Seventy years after the first man climbed the world’s highest volcano, Ojos del Salado in Chile, two Jeep Wrangler The Wranglers are unbeatable.” The two Wrangler Unlimited vehicles that completed this challenge were standard equipment Rubicon Read more

Norwich Bulletin - difficulty, to maximize driver challenge and passenger enjoyment,” noted Scott Lewis, President of Capitol Chrysler Dodge Jeep. “It should be a lot of fun. Last year’s event attracted more than 110 individuals and families in 58 off-road Wranglers Read more

Toledo Blade - The parts supplier already assembles cars for DaimlerChrysler in Austria through its Magna Steyr subsidiary, and it paints Jeep Wranglers at the Toledo Jeep Asssembly complex. Reports indicate that Magna was in talks with the Onex Corp. conglomerate Read more

Springfield News-Leader - The company sign hangs over a row of unsold 2007 Jeep Wranglers at a Chrysler-Jeep agency in the east Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo., on Sunday. DaimlerChrysler has agreed to sell most of Chrysler to a private equity firm. David Zalubowski / The Read more

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Family frustrated with pace of double-fatal wreck investigation (Jeep Wranglers)

12:23 pm, May 28th, 2007

NW Florida Daily News - The Forsyths are still reeling from the double blow they took when a Jeep Wrangler driven by 19-year-old Nicholas Chesser crossed the center lane on U.S. Highway 98 near Sandestin and struck the Mahaffeys car nearly head on. And they re More

Guam Pacific Daily News - 10:55 a.m., May 27 Police are investigating the tenth traffic fatality this year after a 61-year-old man was killed in an early morning accident. Fernando Baluan Saboy of Yigo was killed when a Jeep Wrangler struck his Honda Civic head-on, Guam More

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Jeepin for Healin IV Scheduled for May 12 (Jeep Wranglers)

5:23 pm, May 26th, 2007

Norwich Bulletin - difficulty, to maximize driver challenge and passenger enjoyment,” noted Scott Lewis, President of Capitol Chrysler Dodge Jeep. “It should be a lot of fun. Last year’s event attracted more than 110 individuals and families in 58 off-road Wranglers More details

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Jeep Wranglers - Click thumbnails to zoom

6:23 pm, May 25th, 2007

Detroit Free Press - The steel skeleton under their sheet metal is more like a car than the rugged chassis of Jeep’s iconic Wrangler off-roader. The manufacturers of those other vehicles go out of their way to tell reviewers they’re not made for off-roading, despite their Continue reading

Newsday - The scrappy little granddaddy of sport utility vehicles isn’t getting any younger, but it continues to get better. The Jeep Wrangler was redesigned for ‘07, and now buyers can order it with four doors and room for five people. The extra two doors Continue reading

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Week in Wheels (Jeep Wranglers)

2:23 am, May 22nd, 2007

Newsday - The scrappy little granddaddy of sport utility vehicles isn’t getting any younger, but it continues to get better. The Jeep Wrangler was redesigned for ‘07, and now buyers can order it with four doors and room for five people. Continue reading

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Morning Headlines (Jeep Wranglers)

2:23 am, May 21st, 2007

WTGV - Magna runs the plant which paints the Jeep Wrangler at the Toledo Jeep assembly plant. Police in Bluffton are investigating the deaths of two 77-year-old residents. Authorities say a family member found Ronald and Pauline Kirtland dead inside continued

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Jeep Wranglers - Abandon ship

5:23 am, May 19th, 2007

Houston Chronicle - As soon as we saw Budget Rent A Car’s lineup of Jeep Wranglers, our tentative plans to bike around the island evaporated. We had a sudden change of heart as our horizon expanded. Within 15 minutes, we were in a sporty Jeep, cruising along a coastal More

Waltonian - We got to goof around, play paintball and accidentally get in trouble for trespassing. We were up in the mountains at a fellow EU friend’s grandparent’s cabin. The first night we got there, we jumped in all of our Jeep Wranglers and 4-wheel-drive More

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Weekend wrecks claim four (Jeep Wranglers) East Texans’ lives

10:23 am, May 15th, 2007

Lufkin Daily News - Lindsay, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene on FM 1970 in Shelby County early Sunday by Jim L. Powers, precinct 5 justice of the peace. Investigating Trooper John Riggins said Lindsay’s southbound 1992 Jeep Wrangler left the roadway and struck a Details

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Gunman robs Holmes-Wayne Co-op (Jeep Wranglers)

1:23 pm, May 14th, 2007

Daily Record - The gunman was given an unknown amount of cash and the keys to a 2002 Jeep Wrangler. He fled north on state Route 83 in the vehicle. A search of the area by law enforcement, including a State Highway Patrol spotter plane, turned up no trace of the Continue reading

Detroit News - Michele Mauder, who works at Chrysler’s Toledo Supplier Park, where the Jeep Wrangler is built, and is a member of the committee, said the workers believe employee ownership is the best option for Chrysler’s 50,000 UAW workers. “The bottom line is the Continue reading

Cape Cod Today - The victims also reported seeing a white Jeep Wrangler softtop leaving the area. Barnstable Police ask anyone with information to contact them at (508) 775-0387. Posted on 12/19 at 7:30 AM; updated on 12/19 at 5:00 PM. Bourne firefighters called to Continue reading

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