For this year's SEMA Show, they had the opportunity to do it again, this time with the latest iteration of the Dodge Charger sports sedan that gets a Viper 8.4-liter V10 Mopar crate engine, good enough for 650-horsepower, or 10hp more than the new 2013 SRT Viper sports coupe.
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Following the unveiling of the Fiat 500 Beach Cruiser Concept earlier today, the automaker continued the presentations with the 2013 Dodge Dart Carbon Fire prototype.
The charcoal grey colored Dart sedan has been dressed up appropriately for SEMA with a selection of production and prototype Mopar parts, highlighted by a full carbon fiber hood with a hood scoop that is said to offer significant weight savings, but which is not yet commercially available.
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The new Dart Aero has a starting MSRP of $19,295 excluding a $795 destination (*) destination fee, and returns 41 mpg (5.7 lt/100km) on the highway with the six-speed manual and 40 mpg (5.9 lt/100km) with the six-speed Dual Dry Clutch Transmission (DDCT).
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At this year's event, which runs from October 30 to November 2, the company plans to bring more than 20 new Moparized Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Fiat and SRT vehicles.
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Detroit police Sgt. Alan Quinn told reporters that the suspect fled the factory and then committed suicide at the Belle Isle Park. The unnamed man is said to have died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Chrysler confirmed the incident in a short press statement:"Two employees were involved in an altercation inside the plant. One employee was stabbed and unfortunately pronounced dead at the scene. The Detroit Police Department is currently investigating."
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In 2009, when the US automotive industry was in turmoil, the Chrysler Group initiated the Dealer Standards program.
It was Chrysler's way to make dealers improve their facilities and their customer satisfaction index. Large dealerships could be awarded as much as US$200,000 per quarter if they met the Pentastar’s standards, and receive penalties for failing to do so.
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For the Canadian-born Italian, one of the cars parked under his garage is a blacked out Dodge Challenger SRT8.
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According to Autonews, Busse, a German ex-pat who remained with Chrysler when Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler jumped boat in 2007, said that after the company re-emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, the remaining employees had sense of shared purpose, as well as a bigger budget and an artistic freedom.
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In a press conference today, SRT Motorsports President and CEO Ralph Gilles said that the automaker tried hard its best to find a company to replace Penske Racing as a builder for its competition engines, but failed to a come up with a viable solution.
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The vehicles that stood out the most were a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 dressed in a chrome foil wrap with contrasting red pin stripes decorating and highlighting the supercar's hard edges, a Batmobile replica from Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film and a Dodge Viper ACR.
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