The big factories which are relatively near the centers of our cities -- the rubber factories in Akron, Chrysler's Detroit plants, U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh works -- often began on these sites at a time when that was the edge of the city, yet close to transport ( river ), storage ( piers ) and power ( river ).

The first fruit of Chrysler's crash development program was the " K-Car ", the Dodge version of which was the Dodge Aries.

Rationalizing Chrysler's broad lineup was a priority, and Dodge's sister brand Plymouth was withdrawn from the market.

Featuring Chrysler's first mainstream rear-wheel drive platform since the 1980s and a revival of the Hemi V8 engine, it was a modest success.

Following Chrysler's takeover of the British Rootes Group, Simca of France, and Barreiros of Spain, and the resultant establishment of Chrysler Europe in the late 1960s, the Dodge brand was used on light commercial vehicles, most of which were previously branded Commer or Karrier, on pickup and van versions of the Simca 1100, on the Spanish Dodge Dart, and on heavy trucks built in Spain.

Ford's following years ' earnings confirmed that its success was not a fluke, for its earnings continued to exceed GM and Chrysler's.

* Chrysler's gear-reduction starter motor used from the early 1960s to the late 1980s was nicknamed the " Highland Park Hummingbird " after Chrysler's hometown and the starter's distinctive cranking sound.

Chrysler's automotive career began in 1911 when he received a summons to meet with James J. Storrow, a banker who was a director of ALCO and also an executive at General Motors.

Bahram stood at stud at Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm in Maryland then was brought to Chrysler's North Wales Stud.

Walter Chrysler's father, Henry ( Hank ) Chrysler, was a Canadian-American of German and Dutch ancestry.

In 1943, the United States Merchant Marine Academy was founded at the former location of Walter P. Chrysler's palatial estate in Kings Point.

Before Chrysler's 1949 innovation of the key-operated combination ignition-starter switch, the starter was often operated by the driver pressing a button mounted on the floor or dashboard.

Rolls Royce had introduced a conceptually similar starter in 1946, but Chrysler's was the first volume-production unit.

However, Chrysler's forced marriage of Simca and Rootes was not a happy one: Chrysler Europe collapsed in 1977 and the remains were sold to Peugeot the following year.

Through 1956, all wagons had the third row facing forward, but Chrysler's 1957 models had a roof too low to permit a forward-facing seat installed over the axle, so it was turned around and placed behind the axle.

The Jeep / Eagle division of Chrysler Corporation was formed after Chrysler's 1987 buyout of American Motors Corporation, or AMC.

Chrysler's initial problem was that unlike the Big Three, which had multiple brands under their Corporate name, American Motors had sold passenger cars under its corporate initials of " AMC " since 1970.

Furthermore, following Chrysler's acquisition of AMC, there was a realignment of the dealership network.

Mostly though, the Eagle brand was never able to find a place in Chrysler's lineup, as Eagle's cars competed more with Chrysler's other divisions than with the competition from other automakers.

The Jeep / Eagle division of Chrysler Corporation was formed from the remains of AMC after Chrysler's 1987 buyout.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee was the driving force behind Chrysler's buyout of AMC ; Lee Iacocca wanted the design.

When a new, larger Plymouth Fury was introduced for 1965 on Chrysler's full-size C platform, the Plymouth Belvedere name was moved to Plymouth's " new " mid-size line for 1965, in what was really a continuation of Plymouth's full-size 1962 – 1964 models.

Everything came to a head in 1979 when Chrysler's new chairman, Lee Iacocca, requested and received federal loan guarantees from the United States Congress in an effort to save the company from having to file bankruptcy.

Chrysler's ancestors came from the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Guntersblum.

The gear-reduction starter Chrysler used from the early 1960s through the late 1980s garnered the nickname " Highland Park Hummingbird " after Chrysler's hometown and the starter's distinctive cranking sound.

In 1952, DeLorean graduated from the Chrysler Institute with a masters degree in automotive engineering and joined Chrysler's engineering team.

Thus, without having a separate brand from the now defunct company, Chrysler looked to re-brand the legacy vehicles inherited through the purchase of AMC instead of trying to fold those outside designed products into Chrysler's existing branch structure.

It also failed to achieve synergies by sharing components and from Chrysler's paperless design and supplier capabilities.

However, the 1957 – 1958 Forward Look models suffered from poor materials, spotty build quality and inadequate corrosion protection ; they were rust-prone and greatly damaged Chrysler's reputation.

At this time, Mercury's biggest competition was Buick, Oldsmobile, Chrysler's mid-priced products, and higher-end models from American Motors.

The Dodge Rampage was a subcompact, unibody coupe utility based on Chrysler's L platform and manufactured from 1982 – 1984.

The trucks were part of a short run at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario and were fitted with numerous appearance upgrades from Chrysler's Direct Connection parts catalog.

A voluntary import quota system was in place at this time, restricting the number of cars Japanese automakers could bring in to the U. S. As the Japanese company began to open its own branded dealerships to sell directly, every imported Cordia, Tredia and Starion sold by Mitsubishi had to be discounted from Chrysler's allocation.

It replaced the long-running Paykan which was itself based on the Hillman Hunter, an ancestor ( in corporate ownership and model positioning terms ) of the 405, having been produced by the Rootes Group and Chrysler UK from 1963 until 1979-the year that Peugeot purchased Chrysler's European operations.

For Chrysler's rebadged version of the Dodge 600 sold from 1983 – 1984, see Chrysler E-Class.

They were based on the Chrysler K platform, which the media referred to as being Chrysler's only hope to save itself from bankruptcy.

At the same time, Chrysler's Dodge Division offered the Dodge Colt as its " subcompact " — sourced from Mitsubishi in Japan.

Starting in 1967, Chrysler Australia Ltd assembled the Hillman Hunter from imported CKD packs at their Port Melbourne factory, which they inherited as part of Chrysler's acquisition of Rootes Australia.

The standard three-speed and optional four-speed manual transmissions were carried over from 1964, however, a new three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic transmission with torque-converter that was similar in principle to Ford's Cruise-O-Matic and Chrysler's Torqueflite replaced the older three-speed fluid coupling Roto Hydra-matic ( along with the four-speed Super Hydra-matic in Bonneville and Star Chief models ).

The New Yorker used Chrysler's completely redesigned body with only the windshield showing traces of the previous Forward Look designs, although, under the skin, platform changes were near zero, with only a change from 12 " Total Contact to Bendix 11 " Duo-Servo brakes.

The St. Regis two-door hardtop gave a unique three-tone paint job for a higher price and the Town and Country Wagon model was Chrysler's most expensive vehicle of 1956 at US $ 4, 523.

As if the new car needed any further handicaps against the competition, which rode on all-new platforms, the St. Regis ( along with Chrysler's Newport and Plymouth Gran Fury ) was built, by necessity, on basically the same unibody platform as the old B platform Monaco, although the new car was slightly longer in both wheelbase and overall length.

This took him to the ill-fated St. Lawrence Campaign but also won him a citation for gallantry in the battle of Chrysler's Farm.

The St. Regis was based on Chrysler's rear wheel drive R-body platform, itself based on a modified version of the circa 1971 B-body design that provided the foundation for such cars as the Dodge Charger and the Chrysler Cordoba.