Chrysler Heritage - 2000-2010

2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007

2000

Dieter Zetsche is appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chrysler Group.

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2001

Dodge marks its return to NASCAR by securing the pole position for the Daytona 500.

The Plymouth brand ends production.

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2003

Chrysler, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Hyundai Motor Company celebrate the groundbreaking for the joint-venture Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance plant in Dundee, Michigan, which will build 1.8-, 2.0- and 2.4-liter engines.

Chrysler’s new HEMI® is named one of Ward’s Ten Best Engines.

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2004

The new Chrysler 300-C is named Car of the Year by Motor Trend Magazine and the North American Car of the Year.

Chrysler’s Chelsea [Michigan] Proving Grounds celebrates 50 years of automotive testing and engineering.

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2005

Thomas W. LaSorda is named President and Chief Operating Officer.

Chrysler tests the market for diesel products with the launch of the Jeep_® Liberty CRD.

The Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance begins volume production at its new facility in Dundee, Michigan.

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2007

The Jeep_® Grand Cherokee becomes available for the first time in the U. S. with a 3.0-liter diesel engine.

DaimlerChrysler AG enters into a definitive agreement to sell 80.1 percent of the Chrysler Group and its related financial services business to Cerberus Capital Management, L. P., for $7.4 billion.

Now officially known as Chrysler LLC, Chrysler becomes one of the nation’s largest privately-held companies.

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