Chrysler
- The main four-wheel drive arm of Chrysler is the Jeep range but Dodge also make 4WDs.
- 1970: A joint venture with
Mitsubishi
was established.
- 1987: Chrysler took over AMC.
- 1998: Mercedes Benz merged with (took over) Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler.
- 2000: Daimler Chrysler acquired 1/3 of Mitsubishi.
- 2001: Chrysler tilted at the Le Mans sports car series with an LMP prototype.
- 2007, August: Daimler Chrysler (Daimler AG) admitted to indigestion over Chrysler and reversed the merger of 1998, selling Chrysler Group, and its liabilities, to Cerberus Capital Management.
- 1987: Chrysler took over AMC.
- 2008:
Chrysler came close to bankruptcy.
- 2009 January 20: Chrysler and Fiat "signed a non-binding term sheet to establish a global strategic alliance."
- 2009 April 30: Chrysler reached an agreement in principle to establish an alliance with Fiat SpA and also applied for "Chapter 11" bankruptcy to protect it from creditors.
- 2009 June 10: Fiat's
purchase ofalliance with Chrysler passed through the courts.- 2011 July 21: Fiat acquired the 6% of Chrysler held by the US Treasury and the 1.5% held by Canada, moving to 53.5% of Chrysler, on the way towards 58.5% (announced 5 Jan 2012).
- 2013, July 8: Fiat exercised its option to move to hold 68.49% of Chrysler.
- 2014: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) was formed by merging Fiat and Chrysler.
- 2019 May 27: FCA proposed a 50:50 merger with Renault.
- 2009 January 20: Chrysler and Fiat "signed a non-binding term sheet to establish a global strategic alliance."
- But 6 June: The proposal was withdrawn citing "political conditions in France". But ...
- 2019 December 18: FCA (Fiat Chrysler) and PSA (Peugeot) agreed to merge; this was finalised in 2021.