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The board of Chrysler Group met last Friday to approve the newly restructured company's five-year product plan, and although the full document won't officially be released until mid-November, a handful of the plan's details have already begun leaking out.

The most recent rumors concern two of Chrysler's low-selling sedans: the Chrysler Sebring and the Dodge Avenger. Neither of those models has done well in showrooms, and both were expected be pulled from the Chrysler Group lineup. In fact, the plant that manufactures the vehicles in Sterling Heights, Michigan, has already been scheduled for shut-down. However, it seems as if both sedans...

If you’re the type of buyer who, upon taking delivery of a new car, reads the owner’s manual from cover to cover, you might be a little disappointed to find that these tomes are missing from new 2010 Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep products.

Beginning with the 2010 model year, Chrysler will be the first automaker to stop automatically including full-size printed owner’s manuals. Instead, they’re throwing it all on a DVD that includes instructional video clips.

No, to read the manual they’re not expecting you to carry around your laptop—yet. An abbreviated manual, featuring “commonly needed information” will still be included. Chrysler says that...

Fiat may have concerns about its new bride's housekeeping and checkbook-balancing skills, but it's making aggressive plans for Chrysler's future in Europe, and CEO Sergio Marchionne has announced that Euro-market Chryslers will soon be manufactured at an Italian facility Fiat acquired from Bertone. Chances are good that the vehicle produced there will be the euro replacement for the Chrysler 300C, which is also going to be used as the basis of a new near-premium Lancia. So VW is designing Euro cars for Americans, and Fiat is designing American cars for Europeans? We love that kind of symmetry. [AutoNews, sub reqd]