Chrysler To Tackle Quality Concerns With 9-Speed Transmission
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Chrysler-Fiat maestro Sergio Marchionne admitted to dealers this week that the company had "historically ignored" quality complaints, but vowed that the new Chrysler would banish its ghosts with better technology, such as 9-speed automatic transmissions.
The 9-speed automatic will follow an 8-speed gearbox for rear-wheel-drive cars due in 2011, a combo that Marchionne told dealers would only be matched by "some snotty premium manufacturer out of Europe," which we otherwise know as Mercedes.
See my other post about the 2012 Viper concept shown to dealers.Marchionne also detailed just how the next Dodge Viper won approval, saying he and Dodge chief Ralph Gilles had gone over the idea for months, before the company's leaders saw the mocked-up version and approved it as a 2012 model without question.
I'm not sure I'm told on the idea of the Viper going more "upscale".
