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Jeff Flock with Saad Chehab, Chrysler Brand president and CEO, at the Chicago Auto Show on what’s ahead for the brand and its U.S. competitors.
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The nation's largest and longest running auto show kicks off today to got on our very -- Jeff Flock.
Is there could he always gets invested Simons with the president and CEO of Chrysler -- -- And you know they didn't report she was he's also the president as many people like Chrysler are they have multiple hats he used to have three only has to now.
President CEO of Chrysler as well as the launch program records accurate so you -- like ever -- Chrysler working very hard.
We try to do our best keep -- ourselves busy.
What I'm seeing here is various Chrysler 300 vehicles that's actually a legendary vehicle to concept car this in 1963 the famous crisis -- -- And so we've kind of made a modern iteration of -- -- of through different wheels that are turbine kind of inspired as you can -- The color is a very famous color for the turbine and nineties there is 63 which is also copper color but we modernize it with the flat -- I like what I see here but you've got -- 300 you've got the 200 and the bank accounts.
More product coming.
Yes where there are more products to be coming for sure we have a -- 200 it's -- has been very successful for us.
There's a new 200 coming very soon not this year.
And there is a also a new people -- -- a minivan their replacement -- country I've got to ask about that as we walk over is a wanna go over the town and country if I can obviously Chrysler.
Invented the minivan.
The Chrysler Town & Country and and in tandem with the Dodge Caravan I -- -- Marchionne has said.
I think we've only a room for one of these at some point can you give me any insight on what you're thinking is in terms of the the Chrysler Town & Country vs the the caravan.
Yeah I mean we will continue to have a people mover for Chrysler and for dies in one way -- another whether one would become a minivan the other one would be another type of form of of people mover will continue to be in this business and moving -- -- these.
Words -- it's our bread and butter.
And we're gonna continue known it before we get away I -- talk to about the ads because you -- one of the of the brains behind the imported from Detroit campaign and I we still see it all over here.
You've now had three Super Bowls of incredible advertising -- latest of which was the -- commercial for G.
Yes.
What more can you do on and and do those ads sell cars.
Well one we had the first.
Advertisement that we did with Eminem in 2000 and eleven now.
And there the sales on the 200 shows -- very clearly what happened right after that we went from.
As selling in one month we sell we sell as much as we saw them one year end of beating the previous -- -- Such -- very good to talk with you native of Lebanon perhaps you feel a kinship with Detroit.
A once great city are torn a bit by various and sundry things but.
-- -- -- One of the heads of the Chrysler family of brands were focusing on that today next time we will do -- -- the trucks and there are new.
Ram truck that's not a bad it's actually a commercial -- -- we'll have that one for you coming up.
Very cool -- -- Jeff black thank you.
I think it's a Super Bowl -- pay off.
It is acorda plus time to check the markets as we always do -- -- -- coal bed leaving ease some of -- -- -- -- -- activist investors making headlines today.
That's right these activists investors always make headlines they'd really push hard.
For these companies and make their opinions known and of course they would have a lot of money involved in this month -- -- a look at two names here.
That are on the move the first is apple -- that forget -- with a 700 dollar company.
Back in September today you have got David Einhorn of -- like capital.
Really making it known and and actually doing a filing a US filing with the SEC saying that he's unhappy with how apple is using its cash.
He needs to do more with their cash.
And obviously moving forward now with something to prevent apple with -- prevent apple from issuing preferred stock and filed this lawsuit in federal court.
Is apple right house at 45770.
And then there's.
Herbalife another name that has really been pulled around because of something that versions whereas they'll act witness said he talked about the pyramid theory and then -- of -- Thought that adamantly that you see it's up one point 7% in -- added again just another set of questions about their business model.
Back to him he's not letting -- all right Nicole when so much what we think -- -- fifteen minutes.
Why is one month ago today believe it or not that fire broke out and -- dreamliner Boston.
And is the government any closer to knowing what caused this blaze.
I can't say next in the -- -- -- -- dollar is moving right now against the Euro the Euro.
