Chrysler Through the Years . . . Highlights, 1970 - 1996

10/21/96

1970  American Motors Corp buys Kaiser Jeep Corp.
1973  Mideast oil crisis hurts Chryslers big car sales.
1976  Chrysler sells Airtemp heating/cooling company to Fedders
1978  Chrysler European units sold to Peugeot: Dodge Omni, Plymouth Horizon
      appear as first U.S. built sub-compacts.
1979  Chrysler faces potential bankruptcy: company receives U.S. loan
      guarantees.
1980  K Cars debut as 1981 models
1983  Chrysler pays back Uncle Sam seven years early. Iacocca claims he did it.
      Minivan is introduced.
1987  Chrysler and American Motors merge.
1988  Chrysler establishes Eagle as a brand . . . its first new brand
      since 1928
1989  Dodge Viper concept car debuts at auto shows to rave revues.
1992  Chrysler introduces LH family of cab forward cars. It's a home run.
1994  Company reports record net earnings of $3.713 billion.
1995  Investor Kirk Kerkorian along with Iacocca tries unsuccessful
      takeover bid.
1996  Chrysler dedicates its Auburn Hills World Headquarters building in
      Michigan.

Bill Maloney -- The Auto Channel