All automobile manufacturers build vehicles, but Chrysler LLC creates entirely new automotive categories. Within a decade of operation, our leadership and innovation earned us the label of Detroit's "engineering company."
Here are some of our proud milestones:
- World's first sport-utility vehicle: 1946 the Jeep® CJ-2A (first marketed as a delivery, work and recreational vehicle)
- Pioneered automotive wind tunnel development with Orville Wright* and ushered in the era of modern automotive aerodynamic design
- Developed the HEMI® engine: 1950s
- First to put a modern radio in an automobile
- America's first "Muscle Car": the 1955 Chrysler C-300
- Key-Start Ignition System
- First minivan: 1984
- 50 minivan firsts
We plan to continue building on this heritage of innovation with the creation of the ENVI organization — a new endeavor within Chrysler LLC responsible for bringing electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market.
Orville Wright™ by The Wright family Foundation, and under the license through Corbis, Corporation.
HEMI is a registered trademark of Chrysler LLC.
