Chrysler Financial

Essay # 3208

Accounting > Financial
Business > Companies
Business > Finance, Investment and Banking
Business > Industries

Chrysler Financial

2,705 words () | 8 sources | 2001

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the challenges, the current status and the future of Chrysler Financial.

From the Paper:

"Chrysler Corporation was incorporated in Delaware on June 6, 1925, as a successor to the Maxwell Motor Car. Walter Chrysler became Chairman of the Board and President. In 1925, the company introduced the Chrysler Four, Series 58 with a top speed of 58 mph. More than one million people visited showrooms in the first four days the corporation displayed the new automotive wonder. By the fall of 1925, more than 3,800 dealers were selling Chrysler cars and, by 1926, the corporation had risen from 57th to fifth place in industry sales. Chrysler expanded into electronics and aerospace activities and enlarged its international operations in the 1980s. In 1984, the company reported its best earnings year ever and reorganized itself into a holding company made up of four operating divisions -- Chrysler Motors, Chrysler Financial, Gulfstream Aerospace and Chrysler Technologies."