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Walter Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation on the 6th of June 1925, by reorganizing the Maxwell Motor Company, which had been established in 1904. Chrysler had previously been hired to rescue the company's troubled operations in the early 1920s.
Congress passed the Loan Guarantee Act providing $1.5 billion in loan guarantees after CEO Lee Iacocca sought federal help in 1979. Chrysler was also required to obtain $2 billion in additional concessions from outside the government, including wage reductions, asset sales, and contributions from dealers and suppliers. The loans were repaid with interest in 1983.
Chrysler's Space Division served as the prime contractor for the first stage of the Saturn I and Saturn IB rockets used in the Apollo program, building them at the Michoud Assembly Facility in East New Orleans. Earlier, Chrysler's Missile Division was the prime contractor for the PGM-11 Redstone missile, which powered the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle that carried astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom on suborbital flights in 1961.
Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on the 30th of April 2009, defaulting on over $4 billion in secured debts. On the 10th of June 2009, substantially all of its assets were transferred to a new entity owned by the United Auto Workers pension fund, Fiat S.p.A., and the U.S. and Canadian governments. Chrysler repaid its $7.6 billion in government loans on the 24th of May 2011, five years ahead of schedule.
Chrysler launched the 'Imported From Detroit' campaign in 2011, featuring Detroit rapper Eminem in a Super Bowl advertisement. It sparked a trademark lawsuit against Pure Detroit clothing retailer, which U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow ruled in favor of the retailer on the 18th of June 2011. Pure Detroit argued that Chrysler had no registered trademark on the phrase and that the three vehicles featured in the campaign were not actually built in Detroit.
Chrysler is now part of Stellantis, formed from the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group, finalized on the 16th of January 2021. It operates as FCA US LLC and is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Stellantis appointed Antonio Filosa as CEO on the 28th of May 2025, with plans to base him in Auburn Hills and invest $13 billion in U.S. operations over the following four years.