Excluding restructuring and other one-time charges, the figure was $542 million.

Wall Street analysts had expected earnings of $1.52 a share, excluding charges.

Excluding certain charges, the company's earnings were $71.1 million, or 36 cents a share.

Excluding special charges, the loss was $105 million, or 68 cents a share.

Excluding special gains and charges, the company had a net loss of $357 million, or $2.26 a share.

Excluding charges, Sun earned $28 million, or 1 cent a share.

Excluding charges, the company earned a profit of 40 cents a share.

Excluding charges, earnings reached $1.54 billion, or $2.39 a share.

Excluding charges in the quarter a year earlier, the company would have earned $923 million, or 64 cents a share.

Indeed, excluding special charges, earnings for the year were Chrysler's highest ever.