Chrysler -- alive or dead?

Let them try. I think the USFL is still technically on hiatus also.

 

Uh oh. More quality-control problems for Chrysler.

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Oh, the irony.

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They'd go pretty cheap, but not as low as 20 percent. At some point, they'd probably get as low as 50 percent of MSRP. See: Daewoo and Isuzu for experience with this.

 

Isuzu got bought, in this country, by GM. For a while they sold the Isuzu trooper, then merged the Trooper with one of their own stupid SUVs. I owned a Trooper and loved it for 165,000 miles. But GMs service sucked so bad that I sold it before it needed another timing belt.

Problem with a fire sale on Chrysler will be that the money you save on a product will be lost if no one is around to honor the warranty

 

From my Dad, the Dodge dealer ... if Chrysler goes bankrupt, then the warranties are voided. If Chrysler is bought or merges, then those are honored. If you bought an extended warranty, that's usually done via a third-party and won't be affected by anything Chrysler does.

 

Fresh off its recent alliance with Fiat (and given the companies' quality histories1, that'd damned appropriate), Chrysler is now urging its dealers to order more new cars and trucks. If most Chrysler dealerships look like the local ones, there's no reason for dealers to order at this point.
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At least the porn industry had the good judgment to ask for a bailout for something the American public still has a consuming interest in.

 

Can't wait for Chrysler's new "halo" car:

 

My in-laws bought a new Grand Caravan this weekend. Once the guys at the dealership figured out that they were the last people in a three-state radius with a credit score high enough to let them finance a vehicle, they couldn't shovel enough discounts their way to get them to sign on the dotted line. At one point, my father-in-law was told that if he could provide the name and number of a prospect, they would knock an additional $650 off the price. When he declined to do so, the salesman filled in the number of one of his friends and shoved it on through.

 

About a million years ago, I worked for a Dodge dealership that had previously also sold Fiats. You could always tell when one was in for service because you'd hear a loud "FUCK" followed by the sound of a wrench being thrown against the wall by a mechanic.