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Chrysler -- alive or dead?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Jan 7, 2009.

  1. derwood

    derwood Active Member

    Fiat x1/9!
     
  2. MacDaddy

    MacDaddy Active Member

    Ford is by far in the best shape of the Detroiters. GM, assuming it can stay afloat for the next few months, is in decent shape, too. They have a pretty good lineup now and good things in the pipeline; their efforts to turn things around are starting to bear fruit (a lot of people don't realize how long it takes to develop a car). Chrysler's problem is that pretty much everything it makes now is shit, and the cupboard is bare. The Fiat deal gives them some hope, but we shall see. It gets a lot more intriguing, though, if the rumors of a Fiat deal with Peugeot are true.

    The Volt is intriguing, but I don't think it's fair to say it's going to save GM. It'll end up being a relatively low-volume model that cost a shitload of money to engineer. It's great PR and an exciting technological development, but, at least in the short term, it's not going to be the savior.
     
  3. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    None of it matters unless the credit markets thaw.

    You can make a car that gets 900 miles to the gallon and gives you on-demand road head, but if it can't be financed, it can't be sold.
     
  4. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    And, uh, where do I sign up for that?
     
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