Oh God, NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My first reaction was to look at the url of that page and see if it's some sort of joke site. I'm afraid it's not. I'm also praying that this won't actually happen.

I could understand if it was ford-I'd just figure that was the only way they could get the cummins diesel in any of their pickups, and they were dying to ditch international and the powerstroke.
 
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can just hear Only Classics now!! :(
She's a damn blowtie fan. :doubt:
 
Is there anyone out ther who can hack into Onstar's computer, download XLR's Caddys GPS location, and send the bomb squad?
 
Somehow Chevy Viper just don't sound right nor does Pontiac Challenger. [smilie=f:[smilie=f:
 
Oldsmoplymouth 442runner. All just junk cast away by those who "know better"

Holiday Coupe GTX

Rocket 'cuda
 
GM is hemorraging money at a fantastic rate and now they want to "buy" Chrysler? Yay, let's all go bankrupt together. Pure speculation and rumor if you ask me. :doubt:
 
You have to look at the business side of it. Dodge 'ram' trucks, chrysler '300' series, even plymouth rr are valuable 'brands' to own. You don't buy products with any real differances besides 'brand' recognizable styling cues. Is there any real differances between your pairs of tennis shoes? Even 68's velcro ones?
Selling 'brands' is what gm and massive coporations do, and that's what ppl buy. A challenger by any other name would still be a camaro.
 
While the group of here may have or had an affinity for the company in question, it has changed radically from the one we knew. All companys have changed to compete in a constantly changing environment. The trouble with both of them, GM and Chrysler, is that they are producing a product that not enough people want. The passenger car and entry level vehicle was pretty much ignored for the higher profit margins of the SUV and light to medium duty truck. One summer of spiked fuel prices let North America they we are not resiliant to world demand and we could easily see fuel prices in line with that of Europe. The bubble broke.
Given the turnaround time from design to on-the-road of a new vehicle, GM and Chrysler were caught short. And people have had a constant supply of cheap, dependable, gas efficient vehicles from the Japanese.
Also, while product loyality for the most part is a dead animal, one will tend to stick with something they have had success with. So a person jumps into an econobox and if they have a good streak of luck with it, they will tend to get another to keep the downtime in check. Want proof - Ford is going to rename the unknown 500 back to Taurus, in hopes people remember the first of the Tauruses that people had good luck with. That's the sad part of the market. Our product cannot stand up to the competition so we will resort to deciet, half-truths and sleight of hand to sell you a vehicle. Well if you do that to sell a person one, they will certainly not come back for another. So very short term sightedness. But on the brink of disaster, I guess any old port in the storm.
I harbor no ill will to either GM or Chrysler. Both are totally removed from the companys I knew and had any alleigence to.
It would be nostagically satisfying to see Chrysler revert back to North American ownership, but it wouldn't make me want to buy one of their vehicles.
 
beeper*71 said:
GM is hemorraging money at a fantastic rate and now they want to "buy" Chrysler? Yay, let's all go bankrupt together. Pure speculation and rumor if you ask me. :doubt:
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Well.

Kmart was on the verge of going tits up when they bought Sears, but doing so seems to have restored both to profitability.
 
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