20% of Chrysler is worth zero dollars

Who can pass up a deal like that?

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If what's good for America is good for the big three automakers then...

-HJC

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I'll tell ya, for those that now own the limited run of 2008 Dodge Challengers, those cars will be worth a small fortune soon.

Anyone want to place any bets that there won't be a 2009 model year for the Challenger?

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MoPar Man
09s are on the lots already

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rob

I'm placing my bets on my last year of the great 300M- 2004. Actually I'm betting I can get 10 more years out of it, even if Chrysler is pushed aside. It's a sad time in the auto world, when a great vehicle company like Chrysler bites the dust. I'll bet they wish the name Daimler was never heard inside Chrysler.

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Some O

i love the stupid quote from Dr. Z last year. "we tried to improve the quality in Chrysler products but the American people are unwilling to pay for it".

no, i wanted a Chrysler not a Mercedes...but he didn't seem to get that.

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rob

Ok, I was a bit wrong on the details, but this must be what I remember reading:

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In April 2006, Chrysler announced that Gorky Automotive Works (GAZ), a Russian automaker, was buying Chrysler's entire Sterling Heights production line and moving it to Russia, where the Sebring and Stratus got a new lease on life - under license. It was announced at the time that 65,000 vehicles would be made each year - well under the plant's capacity but quite a bit for Russia. GAZ said it would buy Chrysler 2.4 liter engines made in Mexico (the 2.0-liter based ones used in first-generation PT Cruisers, not the World Engines) for GAZ's vehicles, in a long-term contract. The Sterling Heights stopped building the ?JR? (second-generation Stratus/Sebring) cars in May 2006, in favor of a completely new design (*) using Mitsubishi Galant dimensions.

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There was plenty of Russian interest back in 2007 to buy Chrysler (perhaps or probably in partnership with Magna) before it was aquired by Cerebus. I wonder if there still is...

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MoPar Man

That was their problem IMO. They bought Chrysler so they could sell more vehicles of their liking.

Of course it also was nice they could share parts with Chryslers large volume, lowering their parts cost.

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Some O

Nope, I'm not interested in a Russian import.

They can have the Sebring, both the one they already have and the current one.

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Some O

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