How far will you have to drive for service on your Chrysler product??

Why buy a Chrysler when you can get a Honda, Toyota, Nissan or Ford?

As i former Chrysler owner for over 20 years, i'm felling sorry for owners of these cars and trucks, IMO i think that some owners of Chrysler product will switch to orher brands that are not having prolems. what Chrysler & GM is doing is making it a whole lot better for these other brands, with a lot of GM & Chrysler dealers gone the more other brands will have to sell and service. Toyota and Honda will be laughing all the way to the banks and loving it, Thank you GM & Chrysler for giving me more work as well as more $$$$$. UMMM UMMM

Where I live we're spoiled by too many dealers. That does give me a choice of where to get Chrysler maintenance and parts, which often isn't the closest Chrysler dealer. BTW we have 3 Chrysler dealers within a 15 minute drive, with many more on a 30 minute drive. Hopefully each reasonably sized town/city retains one dealer.

Toyota and Honda have fewer dealers than the D-2, Nissan far fewer. I'm sure after dropping dealers the D-2 will still have more dealers than T or H.

Yes if a Chrysler owner is having problems requiring a dealer and a dealer isn't nearby they will obviously look into other makes. Fortunately our Chrysler cars seldom have a problem and regular service is handled by a number of local small garages. When buying a new car a nearby dealer is a given, why buy a vehicle when you have to travel more than 20 or so minutes for a dealer?

Yes Ford, Toyota & Honda will be happy, but many other makes won't be affected as they have very slim dealer networks.

As i former Chrysler owner for over 20 years, i'm felling sorry for owners of these cars and trucks, IMO i think that some owners of Chrysler product will switch to orher brands that are not having prolems. what Chrysler & GM is doing is making it a whole lot better for these other brands, with a lot of GM & Chrysler dealers gone the more other brands will have to sell and service. Toyota and Honda will be laughing all the way to the banks and loving it, Thank you GM & Chrysler for giving me more work as well as more $$$$$. UMMM UMMM

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According to one of the national TV news outfits, Toyota has 1600 dealers in the US. GM has 7000 in the US. Lot's of room to cut lots of dealers and still have more than twice Toyota has. Don't know how many Chrysler had overall but probably many more than Toyota.

Because I "don't want THEM!". I don't want a Kia, Hyundai, etc. either. My family has driven Chrysler products since before WWII, and we like them. I currently have two: a restored 1941 Windsor 4 door sedan, and my wife drives a 2007 Dodge Caliber

"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Because all of the above except Ford suck rocks, and because I (mostly) prefer Chrysler's lineup to Ford's. Definitely Dodges are far better trucks right now, until Ford gets the Navistar 6.0/6.4 diesel disaster ironed out. The Fusion is the most appealing Ford to me, but only because the Avenger/Sebring is so un-appealing.

I don't get all the stupidity about "you won't be able to get service! Waaah waaah waahhh." Even if Chrysler folds completely, *someone* is going to buy the assets and keep car production going in some form (possibly multiple forms), and that includes service. Many of the dealers that are being cut loose from the franchise system may elect to stay in business as independents, but aside from that only a very few were cut loose in areas where there isn't ANOTHER Chrysler dealer within a few miles. In my town, ONE dealer was cut loose (and its generally regarded as one of the worst dealerships of any brand in the area) leaving "merely" FOUR other Dodge, Jeep, or Chrysler dealerships!

Steve, I agree with you on Ford products(also GM). I prefer to drive Chrysler products, my family has always driven them even before WWII(I have a restored 1941 Windsor 4 door now). My wife's 2007 Caliber is great! We got back from a 1500 mile round trip, with air and going 70 and got 31-33 mpg. I have to disagree with you ont he Avenger/Sebring, I think that they are nice cars, much different looking than all the Japanese/Korean, etc. same size models. We counted a lot of them on the highway during our trip, and the Dodge Ram was the most counted truck that we saw!

"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Well... opinions are very individual. My wife saw a current-production Sebring the other day and she said, "THAT is the Sebring! It looks just like any Honda!"

To my eye, its much more generic than the Sebrings of 5 or especially 10 years ago.