Hi All, It seems to me that this group is turning into a place where old people agree that in the old days everything was much better. Being European I'm not emotionally attached to Dodge (first truck I drove was a GT 6.0), Jeep (owned and saw a '91 Cherokee die on me) or Chrysler (drive a Stratus now, it is branded Chrysler here, not Dodge) and would really want to buy a Intrepid (which is not for sale in Europe) as a daily driver and a '69 Charger (My wife and I are together because of the Dukes of Hazard).
So, being objective, I see that people buying a car on a good day and expecting or even demanding that the manufactorer of their choice keeps things exactly the same. I always thought that a free market was the way to do so (if you don't like it, don't buy it) but I notice that people expect that DC keeps on building the same old s*it so to speek. Why don't those people understand that that just won't happen. Or anyway, not just like that.
DC is debranding the name Jeep to keep selling in the SUV segment. Ford is debranding Jaguar to boost up sales in Europe. Stuff like that happened before and will happen again. Toyota invented Lexus to get into the Topsegment. If that succeeds they will start rebranding Toyota's in smaller Lexai (?). VAG has done the same with Porsche and Audi and is now hoping to sell expensive Volkswagens.
Anyway, grow up, get over it, marry someone or die trying. Make something of your life. Do anything. Be happy.
But stop yabbing about something that won't happen. Please. :)
My 2 eurocents (15% better than your cents). Martin