Before everyone tearfully goes into a blue funk as they wax
poetic about DM causing Plymouth's end, consider this:
Chrysler had Plymouth on the chopping block way before the
Daimler deal. Car making is a profit making business, not a
museum or art gallery and if the product doesn't sell to
expectations then it must go. The 60s and 70s are over and
along with them went the Plymouth sales.
As far as Dodge going, do you think Daimler paid all those
big bucks to eliminate the very products they need here in
the USA? M-B cars, their sport UTEs and all the variants
will not carry the day for DM here, they need the Chrysler
products, dealers and markets.
In Europe, most of the vehicles that the "old" Chrysler sold
there were badged as Chryslers and that is the name that the
minivans and cars are known by over there. That isn't going
to change. There is also little chance that you will see an
M-B body or platform used here with a Dodge or Chrysler
nameplate since that isn't part of the plan. DM actually
wants to keep the individuality that we all are moaning
about being gone!
If you want to secure the future of Dodge or Chrysler
nameplates - buy one! It's like voting, don't complain about
the incumbent if you didn't vote!
How many of us have purchased a Plymouth of any kind in the
last 2 years?
Brian
57 D500s
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