I bought 3 of them! John in WI
brians wrote:
>
> 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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