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Stellantis knows the American auto market is a screwed up mess. The government with their unrealistic regulations make it almost impossible to put a decent vehicle on the market. These auto companies are global, they can drop the cars for the American market and probably do better financially.
Stellantis is killing Mopar . I wish some American interest would purchase Chrysler /Dodge/Ram and breath some new life into the company . I have been a Mopar man all my driving life . EV suck and this climate warming is bull shit .
Totally agree with your thoughts. Stellantis has no clue or interest in the American auto enthusiast. I feel they could prevent these brands from dying off by offering EVs , ICE and hybrids, but they appear only to be interested in the EV option.
I predicted this here; at least two years ago. All of it. I believe right around when they gave SRT to Stelantis. When they cancelled the Charger/ Challenger/ 300, they also cancelled over 4 billion dollars in sales a year with nothing to replace any of it. And they also lost the most popular 4 door sedan in the world. You don't bounce back from bonehead moves like that. And Stellantis is no longer paying their bills and were thrown out of the Auto Nation dealer group. If Auto Nation throws you out, you're finished. All 14 of them, according to Auto Nation. It's nice to see reality finally setting in here and I'm sorry for that. It looks like I'll be keeping my Charger for a long, long time.
My first car was a 1989 Dodge Omni. Arguably the saviour of the Dodge brand at one point, ushering in the K-CAR. Which was cheap, effective and reliable in a time when inflation and interest were high. It was the right car that consumers need at the right time. The hornet isn't. EV's aren't. Too expensive when people are trying to make their bills and grocery payments. This isn't the time for EVs. Make something cheap, effective and accessible. Rest in peace Dodge. You didn't deserve this.
Hi Andrew! I don't know if you knew this but Carlos Tavares was Carlos Ghosn's right-hand man / padawan a decade ago. And for the record, Carlos Ghosn destroyed Renault and Nissan by making cheap cars of very poor quality. It seems that Tavares has learned (too) well from Ghosn, he only sees his own profit and doesn't mind destroying historic car brands if he can get a few extra millions in his pocket. It's only because of the affair and the departure of Carlos Ghosn that Renault is in better shape today.
Stellantis just doesn’t understand the customer and the different product lines. Where I used to work was bought out, plus our competitor was bought by the same company. We made higher end buildings and our competitor made cheaper buildings. They combined our product lines, loosing some of our quality, and adding cost to the competitors product line. Now our customers are unhappy on both fronts.
Chrysler and dodge haven't made a good vehicle since the 1960s they have had foreign owners for at least the last 20 years now and whenever a foreign company gets involved with a us company its usually the end of that company
Mopar is dead. EVs are failing. Until a real infrastructure is built to support EV use, it's a waste of money. Might as well go back to the horse and buggy. At least you'll get free fertilizer 😅
Dodge - Muscle and sports cars Chrysler - EVs Ram - trucks and Commercial vehicles Jeep - 4x4 and off road based A simple formula that would give each a purpose. Just lower prices and give each brand a entry level vehicle
Im a crown vic owner but I love chargers and challengers. But yeah, a lot of people said when stellantis bought them a few years back it’d be the death of Chrysler. Fiat and Daimler were so cool, looking back on it. They’re stepping over dollars to save a few pennies. They care more about saving 1/20th as much in tax revenue/incentives with president dipshit’s administration, than they are making 20X the money in sales. Of course Chrysler will go under because of it, but their CEOs are getting rich from this tyrannical dictatorship right now.
I didn't leave Chrysler; Chrysler left me. We've been buying Chrysler vehicles for a long time. Appreciated the "premium" market placement - nicer and more comfortable than most brands, but without the high pricing of actual luxury brands. Would have happily kept buying Chrysler... if they actually offered anything for sale. We're past the minivan stage and they have NO OTHER CARS. That is RIDICULOUS. We bought our first non Chrysler/FCA/Stellantis vehicle in decades this year since Stellantis clearly doesn't want our money.
All this started actually during the FCA days. Sergio is the one who separated Dodge and RAM that never should have been done. Sergio also never invested in new vehicles for Chrysler. He easily could have made a few SUVs and giving them a bigger lineup. Forever Chrysler was the only and still the only brand that does not have an SUV in their lineup. This has been exaggerated by stalantis. I believe they're letting the brands die and the only one they want to keep going is Jeep. They have no idea what the North American market wants.
Stellantis is run by leftist globalists who licked at the sack of the woke agenda. This company should be boycotted at all costs until they remove their heads from their a**! I've bought Dodge for the past 46 years, I'm all done. SIDE NOTE: FKJOEBIDEN!
Chrysler and Dodge’s failure in their strategies go back as far as FCA but Stellantis is responsible for trying to kill what’s left of them. Chrysler killed the 200 when it still sold 57k vehicles each year, compared to the 20~30k annual sales of the Lincoln MKZ and Cadillac CTS. And the 300 is gone too when it still had potential. Overall, Chrysler is pretty dead because they don’t even give a damn about their lineup of one car. RIP Chrysler. Dodge definitely went the wrong path with their focus on the muscle niche instead of mass market cars like they used to be for much of their existence. I think Dodge claimed to transform into a muscle brand just to be able to get away with not replacing the popular Caravan and Journey with new models. Dodge created their own pitfall, because look where the muscle culture is headed. I think Dodge should go back into the mass market with a crossover, minivan, sedan, and some muscle cars, and use that profit money for investing in a proper V8 muscle car that’s up to speed. People be wanting a Dodge V8, but we also loved the Dodge Caravan and Journey and would die to have them back in a new form. I hope people at Dodge change their strategy and become more competent for crying out loud.
Everything I've seen points to disaster for Dodge with the new Charger EV. Whether it's RU-vid, Facebook or the comments on Car and Driver, the muscle car faithful will be lining up none deep to buy it. If I can afford it, I might, but for totally different reasons. They're looking for a muscle car, I'm seeing it as potentially a cheap imitation of the Rolls-Royce Spectre. I like that both of them exist, in a scene flooded with trucks, SUVs and crossovers, none of which I give a voluptuous flying f### about. It's my thought on Chrysler that the Daimler part of Daimler -Chrysler had to stop Chrysler from running over Mercedes Benz in the '90s. Chrysler has been placed directly on top of Dodge for too long, and needs to find a more stratified place in the market. Stretch out the Charger platform, and give us a new New Yorker, in two and four door forms. Chrysler used to build cars as luxurious as any in the world, especially under the Imperial name. It's time to head back in that direction. Not appearing at auto shows is just lazy and cheap. Their optimization sounds like another word for retreat. Plymouth disappeared because Chrysler Corporation turned Dodge into a competitor for Chevrolet, which it was not until 1960. The erosion was complete by 1980. To fix what is wrong with Chrysler and Dodge, some long standing problems need to be fixed. Chrysler should not be just a clone of Dodge. If the Dodge is cheaper and everything else is more or less the same, Chrysler will suffer for it. After you showed the chart with the fines paid for the ChargerHemis, you showed us the real reason Chrysler and Dodge are screwed. That rat faced creep Carlos Tavares. He has impressed me as being both too stupid and too cheap to fix the problem. Call me crazy on this one, but the cost of those fines might become a selling point, a middle finger raised to political correctness, even as the cost equals the production cost of the engine. Another path might be for Chrysler to go completely with EVs while pursuing a more upscale image. After all, while electrification isn't ideal for a muscle car, it adds to the refinement of a luxury car, as Rolls-Royce has made quite clear. Whatever sins have been visited upon Dodge, I think that the larger problem is the long term neglect and disrespect shown to Chrysler over the years. It shows clearly in the devolution of the logo from the blue ribbon logo of the '90s to the thing they put on the Halcyon concept car. You have definitely provoked me this morning. The problem isn't EVs or Hemis, it's a long running set of problems that have left few choices, overseen by someone who lives in a country that treats V8 power as a privilege of the wealthy. Name me a French luxury car with a V8 built after WW2. Well, one that doesn't use an American V8, that is.
Tavares is a Soros minion. He hates America and like Biden and the rest of the communist insist on forcing this fake climate change initiative on us. Will be buying Fords from now on
Chrysler and Dodge have had several episodes of near death since the 70's. They are brands irrelevant for the market, but still beloved by a small but decreasing crowd of loyal enthusiasts. It seems that Chrysler and Dodge are finally disapearing for good.
Chrysler: Take Wagoneer, fix the numerous issues, make it a Chrysler Aspen. Build a couple smaller, Chrysler-exclusive crossovers (Airflow) to complement Aspen. Put the minivan back in Dodge. Look at the non-US Stellantis models to see if anything there can sell as luxury in Chrysler. Ram: Quit pretending we don't still call them Dodges. Dissolve this silly "brand" and put the Dodge branding back on them. Dodge: in addition to the Dodge Ram trucks, make a mid-sized option. Bring back Dakota. Take the Pacifica back into Dodge. Look at the Stellantis portfolio to see if anything there fits Dodge's spiriting pretensions. All of this is HEAVILY dependent on reliability, but the brands need to fix the dealership experience, too. Put a heavy corporate hand on delaerships so the salesmen, F&I, and Service folks are professional. Don't know why these dealerships are too often a bunch of a-holes.
It's a sad situation, but I think we all saw it coming when Stellantis took over. So I wonder which direction the performance car market will go from here. After all, with EV cars recently losing popularity and market share due to charging inconvenience ...and... all the fires, what's next, hydrogen engines?
Creating a dual-purpose platform isn't forcing anything. They'll still produce a hurricane muscle car, which is STILL not going to make people walk away. Emotional "Purists" cried about the mid engine Corvette saying it wasn't a real Vette anymore. Read any real financial publication like Bloomberg, who do real polls and projections about ev demands and wants, and it's just not true about it waning. What is absolutely hilarious is the Stockholm syndrome people have with OPEC which is basically a criminal cartel having control over their lives and countries.
