EMPLOYEES AT DODGE / STELLANTIS SPEAK OUT ABOUT LAYOFFS 

That is the problem!

Give me 500 miles of range in cold weather at a reasonable price and I might consider an EV.

@@gobsmacked230 The cost of these vehicles and the issues are more than just range related.

Unions too.

@skipjounson7255 It's the global government agenda. The war on personal mobility.

You figured out what you need to do to be successful in the USA. Regrettably the education system here is aimed at making employees out of students, to most people owning their own business never even crosses their mind. I have had my own business since I was 18 years old, I am now 56. My house is paid off, my cars are paid off, and I am what I would call semi-retired for the last 4 years. I still run the company website, and one of the eBay stores, but I no longer go to the warehouse and work there, in fact I moved out of the state where I have my warehouse and my business partner runs the day to day operations there.

@blobmonster9494 yep, prices keep going up and up and it’s not only the lack of people in the trades but the guys going into it just don’t work like the old generation. A job that takes me a few hours by myself, my two guys will be there all day long. But when there’s a 3-4 month wait on jobs customers have no choice.

​@blobmonster9494 they can't fix it themselves either.

Tell Joe Biden that and their Leftist NEW GREEN DEAL!

Trouble is that the Federal government has bailed them out so many times that they practically own the automakers. Also, the abuse and absolute hijacking of the interstate commerce clause has allowed the Feds to dictate almost everything inside the auto businesses. Which is why they can mandate safety features and so many other things.

If the government stayed out of the auto business, Ford would be the only US auto company left from the big three. Be careful what you wish for.

When they put Biden in office. This is what these corrupt people plan to do. CCP friends.

I wish they would the government would stay out of the "free" market in general I'm not loosing sleep because chevy an dodge would go out of business bye

Definitely a liberal environmental play

That's a asinine comment, zero logic.

Ok libby 😂 🤣​@icehog2367

Companies don't buy companies to lose money. FCA/PSA more likely just didn't understand the US market. It would be idiotic to buy a company just to kill it.

@@icehog2367how so?

NEVER

was told 5 years ago .. any fool knew it

Electric vehicles are a dead end. We just don't have the infrastructure. If all ICE vehicles were converted to electricity, how many hundred nuclear power stations would we have to build to supply the electrical power? Not to mention building new transmission lines. Not going to happen. It's either hydrogen or stay with oil!

Now that all the hidden disadvantages are coming out about EVs I’m so glad I held off in buying one. I’m still enthusiastic about hybrid though

@@Kevin19700 I still think Hydrogen is the way forward. There is no way we have the infrastructure in place to supply all the vehicles if all ICE vehicles were replaced by EVs. We have to build new power plants, transmission lines and local grids. It would cost an astronomical amount of money. I can't see it happening any time soon. Who would pay?

Hemi engines are made in Mexico.

Yes!!

If you want to buy American. It's not Dodge hasn't been for a long time now.

Buy it

@@andrewjames1817 I wish. I would build us some Muscle Cars again.

Try to find who are the Real owners of this Company. It's it's owned by somebody in Amsterdam and someone in Britain. And probably ran by China.

Nothing to save. They’re all bastard Fiat products, like Yugo’s and Zastava’s. Nobody wants them. That’s why Fiat got them.

No, they want it dead.

A great point but they want to destroy it China. And European makers.

Dodge sabotageed itself by being Dodge

keep making ice v-8 vehicles

Who exactly would be interested in purchasing it?

A World Economic Forum goal probably

Honestly like these guys know they won’t win but they keep trying like they just need to get the f**k out of here.

No, John Elkann is behind the whole thing and has been since 2014

CDJR can't catch a break. Chrysler was owned by Fiat before Stellantis, which didn't do them much good in the way of quality. Fiat used them as a cash cow and cut corners to make fast money. Before them, they were owned by Daimler, and while they did actually improve the quality of the vehicles, they mismanaged the companies and made some not-so-great decisions that made them not profitable. What would be best is for someone to break them away from Stellantis in a way that the new owning company or whatever still has access to all of the tech, plants, etc., but take CDJR + Mopar in the US, Canada, and Australia in a different direction. Outside of those three countries, CDJR really doesn't have much presence compared to Fiat and some of the other brands under the umbrella, so when they make oddball decisions that hurt us in the States they don't feel it since they still sell enough vehicles even with the high prices that it's not hurting their bottom line. Them basing the Hornet on an Italian made Alfa instead of the US made Cherokee tells you all you need to know especially considering that they made Jeep drop the Cherokee due to poor sales and it ironically outsold the Hornet in its last year of production.

They certainly didn't buy it to help it succeed. Anyone that thinks so has never looked at the sticker price of the Hornet.

I've wondered why this hasn't happened myself. Great point

Because the government is throwing a lot of money behind the scenes to manipulate these companies into going along with their agenda

The car industry like many things in this hyper inflation economy of Joe Biden's has been hijacked! EVs, ELECTRIC CARS are not wanted nor are they the answer! The NEW GREEN DEAL is a fascist LEFT viewpoint that has nothing to do with climate change! Save the ICE engine & drill baby drill!

Carbon credits are a scam so corporations can keep polluting the same as ever.

The illusion of money

Evs are Not the future. Hybrids are the only way. And I started building electric cars in the 70s. I have a propulsion engineering degree. And started hand building my own EVs back in the late 70s. Hybrids are the only electrification answer. A V6 or V8 running a DC welding unit instead of a transmission. Electric drive hubs and replaceable battery units that can be swapped for different styles of batteries from glass mat to sealed acid csr batteries. It should be the consumers' choice when replacing the battery unit. Or just swapping charged battery trays. I'm a Retired Master Electrician. Certified welder. And expert on EVs and Hybrids. Stop thinking in one lane. EVs will never work. Don't be ignorant and strive for a real solution.

Congrats on being an electrical engineer.. That was my major in college and I couldn’t pass the physics class.. now I’m a plumber.. F physics. Lol

@@chriscordray8572you guys with your backgrounds could possibly find a way to convert many of these electric vehicles into diesel or gasoline electric. Not hybrid but similar to a diesel electric train which you would have a generator that could run on any type of fuel to operate the electric motors and I would think need a battery for short-term use. You could put the generator, a fuel source and a smaller battery in place of the original electric vehicle battery area. It sounds simplistic but they seem to work in locomotives and this would make use of millions of soon to be worthless vehicles that would be headed for the scrap yards.

i noticed you dont have any videos on youtube

/4 Zylinder Benziner Optimieren und gut ist Ziel 600000 Kilometer Laufleistung

Chrysler was done in 1998 when it merged with Daimler-Benz to stay afloat. Since then, it has just been floundering. At that point its main reason became simply existing without vision. Garbage ever since. That was when Chrysler died.

@@shaunpcolemanthat's a complete lie. Some of the best Chrysler/Dodge models and platforms were put out under Daimler-Chrysler. The gen3 hemi is near bullet proof, the LC-LX platform is one of the best made, and the drivetrains are simply solid when Mercedes tech was being used

@@shaunpcoleman Hard disagree, since 1998 we have had the Viper, Challenger. Charger, Ram , TRX, not to mention the best selling minivan etc. They definitely thrived with FCA under Sergio despite Daimler doing its best to kill the company.

‘The writing was on the wall” since 1971.

​@@keanandelarosa1329wurden nicht genügend gekauft und oder waren nicht profitabel genug zum überleben ?

Eddie Lampart destroyed Sears.

Our government is run by very rich Europeans and a tiny sliver of land in the Middle East. They’re currently in the process of overthrowing our country

Vote for President Trump he will save the HEMI. Or at least bring it back.

The Biden Administration is wrecking the American Auto Industry with their EV MANDATES! ELECTRIC CARS are not wanted!

@@MarioLT4 Delusional? Trump is a failure. His father gave him 20 million to start and he still managed to go bankrupt. The Russians own his ass.

Unions have contributed to pricing going out of reach for the average JEEP enthusiast.

UAW hat viel zu hohe Lohnforderungen durchgesetzt Der lange Streik macht Stellantis Tod Q 1 -10 % Verkäufe -12 % Umsatz Aktie -15% in 2 Tagen Rettet Stellantis

@@thomasheitmann1804 So now we got a German saying Americans make to much? How about Stellantis cut all it's European workers down to UAW pay and benefits?

@@Jay151 if by unions, you really mean government over-site with unreasonable regulations, then you'd be correct. The unions aren't going to put themselves out of work by destroying a company, but the gov't is trying to force people into EV, and those things are useless for the vast majority of the world. Trying to cooperate with those policies is what's causing the major issues today.

Most dealer's lots have a sea of blue tow hooks that no one wants!

@@zarroth tbf it’s their company they can do whatever they want as long as it’s not illegal. Let them lose billions of dollars… it’s their money.

Jeep was killed when Chrysler bought in 1987. It's been just a name plate with an ugly grill ever since.

@@Jay151 Unions? You mean the people who make sure the workers have benefits, pensions, and a decent salary? Sounds like you drank the Kool-Aid given to you by your greedy billionaire corporate masters. Think about it while you work 3 jobs to barely put food on the table, pay the rent and can't afford medical care.

Bring back the Cordoba with corinthian leather.

@mikehernandez1191 my parents owned a Chrysler Cordoba back in the early '80's

How was it poor quality when dodge rated high in JD power. Stop the Big lie

@@Ruphus7 ratings at JD Power are often bought.

Yes, son. Of course.

‘Badge engineering?” They are all FIATS, lol.

The Hemi engine is made in Mexico

At this point companies like Subaru and BMW are American made. 🤣

made in mexiaco

Do a deep dive into the parts on an American assembled vehicle. There’s usually an 80% US parts to a 20% of the now American made vehicle. Yes, these vehicles are coming off American assembly lines, then again….

Not one of Stellantis’s 14 brands has any value.

​@@peteness9550 Peugeot

Hard to feel bad when the products being produced are so bad and unreliable. Sure there’s bad engineering going into these cars but the craftsmanship of whose building it isn’t there. How many recalls do we see that are cause by a QC issue on the assembly line. Meanwhile, Subaru, Honda and Toyota of America continuously put together better vehicles.

@@Michael-ur5qb Uh, Hondas and Toyota quality has been less than subpar last few years. So not too fast saying their the best automakers cause clearly, they're not.

Chrysler & Dodge are both strong Americana automotive brands! Mopar or no car! Believe in Dodge as the current American Auto Industry has been literally HIJACKED by the current Biden Administration! The jury is out on Stellantis as it appears that the CEO believes that ELECTRIFICATION of cars is the future? It doesn't appear to be and my question is WHY is Stellantis turning a blind eye? America needs new leadership & we need to take America back! Dodge is an America icon & I would personally hate to see it die!

The Biden Administration won't let any manufacturers buy carbon credits in North America

I understand. When the Soviet Union collapsed, many Yugo and Zastava workers lost their jobs and missed building bastard Fiat’s too.

Stop thinking. You’re too stupid to do it.

UAW tötet Dodge, RAM, Jeep, Chrysler Tesla hat keine UAW Die politischen Vorgaben zur Elektrifizierung werden Automobilkonzerne töten und die Individualmobilität für Durchschnittsverdiener unerschwinglich machen !

I three do not like EV, you see 😢

Thats for sure

Dodge is just a name. I lost respect for them when they slapped the Charger name on a 4-door.

Yep, my company which makes beer bottles just got June teenth and mlk day off and they took away our Christmas shutdown. All we get is 24-25 off now instead of 24-1st

Probably due to USA business following Blackrock's ESG political agenda

And how exactly is laying off expensive but competent workers, and replacing them with cheap unskilled labour working out for Boeing? Soon there will only be the Uber Rich, and the desperately poor in the west if this keeps going.

@@NorthofYou1that’s the end goal and has been successful so far

Maybe if you took a second to pay attention......the 400 WHITE COLLAR workers aka NON-UNION were canned. All for workers in India to replace them. These were engineers not union assembly workers

Two distinct classes is the goal.. the ultra rich and the ultra poor. The overlords and owners want feudalism.​@@NorthofYou1

@@NorthofYou1haha and what happens when you pay your employees more? The price of the product increases, this last contract added $1000 per vehicle across the board. How many vehicles are being sold right now? Just because the UAW is dumb enough to push their greed onto the OEM dealers, doesn’t mean the public is willing to pay for it. How many $50k plus vehicles are sitting on dealer lots across the country? Most vehicles have over a year’s worth, and the OEMs want to keep making more. The problem is greed at every single layer. Even people like myself that are in the 0.1% are saying enough is enough. At the current price there is no value.

I asked him that too. No response

What's the benefit of pre stellantis scat pack?

It's not that easy. Most dealerships have non-compete clauses when it comes to other brands for new car sales

Dealers are not taking their allocations of slow selling models - 4xe Wranglers and Grand Cherokees, Wagoneers, and everybody's favorite POS, the Hornet. No plans to take any electric Chargers or Rams, but we suspect they will just show up ordered or not.

Look who is in the White House. You think that is really going to happen?

@@jago668 he won't be there for ever

Hemi engines are made in Mexico

Not that simple. Brand is, at the end of the day, just a name. It has been done to Trans Am / Pontiac…

Thank you for your service!

They are going to sit unused because the consumer is flat out REFUSING to buy EVs.

Be honest Joey, ANY classic car of notoriety in good shape is a 6 figure car, and updating them to a retro classic is not an inexpensive endeavor, then there is finding a good shop out of the hundreds of scam shops, and lastly..there the headache of constantly fixing things which all classic cars will deal with. This is not a cheap or easier option by any stretch.

@ekahab I never said classic. I said older. At 18 I bought a 77 Camaro for $500 and did a lot of work myself and was very happy for what I got for about 10k. I could never dream of doing that again. If you shop around you can find anything that's 15 years old or older for under $15k in decent shape and with $20-$25k create a dream ride. People do it all the time. Hell, you can find 10+ year old Challengers for under 20k. So yes, I was being honest.

@@joeydelgado6119 Fair enough, although a 77' is very much a classic. I too built a 64 impala, a 66 AMC rambler and a 71' Chevelle back in the 90's, but none of it was cheap or easy was the only point I was trying to make. It is an option, but only if you have the knowledge, tools, time and most importantly motivation and passion to see the project through. We both know how many projects get started and never finished with older cars. Just stuff I think anyone thinking about buying an older car needs to know.

@ekahab I can definitely agree with that. But nowadays I'm seeing people buy a brand new or almost new vehicle and rolling it into a shop and dumping another 20 grand in mods to make it "their" ride. I've got my eye on a low mile late 90s stock Camaro Z28 that is not moving and last I checked it was under $10k. Me, I'd buy it and leave it stock except for sound. But, if anyone had a $20k dollar hole burning in their pocket, they could have a monster for under $30k and that's with a shop doing the work.