Jonah Hex

Hi all,

Has anyone heard the rumor that Generic Motors is in talks with Daimler-Chrysler concerning GM`s intrest in purchasing the Chrysler Division away from Daimler?

I thought people were trying to yank my chain until I heard it on the local news radio station. Talk about working up a lather! I about came unglued!

I have been driving Mopars since I learned how to drive, and I bought my last new Mopar in 2004. I swear that if this merger becomes reality, I will never buy a new Chrysler product as long as they are affiliated with GM.

I`m really hoping this is a bad dream.....wake up, wake up, WAKE UP!!


Crap!


Jonah Hex

Dodgedartnut

This is BS! Someone needs to step up and save our beloved MOPAR name before GM or any other forgien company buys it up! What we need to do is to have a few interested parties and Mopar enthusiasts to pool their money together so that we can buy Chrysler ourselves and keep the MOPAR name alive and in America. IF not then our beloved MOPAR name will become non-exsistant as we know it! To HELL with big business what about the people that are dedicated to the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth names that have made this country great!

DodgeDartNut

Jonah Hex

I am waiting to see how all of this pans out.....Where is Lee Iacoca when you need him?

Ramrod84'

Im with ya on the wait. No nedd to jump to conclusions yet, though if this merger were to take place, I would not be in the market for a new Chevy Ram. Actually, I cringe at the sight of those two words together!

Ramrod84'

You have presented quite the paradox! I don't belive im prepared to answer that question at this time. Hopefully this will all blow over and that question will have no relivance anywho!

79mopower

i don't think it will happen seeing as how both companies are in the top ten of the fortune 500 companies, if it did it would make history, as the first time someone has been bought out by another company of the same stature. don't panic everyone, chrysler most likely will not be bought out, and from what ive seen its more of a partnership, because gm would make cars with chrysler, just like we did with mitsubishi in the 80s. but it would still suck if we were partners with one of the big 3.

Jonah Hex

I haven`t heard anything lately on the news, but I did read an article the other day that said that DC is moving away from the truck market to concentrate more on expanding their car line. Sounds like good news to me, although I do love my Ram.
If, they are in fact, going to expand the Mopar car line, I personally would love to have a two door 300C. I saw a mock-up of one in Car and Driver a couple of years ago. They rounded off the c-pillar and stretched the doors. It looked awesome!! Made me want one real bad!
Hopefully, when the Challenger hits the showroom floors, the public will snap them up as soon as they are built. That should give DC a hint that the public is more than hungry for RWD 2 door cars that perform. You would think that the number of Mustangs sold would be a clue!
I also read in the same article that the Chrysler Division has better reliability and maintenance records than the Mercedes Division. That should tell them that they build better Mopars than Mercedes!
Aw, what the hell, it won`t be too much longer and we will be flying General Dynamics Shuttle Pods anyway.

Jonah

SmellyHemi

Hey deadkelly , i'll only buy a new Hemi 6 if it's punched out to 300 cubes like the truck donk they got the design from ..........Imagine that 300 ci Hemi 6 ooooo yeeaaahhh .

gilesie

Hey deadkelly you have to appreciate that the americans never had one of our 6 cyl hemis over there as these were an Australian only motor.

Any of you guys wanting to see what a 6 cyl chrysler motor can do just do a search on 265 hemi.

mcarmaniac

I will admit gm products are cheep and made of plastic. I have a feeling the challenger should help out DC alot if they do it right. specially if they make it affordable to normal people unlike the Viper. but oh weell.

74chargerse

not that i would at all be happy with GM buying Chrysler but look at the brite side we could rebuild our MOPARS like Gm And the Blue oval
have for years. Just think how nice it would be to call up let say
Year one and order a new chassis for your 70 hemi cuda. Then we could flood the mextarket Mopars. Whats next guys a 3 million dollar Yenko Vega
on barrett jacksons.

mopar528dakota

I have be a MOPAR lover my whole life and that would suck if gm bought Chrysler out. I don't know what i would drive its MOPAR OR NO CAR!!!!!!!

strelnik

Guys,
Don't worry. I am a former Chrysler exec and I can tell you for a fact it ain't gonna happen. I stil;l have lots of spies and contacts there.

The biggest problem you have now that Jim Holden's gone and Dieter's back in germany, is that Nardelli will find a way to dismember the company and sell off Dodge brand and Jeep, then get himself another 240,000,000 yes 240- million dollar parachute!

It can happen again.

I dislike Congress messing with the auto companies but the greedy little boys (and girls-- yes Nancy, yes Kathy, you too!) have turned Chrysler into a cow and the leeches and vultures are feeding on the carcass.

When Lutz tried to to stop that in 1998, they forced him out. The same thing with Tom Stallkamp.

Greed won.

The only consolation is that Eaton's $114,000,000 payoff in 1998 turned out to be only 14 million. Bet you that made him toss his free lunch!

Then he had the stones to come back to the Board of Directors and ask them for 4-5 million for security for the mansion he built in Naples.

Nardelli has the same reputation. He destroyed the infrastructure of Home Depot (they called him the "Home Despot" behind his back), ruined the company's stock value (it sank 60%) and got a 240,000,000 golden parachute.

Cerberus bought cheap, if they make any money he'll get some, his boss will get the rest and all the employees will get screwed.

Stay tuned for details.