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Cat's not stupid selling $50 O rings.
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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13-09-2024, 12:22 PM | #62 | ||
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Imagine a fuselage styled wagon, c'mon Dodge you can do it, here's the 1971 VH Valiant wagon brochure for inspiration:
https://www.oldcarbrochures.com/stat...re/image1.html
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Begun the Mopar wars have.
First, we start with happiness and profit, North America being Stellantis' big cashflow engine: https://premium.goauto.com.au/stella...es-up-smiling/ Then beginning July 2024 the problems come to the surface: https://fortune.com/europe/2024/07/2...vares-renault/ CEO is not happy with North American quality: https://www.autonews.com/manufacturi...lity-us-plants https://apnews.com/article/stellanti...af99726801daa5 And most recently, the head of the Jeep, Ram, Chrysler and Dodge dealer body fires a complete broadside at the Stellantis CEO - ouch! In an open letter too! https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...grading-brands And in the background, descendants of Walter Chrysler pitch to take the company back into American hands, back into their family (and investors) and to rebuild it - does sound appealing to the heart! https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...tellantis-rule
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22-09-2024, 04:20 PM | #64 | ||
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Dodge & Chrysler are Failing Because of Stellantis…Are these Brands Dead?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuNF08SbuR8 And hundreds of engineers fired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ1sjaKNRCg What's going on in US automakers feel a bit like the end of Aussie manufacturing, just watching from the sidelines. Every time the Mopar brands get bought out, it seems they get worked over anew. Patriotic ownership (ie, wholly owned by the country where they are made) is the only way, plus deep pockets and people good enough to turn things around. For a start, pricing to what your market can afford is something that should be a total no brainer.
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Same happened to Ford and GM after their brand buying spree through the 90's and early 2000's, too many brands, not enough money to do each justice.
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22-09-2024, 06:15 PM | #66 | ||
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It would be wonderful if some domestic private equity bought Chrysler & Dodge and really capitalised them, with the Fed reducing rates there's got to be money beginning to fall from the sky close to the spigots
so much money chasing too few assets, the curse of our age...
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This is getting really interesting now:
'Investors Now Offering billions to Help Frank Rhodes Jr. (Walter Chrysler's grandson) buy Dodge/Chrysler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPt1a7xhfPg
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