Adios Chrysler (Australia)

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Damn

Having to work on these pieces of crap on a daily basis I would prefer they both go and take Audi and VW with them.

They just dont seem to conform to the way other manufacturers assemble cars and think their parts are superior, F@*#en $3000 for a headlight, good riddance.

Would own an RS3 in a heartbeat. But it'd be going to an Audi dealer.

Sad to see another big boofy rwd sedan bow out.
What have we become.
Battery this, electric that, 4 bangers

[xb74_black]

They are dropping V8 passenger cars in the states. Madness.

https://www.engadget.com/dodge-is-ki...085839976.html

[Warrenk]

Stellantis dropped vehicles from their line up that weren't a big seller with Chrysler branding. This happens with other brands dropping low selling vehicles. Nothing stopping them re-introducing a model in the future with the Chrylser brand ( probably electric if they did).

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Warrenk

Stellantis dropped vehicles from their line up that weren't a big seller with Chrysler branding. This happens with other brands dropping low selling vehicles. Nothing stopping them re-introducing a model in the future with the Chrylser brand ( probably electric if they did).

Its a huge move away from a brand identity though, there's a lot of history and marketing they've thrown down the drain doing something like that.

Mind you Stellantis Group is like Captain Planet, except its all the worst car manufacturers globally combined to create one festering ****box monster instead of a hero who fights for the environment.

I'm not sure if anyone here is 'young' enough to understand that reference and that worries me

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

I won't pretend to understand the machinations of the successive "Chrysler" bosses, but ultimately they have been through a somewhat tortuous rebranding.
The growth every maker has experienced in SUVs was taken by their Jeep brand, the growth in Crossovers by their Dodge brand, their (still popular) light trucks are branded as RAM, and performance as SRT.

For whatever reason, the "Chrysler" brand has long been restricted to the type of cars that people are nolonger buying.

It makes little sense that the brand that is also the name of the manufacturing group (Chrysler), was the one brand that was basically let wither on the vine and slowly die. You'd think that would be the one brand they would put the most into. It's like Ford putting most of their development dollars into a big line-up of Lincoln vehicles, and only selling one model of Ford.

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

It makes little sense that the brand that is also the name of the manufacturing group (Chrysler), was the one brand that was basically let wither on the vine and slowly die. You'd think that would be the one brand they would put the most into. It's like Ford putting most of their development dollars into a big line-up of Lincoln vehicles, and only selling one model of Ford.

That was the case way back when Chrysler was the US parent. It hasn't been like that for decades.

Firstly it just became part of Daimler/Chrysler, then it got fobbed off to become part of Fiat/Chrysler, now it's just one of the 17 brands that form Stellantis.

There is "history" in the Chrysler brand to Aussies & Yanks, but it wouldn't mean squat to the current European owners.

Dr Terry

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Its a huge move away from a brand identity though, there's a lot of history and marketing they've thrown down the drain doing something like that.

Mind you Stellantis Group is like Captain Planet, except its all the worst car manufacturers globally combined to create one festering ****box monster instead of a hero who fights for the environment.

I'm not sure if anyone here is 'young' enough to understand that reference and that worries me

Ha ha, as a child of the nineties, I had a good laugh at that!

Although, I would argue Stellantis is more like Captain Pollution!

Enjoy ...............

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Dr Terry

That was the case way back when Chrysler was the US parent. It hasn't been like that for decades.

Firstly it just became part of Daimler/Chrysler, then it got fobbed off to become part of Fiat/Chrysler, now it's just one of the 17 brands that form Stellantis.

There is "history" in the Chrysler brand to Aussies & Yanks, but it wouldn't mean squat to the current European owners.

Dr Terry

The current range of next to nothing was a result of decisions made many years before stellantis.