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Chrysler is now Stellantis

My credit union from the brewery has changed its name to "Together"

I feel neutered because of it.

MOPAR has been capitalized for a while, but that concept has been neutered by EPA's smog sniffers, , ,
 
scootergmc said:
But bailouts... and I think Fiat is poised to get one presently in Europe.
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The net cost of the government investment in Chrysler during the '09 crisis was relatively small ($1.2-$1.5 billion). Even including the cost of the massive GM package, the total bailout cost was $10.2 billion and it saved the domestic auto industry in the U.S. By comparison, without blinking we just gave out $350 billion in bailouts via the PPP loan program.
 
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buellistic said:
I used to have one of these. In 1980.
Until one day I came home and it was Gone! Stolen.....
I still have the key...:(
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Guy in high school had Chystler 300F. It had a 413 with dual quads and cross ram air. Another dude had the SuperBee with the wing and shit. Another dude had a Shelby GT 500. Good times.

Today’s cars are better, of course. Cept for my ‘73 914 with the 993 engine.
 
Archimedes said:
The net cost of the government investment in Chrysler during the '09 crisis was relatively small ($1.2-$1.5 billion). Even including the cost of the massive GM package, the total bailout cost was $10.2 billion and it saved the domestic auto industry in the U.S. By comparison, without blinking we just gave out $350 billion in bailouts via the PPP loan program.
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And they'd be where without that bailout? Like I said... next economic crisis, again. :thumbup

K-car concept. bring it.
 
scootergmc said:
And they'd be where without that bailout? Like I said... next economic crisis, again. :thumbup
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Unclear, as they very likely could have sourced a loan package, just at a slower speed and higher cost. Those bailouts were about jobs and the damage to the economy if our domestic auto industry failed, and they were a drop in the bucket compared to the current PPP bailout.

BTW, if you add up all the regulatory credits (read, free money) that Tesla has gotten from the Federal government, it's much more than the cost of the Chrysler bailout. And the Tesla money basically went into the pockets of private investors.
 
I wat watted for news on this and couldn't find them for five minutes.

Didn't go to the horse's pusk though
 
CDONA said:
My credit union from the brewery has changed its name to "Together"

I feel neutered because of it.

MOPAR has been capitalized for a while, but that concept has been neutered by EPA's smog sniffers, , ,
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Nonsense, Dodge has still been putting out the best shit going for the last 15 years or so. The '24 Hellcat blows the doors off of just about anything else that you can buy for $80k.

The Ford with a Shelby upgrade package is certainly faster, but you are in for $100k on that thing. The Corvette is more in the neighborhood of $90k just to get in the door really wants to be more like $120k.

The MOPAR tradition of American peel your face off speed at accessible price points is still alive and well.
 
The hellcat's are about mid $80's, but yeah; awesome power. Still, a CT5 Blackwing shits on them....

IMO RAM makes great trucks. Ford: horrible. Had good luck with our fleet of Ram stuff...minus their shit ass 5.7L and oiling issue.
 
I think Stalantis decided to make all the Jeep product line “luxury” vehicles and priced themselves out of the market.
 
Holeshot said:
The hellcat's are about mid $80's, but yeah; awesome power. Still, a CT5 Blackwing shits on them....

IMO RAM makes great trucks. Ford: horrible. Had good luck with our fleet of Ram stuff...minus their shit ass 5.7L and oiling issue.
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Yeah, up here when you see a RAM truck you can tell exactly what the driver is going to be like and how many "patriotic" flags will; be flying from it. It's the douchebag car of the foothills.
 
I can see the RAM being the most rednecky of trucks. Fords are the nerdiest. And GM's are the most lifted/ rimm'd out.
 
Holeshot said:
I can see the RAM being the most rednecky of trucks. Fords are the nerdiest. And GM's are the most lifted/ rimm'd out.
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Hmmm, I would say "bro dozer" skews "Ram" in my neck of the woods but GM nipps at it's heels :laughing
 
One thing they all share in common is when you see a lifted truck with low profile knobby tires, like if TJ Maxx and Monster Energy made a baby that had an unlimited credit card at Kragen, that's what you'd have.
 
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