Re: [Chrysler300] new 300C - yes, please go and tell them

["PaddyCaddy ." <paddycaddy@xxxx>]

Perhaps this is a good time to remind ourselves that Chrysler Corporation 
itself would have vanished 30 "the politicians" had not bailed them out with 
one of the largest socialist hand out programs in US history. That's right. 
Socialism.

In the mean time, Mercedes has marketed hundreds of models - including 
trucks and busses - all over the world rather succesfully, while Chrysler 
and the rest of the US auto makers didn't make one dime selling cars. They 
only made money selling trucks and SUV's.

Now that the Germans and Japanese are building trucks and SUV's - I'm afraid 
that more overseas big fish will be swallowing the struggling American small 
fish one by one.

There is a lot of speculation that Mercedes will simply discontinue the 
Chrysler line in the coming years, shedding the dead wieght of a company 
that can't turn a profit. That's right, Capitalism.

I'm not any happier about it than you are - but reality is still reality. 
The market makes these things happen. Not any international conspiracy. 
Maybe the American companies should simply spend some more time figuring out 
how to be more competitive ?

I think the new 300C looks good, at least from the pictures. But they made 
a mistake with the name, agreed.

Sean.


> From: fastedgie@xxxx
> To: rpjasin@xxxx
> CC: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] new 300C - yes, please go and tell them
> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:22:43 EDT
>
> In a message dated 9/26/03 9:37:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> rpjasin@xxxx writes:
>
>
> > It will be interesting to see how the public reacts to the car. I'm
> > anxious to see one in person to really develop an overall opinion. I 
> remember when
> > the Dodge Ram trucks came out in '93. Many die-hard MoPar fans did not 
> like
> > the styling and called it ugly. over time it became so popular that 
> Ford
> > and Chevy have had to work hard to keep up, taking styling cues from the 
> Ram.
> >
>
> I personally can't imagine any Mopar lover who didn't immediately fall in
> love with the 1994 Ram. Whether the new 300 sells will depend on the 
> acceptance
> of styling and pricing.
> Consumers have a lot of choices and the old die-hard Chrysler lovers are
> dying off as a result of the German marketing ideas.
> We will have to wait and see. One thing for sure, If it was still the old
> Chrysler Corporation we wouldn't have reason to be concerned. We would 
> have
> already had the 300Hemi C Convertible which was undoubtedly one of the best
> designs for public appeal and acceptance. However, Mercedes management 
> mentality
> does not give the public what they want, they give them what they dictate.
> Because it's a free world they are losing their asses in the American 
> market.
> Don't believe me, look at their dictator brands, like the Pacifica, the
> Sprinter, and the G-500. No one in North America wants them but they 
> continue to
> force them on the dealers. Poor dealers can't complain for fear of 
> silent
> reprocutions. It's a mess!
> Plymouth was the American brand. It's gone and Chrysler nameplate was
> degraded to fill the gap and now all of a sudden Chrysler is being upscaled 
> because
> that didn't work. Up scale means higher prices. Maybe they think that 
> getting
> a Chrysler price in to the Mercedes range will increase Mercedes sales.
> Whatever they think they are just plain NUTS!
>
>
>
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