It would cost DC nothing to retain the Plymouth name say on the Plymouth
Voyager and Plymouth Neon and do not make a mirror image in a Dodge. It
wouldn't hurt sales and would keep their customers happy which is the
only reason for their continued existance. After all in actual fact it
is the shareholders who actually own the company, not herr Schremp or
whoever. That includes many of us directly or indirectly I suspect.
Don Dulmage
brians wrote:
>
> Before everyone tearfully goes into a blue funk as they wax
> poetic about DM causing Plymouth's end, consider this:
> Chrysler had Plymouth on the chopping block way before the
> Daimler deal. Car making is a profit making business, not a
> museum or art gallery and if the product doesn't sell to
> expectations then it must go. The 60s and 70s are over and
> along with them went the Plymouth sales.
>
> As far as Dodge going, do you think Daimler paid all those
> big bucks to eliminate the very products they need here in
> the USA? M-B cars, their sport UTEs and all the variants
> will not carry the day for DM here, they need the Chrysler
> products, dealers and markets.
>
> In Europe, most of the vehicles that the "old" Chrysler sold
> there were badged as Chryslers and that is the name that the
> minivans and cars are known by over there. That isn't going
> to change. There is also little chance that you will see an
> M-B body or platform used here with a Dodge or Chrysler
> nameplate since that isn't part of the plan. DM actually
> wants to keep the individuality that we all are moaning
> about being gone!
>
> If you want to secure the future of Dodge or Chrysler
> nameplates - buy one! It's like voting, don't complain about
> the incumbent if you didn't vote!
>
> How many of us have purchased a Plymouth of any kind in the
> last 2 years?
>
> Brian
> 57 D500s
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