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Hmmm ... just noticed something ... the once-mighty
Chrysler corp now sells only THREE kinds of vehicles
under its name ... and two are the same van, but one
is electric.

Stellantis bought out Fiat-Chrysler some time ago.
Apparently the old old American name is headed for
the automotive graveyard at this point.

A neighbor used to have a "land yacht" Chrysler
station wagon back in the day - 440/4-barrel. It
was good, and had good power. Not many MPGs of
course, but that didn't used to matter much. He
could pack six in there comfortably PLUS luggage.

There was also a good line of vans and sedans.
Only ONE sedan now .....

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XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics.usa

On 10/28/2023 9:33 PM, 56d.1152 wrote:

Stellantis bought out Fiat-Chrysler some time ago.

Stellantis didn't "buy out" anything.

Stellantis was formed from the merger of Fiat-Chrysler
with PSA. There was a lot of redundancy among their brands.

Apparently the old old American name is headed for
the automotive graveyard at this point.

If nobody is buying Chrysler-branded vehicles, there's not much need for
the name. Plymouth died out a while ago. Next up will probably be Dodge.
The big-selling American brands are Ram and Jeep.

Kinda like Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Mercury ... or Packard,
Studebaker, Rambler, Dusenburg, Pierce Arrow, Nash, Hudson. Car brands
come and go.

Ironically, two former GM European brands are now part of Stellantis. GM couldn't run Opel profitably to save their lives, so they sold Opel and Vauxhall to PSA, now Stellantis. Stellantis has restored Opel to net
positive cash flow.

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