NEW 2015 Challenger

Upvote for abodyjoe ---- the truth will set you free baby!

The Challenger in it's current configuration has run it's course and should be replaced by something like the forthcoming Alfa RWD chassis - the reality is that the EPA has mandated fuel economy standards that will wipe out cars like the Challenger - V-8 RWD large cars - by 2020 or earlier. Ford and GM are already executing plans to go to lighter, smaller cars with smaller powerplants, to include the Mustang, Camaro, Corvette, etc. within the next 5 years.


The truth about Fiat ...who OWNS the Chrysler name ....

Excerpt: " ...Dodge will be formally turned into the nostalgia-rod brand, because even though it’s a niche that’s declining with the aging enthusiasts who desire that kind of product, it’s at least a niche that is easily defined..."

Summary of changes announced Monday 5-5-2014 for Fiat - Chrysler:

Editor-in-Chief's Note: The high hard ones from the SergioFest? Dodge will be the performance division (duh) and Viper will go back to being called the Dodge Viper; Sergio will keep milking Ram trucks and Jeeps for all they're worth (double-duh); and he's going all-in on Chrysler adding more models in a bid to run with Ford and Chevrolet in the U.S. market.

And Fiat is going to be great and desirable, just you wait. At least that's what Olivier "I'm a genius, just ask me" Francois added to the proceedings. Sure it will.

And then, being Sergio, he had to set the tone for the proceedings with a quote suggesting that he has it all figured out and that they got it goin' on, or something like that: “The history of the auto industry is littered with alliances that have failed,” The Great Sergio said. But over the last five years, Fiat and Chrysler have arrived at having “the strongest bond possible. It is made up, as a team, by survivors. They carry the humility of having failed” in the past.

Really? That's all you got, Marchionne? I say speak for yourself, because lumping-in the True Believers at Chrysler who were repeatedly terrorized by bad management takeovers with the abject and relentless failure of Fiat - one of the most underachieving automobile companies of all time - is a complete disservice and an offensive insult to the people who made you look like a frickin' genius.

But then again it's par for the course, because in the end it's all about Sergio and his warped view of the world, and don't you ever forget it. Pathetic.


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