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Dodge to stop making the Grand Caravan even though it's their best selling vehicle
Daily Mail ^ | 10/10/11 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 10/10/2011 6:00:11 PM PDT by Teflonic

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Government run companies are just so efficient and logical, no wonder so many want their lives run by the government as well. [huge sarc]
1 posted on 10/10/2011 6:00:16 PM PDT by Teflonic
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Must be orders from headquarters, err, I mean Washington.


2 posted on 10/10/2011 6:03:52 PM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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And one would have thought the Caravan to be the type to be government-approved as well. Way to go to shoot company in foot. Fare thee well, Chrysler . . . we hardly knew ye.


3 posted on 10/10/2011 6:04:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Central Planning is awesome, isn’t it? Just look at that stupid VOLT! Couple thousand sold, huh?

Nuttin’ like a ‘gummit owned company to crank out the correct products.


4 posted on 10/10/2011 6:04:13 PM PDT by laweeks
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Cars that don't sell? Like the Volt? Push 'em! Push 'em! They'll catch on eventually!

Best-selling model? Kill it. No one wants that old thing.

And the economy is in the crapper, why?

5 posted on 10/10/2011 6:05:00 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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Maybe we’re all going to take a Presidential risky bet of an investment of sun-powered cargo vans - it’s all OK ‘cuz there were Obama Bundlers as co-investors.


6 posted on 10/10/2011 6:05:17 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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Methinks the decision might have a little sense to it. Chrysler - at least - appears to be trying to make cars folks want, as opposed to Chevy Volts.

Had it been a government creti...er...minion, the decision would have been to make the Caravan all electric - with a range of 10 miles and a recharge time of 23 hours.


7 posted on 10/10/2011 6:06:35 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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I always had a soft spot for Dodge. I bought their neons and got a lot of use out of them. My family van when I was a child was a Dodge passenger van. I also owned a dodge stratus, and it was a very good car for me. However, I bought a 2007 Dodge Caliber AWD. I never seen a car loaded with so many problems. I had to get rid of it because its rising maintenance costs, and my expanding family. Unfortunately, I predict Dodge/Chrysler will no longer exist in the coming years due to the events of the past several years. Its sad really, because car manufacturing was something we did better than everyone else.


8 posted on 10/10/2011 6:07:49 PM PDT by castlegreyskull
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That is the vehicle my Daughter drives. She probably qualifies as a soccer mom too.

Their other vehicle is a Toyota Camry.


9 posted on 10/10/2011 6:08:21 PM PDT by yarddog
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Margins on the Caravan may not be good enough.


10 posted on 10/10/2011 6:09:24 PM PDT by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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thestupiditburns
11 posted on 10/10/2011 6:13:16 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (0 - 537 They ALL must go.)
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Why don’t they just get it over with and give us all a volkswagon. You know from that other experiment in corporatist central planning.

Oh wait. They already did that. Its the Volt.

They should rename it the Voltwagon.

All hail Obama.


12 posted on 10/10/2011 6:15:59 PM PDT by barstoolblues (Neither teabagger nor tyrant)
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Why don’t they just get it over with and give us all a volkswagon. You know from that other experiment in corporatist central planning.

Oh wait. They already did that. Its the Volt.

They should rename it the Voltwagon.

All hail Obama.


13 posted on 10/10/2011 6:16:18 PM PDT by barstoolblues (Neither teabagger nor tyrant)
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Ridiculous! Morons at motor companies BUMP!


14 posted on 10/10/2011 6:17:13 PM PDT by PGalt
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. . you can say that again, . . oh , wait


15 posted on 10/10/2011 6:17:34 PM PDT by de.rm ('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
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It was all downhill for Dodge since the mid 70's . THIS was made when Dodge was Dodge !
16 posted on 10/10/2011 6:21:34 PM PDT by sushiman
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Fiat.........


17 posted on 10/10/2011 6:22:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (Furthermore, I think Obama must be impeached....................)
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I drove a 95 Neon in Germany for about eight years. I gave it to a newly married colleague when I rotated back to the CONUS. I love my Ram Diesel 1-Ton. I'm glad my model doesn't require the new urine based antipollutant additive for the exhaust system.

Farewell Dodge. We'll miss ya.

18 posted on 10/10/2011 6:23:54 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOs!!!)
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That’s what our Leftist government has been pushing for for the last 40 years - investment in losers whether companies, ideas, or people.


19 posted on 10/10/2011 6:24:15 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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I bought a new Caravan once but I will never buy another GM or Chrysler vehicle. I am a Ford man for life now thanks to that kenyan we have in the whitehouse.


20 posted on 10/10/2011 6:25:47 PM PDT by lwoodham (There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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