Never had one but I always loved the style. They could sell that today.
Posted on 05/30/2018 2:53:18 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Swirling rumors suggest that one of America's oldest remaining automakers could be on the chopping block.
Sergio Marchionne will hold an investor's meeting in Italy on Friday, June 1, in Balocco, Italy, where the CEO will possibly kill one the corporation's most historic brands. FCA specialist Larry P. Vellequette of Automotive News reports that "a source told a European colleague" that Marchionne would declare the end of the Chrysler brand in the speech to investors.
In addition, Marchionne could detail plans to pull Fiat out of the United States and China, according to Automotive News. The brand would re-focus on building vehicles for Europe, Brazil, and emerging markets.
FCA's big strategic pivot would free up money to invest even more into Jeep, which is already the corporation's most profitable division. Among the new products reportedly on the way, there would be an even smaller SUV below the Renegade and the luxurious Grand Wagoneer for challenging the upper end of the segment.
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The PT Cruiser was canceled because of poor sales and the replacement Dodge Caliber was ready. The PT Cruiser is actually not very good in non-turbo form; they’re junkyard filler as they will require some really big expensive repairs when they get older. I would suggest dumping yours.
I knew it wouldnt pass the CA Smog Check every 2 years Max knows “more than one” smog check guys who will ummm, make sure it passes (cough)
Friend has a couple the same way...says if the light ever goes off he might worry
The biggest nonsense I know of coming from Madison Avenue was the advertising for Fina gasoline. For a few years, they touted ‘pink air’ for your tires, then “PFLASH”, promoted as an ingredient in FINA gasoline that would improve driving pleasure by “turning red lights green,” and “smoothing out rough roads.”
The coup de grace was their corporate slogan of work hard, sell and good product, and “don’t try to kid anybody.”
Had one. The exceedingly expensive cam angle sensor went ar 55k. The dealer said it was a common problem, but there was no recall. Rather than spend over $1000 fixing it, I bought a Camry.
Never had one but I always loved the style. They could sell that today.
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The cam angle sensor isn’t expensive, its the labor to change it.
But you could probably have just re-soldered the wires without removing it. Dealers won’t do that because they love the income from the over-kill approach.
We had some friends who bought a new Dodge every year. This was back in the late fifties. One of the Dodge Texans had a 45 rpm record player mounted under the dash. It slid out to put a record on the turntable, then slid back in.
To prevent needle skipping for inevitable bumps in the road, the arm pressed down so hard on the needle, it smoothed the record grooves out until any given record was only playable a hand full of times.
You’re the only one left. There’s a reason why you don’t see them around anymore. At least you got the best one it sounds like.
Meanwhile Japan was making cars that people actually wanted. Iococa made a deal with the federal government to bail out his inventory.
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They killed Jeep for off-roaders when they quit making real 4wd vehicles.
Jeep is now a joke.
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All part of the master plan.
I laid out a thousand bucks for some killer wheels that make the car look even sportier. Another thing that appeals to me is the retro Airflow look from the thirties of my tudor. Even the dash instruments look similar to Chryslers from those days.
Iococca got a loan in the form of bonds, which he paid back ahead of time.
They’re quite common in Southern California.
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The reason you don’t see them anymore is that you’re not looking!
300Cs are plentiful just about everywhere.
I was speaking of the first generation 300/C BTW. I see those all the time.
I’ll second that. Had two of them in my 71 years. First was a ‘55, and second was a ‘70. Great cars. Wish I had them both today.
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