"I am a little concerned what Jeep's going to do when the Mercedes platform the Grand is on gets too old."

Neutral: For starters, they need to market the damned thing. Being a car guy, Mopar nut with Viper venom in my veins I know all there is to know about the gen V. But MANY people don't even know there is a Gen V outside of enthusiast circles. Dodge needs to be as aggressive in marketing the Viper as FCA has been with…

"Build quality" in Lamborghinis and Ferraris is on par with the Viper. Supercars are not known for Honda levels of fit and finish, spend some time in them and you'll see. The Viper is no longer the kit car it was in 1992.

Factory Wrangler Pickup.

Cheap gas is a nice little side effect to the main driver of the current dip in oil prices - geopolitics. The Russian Ruble is now at its lowest level in years and Saudi is applying great pressure on Iran within OPEC. Oil prices will recover within a year, just a nice little benefit for consumers in the short term. …

Chrysler is killing it right now, great to see. Good product sells!

So, in consideration of the points you mentioned, what is your suggested course of action? Bearing in mind that Chrysler is like it's own customers, a victim of Takata's cover up.

The OEM is under no obligation to offer free loaners. Chrysler was being realistic with schedule. See no issue with that.

NHTSA says that this has happened in the past with Chrysler, and that they have waited to inform customers on other recalls. In this case, urgency is better than sloth.

You're not getting to seven million cars a year with bad quality.

And SRT Jeep . . .

Understand how statistics work and I have reviewed the data from JD Power. Where I think the disconnect lies is in what as classified as a "problem" in the first place.

I've never understood how these surveys make any sense. I know isolated cases don't mean much but my entire family is Mopar, I'd put our ownership of new/recent Jeep products up against anyone. Problems? Hardly any. I don't get it.

It is no joke, I spend a lot of time in Stavanger and they are everywhere.

3rd Gear: Sergio is a shrewd man. Get everyone spun up, the Ohio government is tripping over themselves to "save Toledo", even though it was probably never really in question. Tax credits should be plentiful.

All Cummins podium, nice . . .

And by "lower" the tax burden he really means transfer it to other people.

People also need to understand that now, with Viper back under Dodge and not trying to support SRT as a standalone brand, the price CAN be lower as Dodge has many more vehicles over which to spread G&A/overhead expenses.

As Bob Lutz said, you can have two vehicles that both average a "5" when rated on appearance on a 1-10 scale. One car may have a bunch of 2s and 3s but also has 8s, 9s, 10s . . . while the other is all 4s, 5s, 6s. Love-it or hate-it designs vs. vanilla, which would you rather have?

I'd wager the CR testers mistake normal Wrangler characteristics as problems . . .