every chrysler exec that allowed this to happen should have been executed

The only road you’re Blazing now is the shopping Mall

They massacred my boy.

Why is Jalopnik Quoting Consumers Reports???

The Hornet is just a rebadged Tonale, but the Tonale is essentially just a reworked Jeep Compass. Failures all the way down.

How is it possible Land Rover didn’t make this list?  Did they break down on the way?

Right.

Other than the thousands and thousands of jobs involved, I don’t really understand the desire to save old brands. Like, yeah, Chrysler made some cool cars once. But it’s been on life support for decades and maybe it’s time to just let it die.

“Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth won’t come cheap, when the automaker was originally purchased by Fiat back in 2014 the price sat at a cool $4.9 billion.”

I’ll flash my lights at people thinking for sure their high beams are on. Nope.

My old truck has chrome bumpers and tow hooks from the factory...On board with most of your list but factory equipment probably needs exceptions.

One of the few occasions where I think this should be a 1 strike you’re out rule. Get caught doing it, get your vehicle impounded. Then you have to pay impound to have it serviced to be put back to factory specs before you get it back.

“Forward gears use helical cut gears, which automakers prefer to use in manual gearboxes because they’re smoother and can withstand more force.”

I’ll take a random shot in the dark at a completely unlikely candidate and say Honda.

I’m going to guess the recent MBA grads thought they’d “cut costs” by eliminating the cheaper, volume sellers, and boost profits by building “high margin” stuff.

Also, assuming there’s a Stellantis garage sale coming up, who buys Jeep and Ram? Mercedes? VAG? A Chinese conglomerate?

Yeah, thats what confuses me, if the North American group is making all the money and supporting the European groups...maybe you shouldnt be in Europe all the time...or maybe you should have someone brought up in the NA market running the show, since that market is where all the money is. 

300, Charger, Challenger, all dead. Chrysler has 1 product (Pacifica around since 2016 with little changes). Dodge consists of the Hornet and the ancient Durango which will either go out of production or get replaced. The Ram no longer has a V8 (and a Hemi at that) and good luck trying to market to the same people…

It’s pretty simple: a nearly-all European executive team who has very little experience with the North American market is running the show. Into the ground.

Ohhh, SNAP!