Maybe, but I have my doubts. The Renault 21 platform that became the LH platform worked, but shifted the line to FWD at the time when FWD was considered cutting edge tech. The whole point of the Chrysler trio is that they are RWD based. That is their main selling point. Any new French product would be FWD with…

I agree with all you state. But is there room in the Stellantis budget to revamp Dodge, or Chrysler? I don’t think so. Reality is that they already have said that cost cutting is the plan, and sinking money into a diminishing brand is a fool’s errand. And the EU factories are less likely to be affected, per agreements…

I had to consider your question. While you raise a good point, the difference in the $25K cloth seat 4 cylinder Camry and the $40K leather seat V6 Camry and the Bel Air and Impala was not the same product, different trim.

I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment. FCA in North America is not Chrysler. It’s Jeep. And Ram. In 2019, FCA sold 2,203,663 vehicles in the US. Ram brand had record sales at 703,023 vehicles (+18%). Despite sales contracting by 5%, Jeep remains the largest FCA brand with 923,291 sales in 2019. That…

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Dracula’s daughter does not look like death, rather she looks like the un-dead ghoul who would marry Satan himself if it provided her the lifestyle she craves (like drinking the blood of virgins, so I heard).

Okay, fair enough. You were not advocating the scrapping of the system. So you just wanted to point out that Japan’s legal system was broken, and never mentioned any other one.

I concur, but I go a bit farther.

The pies are really good, especially at the price point they sell at. For $4, you get a very tasty pie without any cooking, cleaning, or hassles that come from trying to make it yourself. Now is your homemade one better? Maybe, but you probably spent more than $4 on it, plus your time and effort.

You mean like the people here on death row that didn’t kill anyone? Those cleared by the Innocence Project? So we also need to scrap the US legal system?

Actually, yes, I have to say that as much as it sucks, others are free to rule their homes as they see fit. I can try to show them that their views are wrong, hopefully by example, but it is no more correct for me to impose my will on others as it is for them to impose their will on me on their turf.

Well, exactly how many foreigners are currently running any French companies? Very, very few. The trend is to have “foreign experience” via a national going to work in another country for a while, perhaps running the company’s division there, and then bringing them back to run the company.

Well, technically, it works very well for the folks in Japan, except for the criminals. It’s their country, and they can do their judicial process as they see fit, and it works pretty darned well - for them. And anyone moving there to live should be aware of this court system, and be prepared to abide by those rules…

No, as I state in another post.

But the Camry or Accord is not the Bel Air.

I would posit it has all to do with available cash. Like, Nissan has none. No money to develop, no money without Renault signing off. And they will not, at least on something they will not be able to make money selling in Europe. So pickups, EV or not, are pointless to the French overlords of the treasury at Nissan. 

I don’t fully disagree with you, but the product offerings at the high end of the price scale have never been better in the auto industry. And that is what sucks. You can pay top dollar and get some really good stuff. But if you don’t like spending a huge chunk of change on a highly depreciating asset, and leasing is…

Is there a single member of the staff who is genuinely excited about new cars anymore?

GM can say whatever the fuck they want, they are fooling nobody. The minute they bring out a successful EV, one that sells to the masses, at a level that their current mass market Chevrolet Malibu sells, then it will be on to something. Until then, the smoke they are trying to blow up everyone’s ass is not helping the…

Interesting, I had never heard that GM was prioritizing Chevrolet above the other marques, but it makes sense. And it also would then make sense for them to drop Buick, Cadillac, and GMC as separate brands and just make them higher end versions of the Chevy product they are based on. Just like the new Hummer is a GMC…