tskatz

All the industry watchers say that Chrysler will be the first to merge with another company. We don't know this will happen and we also don't know if the merger would happen with a US company or a company based in another country. My personal opinion is that with Chrysler not being traded on any stock exchange all it needs is the agreement of it's board of directors and a willing financial partner to pay the asking price for it to be sold or merged. Then the future of the Challenger depends on the desire of the of the new company to own the platform. We all know that many of the platform pieces are from the now dated Mercedes E Class. This is also true for the Chrysler 300 and the Dodge Charger which have been around since 2005 with no major platform changes. A hybrid is in the offing but wether it ever see's the light of day depends on the future of the company as a whole. The Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger only have minimal facelifts planned according to industry publications. In my opinion this is not the plan of a company that is looking to operate as a car company in the future.

tdub2112

The all new Challamarostang by Fodgevy.
Photoshop that!

Man, I had 5 minutes if fun just trying to figure out a friggin' name.

mopar2ya

you"re seriously making me want to puke tdub... BACK OFF!!! [:@]

BLK 6050

Don't make me repost the "Challamaro".......

lear4406

Well if they get the loans from the Government, then the cars that we have come to know and love are just a memory. We will get the cars that Congress and the Senate want us to have and believe me that does not include any muscle cars. Just look at who controls the Gov. now and who pulls their strings and makes them dance. Can you say green. So get it while you can or hope that they file a restructural bankruptcy. My spelling is off today... sorry. But that way they can get rid of the Un ions and start fresh and be competitive with the imports that are kicking our tales. The only way they will survive in my eyes. But I'm no economist, just hard honest logic. We need to be competetive and as it sits now the prices are way out of bounds. The average american needs to be able to afford what they are selling. When you add the safety features and comfort gizmos we all need, the price is too great for most americans families. Just my take on it

canadiancanuck

personally, and this is just the canadian in me talkin..... but I think the media has blown all of this resession crap waayyyy out pf porportion. THese guys feed into our fears of losing companies, mergers and instability. Auto mergers aren't going to happen, how many attempts to merge with Chrysler and then back out? c'mon it's a marketing ploy to fuel the economy.

If you think about Henry Ford, he made a company and ran it through a hard economic time, and he weatherd the storms. Now very true here with the investors and such, I say the manufacturer open the doors like a local airline here in Calgary and offer shares to the public, get public dollars into a company to maintain stability. It would boost economy and allow for a more controlled platform. This way the big wigs aren't lining their pockets and screwing a company over.

Parts on the other hand may become scarse, but majority of our parts are interchangable with other platforms.

RoswellGrey

I gotta agree with the idea that the "recession" has been blown way out of proportion. I've lived through numerous recessions, and this just doesn't feel like a recession. In San Antonio, at least, stores are always packed. You don't see more people than usual lined up a free-food places. Tourists keep flocking here. Maybe it's just this city (which admittedly doesn't have a large manufacturing sector and always is one of America's poorest cities), but things here right now don't seem anywhere near as bad as, say, after 9-11.

BLK 6050

I to have to agree regarding the recession, if you repeat something enough times...people will believe it and as a result it becomes a reality. I still see a lot of building going on, so someone has money and in turn is making money. And the malls are still busy with people spending money….I also see a lot of new cars driving around with newly issued temp licenses...but if you get all your news from ABC/NBC/CBS news stations it sounds like the sky is falling. Not the best of times, but not the worst by a long shot...

Mopar_Nut

Kind of like global warming. . .

brentmannrt09

Not sure the Bridge loan for the auto makers will get past the Senate. The repubs are not down with helping out-going to be and interesting day for the Big 3!