To play a little "devil's advocate" here if I may...

If Daimler "drove its fangs into Chrysler and sucked the blood right out of it", as one poster put it - if it wasn't for the Daimler takeover, would we not have the Charger/300/Magnum and ultimately our Challenger - since these cars are based on the Mercedes E-Class platform? Would Chrysler have some up with these cars on their own without someone like Daimler calling the shots? Personally I kinda doubt it - I think we'd still have interpretations of FWD Intrepids running around (not knocking Intrepids, mind you, but I think the Charger is a vastly superior car), and forget about the Challenger - V6 FWD Avenger/Stratus R/Ts would probably be as good as it ever got as far as any "sporty" coupes are concerned.

Seems to me while the Daimler takeover might not have been such a good idea in hindsight, some good DID come out of it. Anyone else agree or am I way off base here with that assessment?