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.