Chrysler guzzles out of bankruptcy
Just what America neededWhy did America put bailout money into Chrysler? To save auto jobs of course.
Thus, the first thing Chrysler plans to do right of a government-manipulated bankruptcy is restart production on the Dodge Viper.
I know saving Chrysler and General Motors was about saving the US economy, but this isn't a good omen for either saving the US auto industry nor the US economy - at least not in the long run.
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posted by Dahcredyns at
10:08 AM
9 Comments:
Oh, stop the hissy fit and think for a minute. Vipers are driven so few miles, and there are so few of them, that their "guzzler" mileage is of very little consequence. Let the sports car lovers rejoice at its return. Better you should get worked up over your neighbor's wife's 14 mpg Dodge Durango sport-ute. Now THAT's a problem, multiplied by millions of times.
Off topic, but I saw a 2010 Prius on the road today...
I don't disagree. I'm just calling it a bad omen.
Also, this is what at least several billion of our tax dollars are helping to fund - not to mention a new contorted bankruptcy precedent.
Moreover, I still find it bitterly ironic that the first Chrysler plant to open is one that produces a $100,000 gas guzzling sports car. Again, it's just a bad omen.
I hope Chrysler/Fiat can bring cute little gas mizers here quickly. If so it may really grow as I think the public will want to drive a european styled car with great mileage(as gas will also be above the 'majic number' of 3.oo a gallon in about 2 months or less - great news for a healthy planet.
If Fiat has to wait -some say- 2 full years before it can retool and meet US guidelines then Id say they are definitely toast :( sorry to say, as will GM be if all its marbles are on a 38K car!!!! ouch
Oh, stop the hissy fit and think for a minute. Vipers are driven so few miles, and there are so few of them, that their "guzzler" mileage is of very little consequence. Let the sports car lovers rejoice at its return. Better you should get worked up over your neighbor's wife's 14 mpg Dodge Durango sport-ute. Now THAT's a problem, multiplied by millions of times.
No YOU stop and think for a minute. What exactly does Chrysler build that is efficient and worthwhile to save?
Forget the Viper...the company as a whole makes piece of shit cars.
And I'm sorry but what sort of mentality is this that just because the Viper is a sports car it has to be exempt from being clean and low in pollution? Is that the only way guys with small dicks can feel bigger? To drive a big, bad, fast car?
On side note new HOT looking KIA FORTE is coming in couple months time! However for me anyways the smaller engine only gets av 23/32 MPG...now come on guys, for a 2010 a tiny car like that and the BEST mileage is less than my 05 very square Scion XB. What am I missing ...must be that Kia had already designed and retooled for this car before gas crunch ????
I saw a 2010 Prius here in Tucson, AZ also!
Indigo Incarnates
My big gripe is that reactivating the Viper can't possibly be profitable. It's a really expensive car that only sells a couple hundred units each year. What Chrysler needs is something equivalent to the Civic or Camry -- moderately profitable vehicles that sell close to a hundred thousand vehicles per year.
yeah, indigo, the viper is largely irrelevant. that's what makes this story so annoying. i don't remember how many billions we the people lost on Chrysler, but it's just a slap in the face that this is first car to restart production right out of the bankruptcy gate.
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