December 18th, 2008 • by David Zatz
It doesn’t take much to set off the Chrysler-haters these days. The Wall Street Journal prints a rumor and before you know it, Autoblog has its comic balloons and “Chrysler sucks/is dead/should be dead” hat on. Chrysler shuts down its production plants for two extra weeks – not unlike Toyota – and we get a [...]
November 11th, 2008 • by David Zatz
You may remember how the analysts and reporters were claiming that GM, after acquiring Chrysler, would shut down pretty much everything but the minivans and Jeeps. At that time, you may remember my saying:
Rubbish, I say. Even if Rick Wagoner is as foolish as he looks. These people don’t know Chrysler. They are still thinking the Daimler line [...]