Good news! Let's produce cars for the American market (as we've been saying forever) and get a full line up. Dodge is almost irrelevant to most people and Chrysler has already become irrelevant. Talk to most people and they still think of the Chrysler 300. Most people don't realize Dodge stopped the Challenger or that the previous generation Charger is gone and a new one replaced it.

 

People by and large - and even the media - still call the trucks "Dodge Ram". STLA needs to merge RAM back into Dodge.

 

Stellantis planning $10 billion in U.S. turnaround investments, report says

Stellantis is focused on reclaiming the past success of the Jeep brand and is considering fresh investments into Dodge, which could result in a new Dodge V8 muscle car, Bloomberg reported.

www.autonews.com

 

It's long past time for talking about it, start doing something!

 

Surprised that the factory line up hasn't leaked yet.

 

Well, the “new Dodge V8 muscle car” sounds a lot like either (a) a long rumored planned replacement for the Challenger - a smaller Charger, or (b) the Charger with a V8 option, as Tim Kuniskis has talked about openly.

 

Just going on record: Kuniskis is STILL a [wash my mouth out with soap] moron who doesn’t know his [I should have my mouth washed out with soap for using such terms] form a hole in the ground let alone be able to form a coherent product plan and investment strategy.

 

They are doing things, they aren't announcing most of them.

 

The idea that they're "doing things" may be something of an overstatement.

The company displayed an electric Charger Coupe at a recent police vehicle expo. A product that would serve no actual purpose in that market.

 

they have not announced the Wagoneer S nor the EV Charger that I have seen or heard. So I do not expect them to announce anything besides "we are going to spend X amount" Woo Hoo Like that is going to excite anyone.

they need to have NA designed and built CUV's like Chevy Trax, Chevy Equinox and Blazer size vehicles. Not European rebadged vehicles with poor gas mileage. Does not need to be a HP leader but not a under powered slug either.

There were several thousand Stanced/Slamolgy cars in Gatlinburg over the weekend, I would say there may have been a couple old Neons and probably not one Hornet.

 

The "past" success of Jeep?
What are they smoking?
Jeep has, essentially, a full lineup (now, with Cherokee coming back)

If any "past" success needs to be rehabilitated, it's CHRYSLER and Dodge.

 

except for the Wrangler/ Gadiator everything else is a grocery getter, mall crawler whether large or small.
They need something to compete against the 4-runner and new Land Cruiser, let alone the Bronco

 

In all this spending, are they actually going to make parts available for recently produced vehicles? I'm not expecting that for vehicles more than 10 years old, but when you can't buy a used vehicle from a CJD dealer because there is a defective back up camera there's a recall, but no parts to be had, that doesn't exactly inspire any confidence! That actually happened with a Durango I was looking at last year. How can you trust a company with a $50,000+ investment if it can become an un-repairable white elephant for months at a time? That's not how companies that are serious about staying the car biz act. That IS how FIAT, Renault, and Peugeot acted though the whole time they were sold here. Is it a European elitist thing? What's wrong with them!? Let the masses wait and take mass transit?

 

In all this spending, are they actually going to make parts available for recently produced vehicles?

This has been a problem for years. I recall talking with Pietro Gorlier about one particular part, and the next week the factory ran an extra day for service parts, solving the problem.

I want Pietro Gorlier back!