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On the news, Chrysler/Fiat will stop making cars in the US! If that is true, there will be no more Chrysler products for us. :soapbox: Supposedly only going to make trucks, no cars. If the fuel goes back up, they'll probably drop the trucks also. :rolleyes2: Looks like Fiat is the boss in that family. PJ
 
Interesting side note, since Fiat to over, Dodge trucks have always been advertised as Ram trucks. Sounds like they were readying the truck division for sale to someone else.
 
Given that the Charger is still the backbone of many police fleets since the demise of the Ford Crown Vic, I'd find it hard to believe Chrysler would abandon that market.

My parents owned no less than three Chrysler products, a 1983 Dodge 600, 1985 Dodge Aries Wagon and a 1986 Dodge Aries coupe. The ownership experience was so miserable that my father, who always swore he'd "Buy American" finally jumped ship and got the first of his Toyota Camrys in 1987, and has never owned a different car since. He's now on his 6th and 7th Camrys.

I inherited the 600 when I was a student at the University of MD. It was the biggest POS of all them. 400 pounds heavier than a standard K car with the same powerplant. A Chevette with a slushbox could blow the doors off this car. Ended up with the 85 Aries as well. That one was the best of the three. After I sold it, it went to Mississippi where it survived until 2005 when we surmise that it was done in by Hurricane Katrina.

Despite that there's no love lost on me when it comes to Chrysler, it is alarming that a major car manufacturer that did turn out some iconic vehicles is about to disappear.
 
I was told by a CHP officer that CHP will be using Dodge Chargers soon.
 
They're stopping production of the only two passenger cars that were still being made in the US...the 200 and the Dart. This from the USA Today article: "The Jeep and Ram brands have been driving sales gains recently, while the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200, highly touted when they were launched, have been disappointments." They're then spending $1.49 billion to upgrade one plant in Michigan and $1 billion to another in Illinois. The plan will also add 1000 new employees for increased production of Jeeps and Ram trucks. The current day Charger (which isn't affected and continues to be produced) was never made in the US. It's a Canadian made product.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...t-chrysler-ending-car-production-us/87649136/
 
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