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riviera74

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  1. riviera74
    Too bad the Avalanche did not sell as well as it could have been. A mid-sized version is a great idea though.
  2. riviera74
    I get where you are coming from on this. Then again, I had to watch Oldsmobile get killed in 2004. Thanks for the sentiment. I just do not see a real future for any of (the former) Chrysler Corporation brands given Sergio.
  3. riviera74
    People miss smaller trucks? Since when?
  4. riviera74
    This new naming system completely and totally SUCKS! Who thought this was a good idea? EPIC FAIL!
  5. riviera74
    No. They should simply end Dodge and save Chrysler instead. The Charger and Challenger are very similar to the 300; the Dart is an abject failure in the marketplace; all their trucks are now RAM trucks; and the Journey can be a Chrysler right now (if it wasn't so pathetic).
  6. riviera74
    Sergio despises what used to be Chrysler Corporation and apparently the board loves everything FIAT/Alfa Romeo. That is why Chryco product has been starved of great interiors and better product for most of this decade. What is really sad is that this may well have been a deserved fate since 1978 when Lee iacocca took over Chrysler and got the federal government to give out loan guarantees to save the firm. Ever since then (especially since 1998), Chrysler has always been on borrowed time. Chrysler deserves a dignified funeral instead of the fate of being Sergio's abused whore.
  7. riviera74
    Warning: the Ridgeline is not half the truck a Colorado/Canyon are, let along a Silverado/Sierra. If Hyundai wants to build a midsize pickup truck, they need to build something superior to what is on the market now. Normally Hyundai builds a vehicle and initially sells it at a discount, and then the second generation is the significant leap. We will see if they actually succeed.
  8. riviera74
    Slow down man. If the birthrate falls too low, you end up with Europe's or Japan's situation: too few babies to support an increasingly aging population.
  9. riviera74
    Do you want a V12 with that new M5? This is BMW, not Rolls-Royce.
  10. riviera74
    Repeat after me: Sergio does not give a damn about US brands, and he never will. FIAT is everything; Chrysler is nothing to him.
  11. riviera74
    Given a shrinking European car market, I am not sure why anyone would participate and pay a LOT of money to show off in Frankfurt. Now Beijing on the other hand. . . . . . .
  12. riviera74
    Dear GM: What is your answer to this vehicle? Moreover, when can we buy one?
  13. riviera74
    I wish that the Chinese would just simply buy FCA or merge with FCA. One: Sergio would be fired almost immediately. Two: the Chinese can do what no one else can do, which is to rationalize the US car market. There is little to no real reason to buy MOST Chryco products not named Jeep (except for the minivans). Ram is easily eclipsed by the F-series and the Silverado/Sierra twins. Most Chrysler and Dodge cars are second rate at best compared to the competition. Most things FIAT are basically lame and irrelevant in this marketplace. Alfa Romeo is irrelevant here too. I do not care who picks up FCA; I just care that FCA disappears into the ether (if that happens).
  14. riviera74
    What else is new? The South has been getting nearly all the new plants since the 1980s because of cheap labor and big tax breaks. If only states and localities stopped this economically insane race to the bottom, then maybe auto companies (and pro sports teams!) would stop expecting the corporate equivalent of an unearned free lunch.
  15. riviera74
    Now this is why competition is good. Dear GM: turn the Bolt (and Volt) into fully EV crossovers NOW. Do not let VW beat you to it.
  16. riviera74
    OK. Why would anyone buy FCA? Seriously, Why?!
  17. riviera74
    While that is possible, the US car market is more than a little saturated and PSA may not have a vehicle that will draw sales away from existing competitors.
  18. riviera74
    Too small and they do not sell through dealers.
  19. riviera74
    Given the current administration, the USA will not be leaders in renewable energy anytime soon. Our current president digs coal, even though coal is an inefficient power source compared to natural gas, oil, and most renewable sources and nuclear energy.
  20. riviera74
    I am sure Subaru can keep its car culture and USP intact. As for Mazda, Toyota should not buy them because Mazda could go the way of Scion if Toyota is not careful.
  21. riviera74
    Of course, Sergio could just sell more Jeep Grand Cherokees in China. Is China really that brand-obsessed?
  22. riviera74
    Opel pensions aside, happy days are finally here. Good luck to PSA when the European auto market really falls down, unlike a decade ago.
  23. riviera74
    Maybe that is the real problem. We as Americans can be so complacent, especially when it comes to doing more to improve ourselves. It seems to me that the USA needs a proper antagonist to force a lot of us Americans to aspire to be more and do more than we are currently doing. China Should be it, but for some reason the effect is not the same as in the old Soviet Union and the space race of the 1950s and 1960s. It seems to me that China seeks economic cooperation that is one-sided, unlike the empire-building days of the former Communist bloc. I do not think our children are inspired to do much of anything beyond their smartphones, while in other countries their children want to live better than we do now. How do we solve that issue? We as Americans are also doing a poor job of getting the mass middle of adolescents and young adults to a bright future. NOT ALL can or should go to college. Whatever happened to a vocational education that you can learn marketable skills?
  24. riviera74
    Thanks. So am I.
  25. riviera74
    Given the probable sales slump (everywhere excluding Toyota), I wonder what vehicles are selling and where the profits are. If the sales are higher-profit trucks/SUVs and crossovers, then maybe it is not so bad. If sales are down and the marque is all cars all the time, that sounds like real trouble for that car brand.
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