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4-21-2018 @ 04:22:02 PM |
Posted By : DiRF |
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#21, As an add-on to that comment... I was a Mopar fanboy most of my life... I truly believed they were the most innovative of the "Big 3", with the most interesting cars... but the last 20 years have been... difficult. They've narrowed down their various lineups into very specialized, niche segments... and even with that kind of focus, the cars aren't particularly good...
...and they aren't updating their damned cars, either. While they may have some "newer" vehicles like the 2019 Ram pickups, 2018 Jeep Wrangler, the Fiat-based Jeeps, and the relatively-new Town & Country Pacifica, ChryCo currently has the most incredibly aged lineup of vehicles in the industry... and it really REALLY shows. It's fucking embarrassing. Doesn't matter HOW much power you shove under their hoods, they're just not competitive in EVERY other respect.
They did well in the '90s, with their well-received LH cars, the highly-appealing Neon [in the short-term, at least], their minivans were still the industry leaders in engineering/design for that segment, and the PT Cruiser was on the horizon [despite its long-term reputation, it was very revolutionary for its time]... but then big daddy Daimler came by with false promises, bled them dry, and dumped them bankrupt in a gutter. Ugh. |
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4-22-2018 @ 01:26:41 AM |
Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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I will agree. However, I do feel that both Mitsu and Mercedes both took advantage of them, though. Both brands were having trouble in some market segments. Mitsubishi needed them to break into the US market, so they sold captive imports. In 2000s, Mercedes needed help doing a second-gen ML, and Jeep wanted to gradually move the Grand Cherokee upmarket, and Dodge and Chrysler wanted a better fullsize car. Both companies ended up losing massive amounts of money in their deals, leaving Chrysler in a bind.
In regards to the Caliber thing. I see maybe 3 or 4 a day here, usually beaten to shit. The next common cheap car I see is the firs-gen 300 and Charger. (cont.) |
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4-22-2018 @ 01:28:11 AM |
Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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My biggest problem with Chrysler is their dealers. Every single Dodge dealer I've been to, the salesperson is an asshole, or they get all pissed off when I don't expect to buy a car right here, right now. I wasn't intending to buy a new car, but apparently it was uncalled for that I dare not look at a new car if I wasn't buying it. |
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4-22-2018 @ 07:49:59 PM |
Posted By : Skid |
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#21, I've never seen Calibers in large numbers, though I still see quite a few of these Avengers around. |
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4-22-2018 @ 11:58:24 PM |
Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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#25, Fair enough. Though, my view might be tainted because my experience with Chryslers hasn't exactly been stellar. I grew up with minivans and Intrepid, neither category which was particularly trouble free.
I did a little experiment today. I counted Calibers and Avengers I passed and made note of where they were.
I saw 17 Calibers today. 13 of which were in a not-great area. I saw 22 Avengers, about half of which were on Buy-Here-Pay-Here lots, including three Avengers with flat tires, and other signs of sitting for awhile. |
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5-03-2023 @ 04:27:45 PM |
Posted By : Obsidian |
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I saw 1 Caliber yesterday. A white base model with panel rust - fogged up windows -and a donut on the rear drivers side. You could hear it before your saw it as it likely had nothing in the way of emissions plumbing - and see it I did as it charged up a bus lane doing 10 over the posted speed limit.
The driver looked like they were done with living. |
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5-04-2023 @ 12:33:53 AM |
Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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I actually like Mitsubishi. I really liked Chrysler cars in the 1990s, and to be fair, I never "hated" Chryslers more contemporary cars either. The owner demographic is the main problem, at least for me. |
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