10/08/2008, 1:27 PM
Chrysler News
Chrysler developing global A-segment car with China’s Great Wall Motors?
Although Chrysler has been working with China’s Chery for some time now on a new small car for global sales, the partnership has really never gotten off the ground. But Chrysler doesn’t appear to be giving up on a Chinese alliance, and is reportedly in working with China’s Great Wall Motors.
According to China Car Times, Chrysler sent engineers to meet with Great Wall this past August. Since then, work has focused on a new A-segment car which would be built by Great Wall but sold globally under the Chrysler brand. Despite the project being only a few months old, the new model is expected to be completed by the end of the year, suggesting the two companies modified an existing model – possibly Great Wall’s Scion-esque Cool Bear — rather than starting from the ground up.
The new model would likely be sold in developing regions, but it’s also possible the Great Wall-badged Chrysler could make it to more mature markets like Europe and North America. However, that decision will probably be based more on the models ability to pass more stringent crash and emissions regulations.
If the car is indeed finished by the end of the year, it could be possible to see it on the market as soon as late 2009.
10/08, 1:31 PM
posted by:
pzimet
thats not an xB or anything
10/08, 2:25 PM
posted by:
tzu13
Holy Scion, Batman!
10/08, 2:35 PM
posted by:
tastyorange
an old Scion swallowed a new Tribeca?
10/08, 2:41 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
The ‘Cool Bear’. I like it. No wait… I was thinking of cold beer.
10/08, 2:52 PM
posted by:
autonut
And that is where I get lost, maybe to the absence of beer. Chrysler plans are to utilize capacity for building Alfa, Fiat, etc. They had a decent drawing of the small car. Why not produce it right here. The specimen pictured above resembles Chinese version of Luis Vuiton and Coach bags you see on every corner of NYC sold by Nigerian, Algerian, Cameroon “businessmen” (Obama’s core constituency). what good will this alliance do for Chrysler? They will be screwed again.
10/08, 3:24 PM
posted by:
vincentvegas74
I think they’re making some great moves……use there strengths and over capacity to produce vehicles for other company’s……and instead of spending millions developing other new vehicles…..use other company’s strengths and over capacity to build those vehicles for them…..i think it’s briliant and i believe we’re going to see some incredible things coming out of Chrysler as a result of this new thinking.
10/08, 3:45 PM
posted by:
Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3
WTF?
10/08, 3:49 PM
posted by:
bolex
i think its a good move also. chrysler seems to be squeezing pennies to get the best results. in another time i would have argued that chrysler should just make theyre own platforms but with what theyve been though, and the current state of the economy…plus things are different and everyone is trying to reach a global market. come to think of it this is more what i had in mind back when mercedes was touting automotive global domination..
10/08, 3:55 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
Scion xB ripoff!
Damn, I wasn’t the first to say it…
10/08, 3:56 PM
posted by:
tripleonefive
Well no one can afford the “real Luis Vuiton and Coach bags due to the American, European and the GREEDian businessmen you see in every highrise building in downtown NYC (McCain’s core constituency)
There are other candidates besides Dem and GOP
Chrysler needs something and soon. I did see my first Challenger on the road and it was HOTT Much better looking than the Mustang Hopefully the new Mustang will be up to the task of taking on the cars from Chevy and Dodge
10/08, 4:20 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
I think this a good idea, importing technologies from other countries. Chrysler is far behind in terms of creating their own small cars. I think it would be safe to say that they really no longer have any “small” cars. The Caliber gets dismal fuel economy, the Patriot is a bit too traditional looking, albeit fairly nice…
10/08, 4:25 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
“I did see my first Challenger on the road and it was HOTT”
Wow, 1115, coming from you, that is a SERIOUS compliment.
10/08, 4:54 PM
posted by:
A4
yeah i agree it looks like an xB humping a tribeca
10/08, 10:54 PM
posted by:
olds307
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10/08, 11:15 PM
posted by:
autonut
olds, quit smoking that sheet
10/09, 3:00 AM
posted by:
tyler_is_aero_tt
Um seriously why do all automakers think that moving boxes are the future? They lack any styling, aerodynamics, and are ugly.
10/10, 10:02 AM
posted by:
thegriffon
I think Toyota may have something to say about this. Great Wall’s cars are all copies of the Fiat Panda or various Toyotas—the ist (xA), Echo, Noah and in this case, the 1st-gen bB/xB. They plug in a new grille, lights and bumpers, some plastic trim, and install an archaic Mitsubishi or Toyota engine. That’s is the sum total of their product development. They really don’t have the money for much else. As for the trucks, which Chrysler is also rumored to be interested in, they are a mixture of 20-year-old Isuzu, Mazda and Toyota pickups with re-styled noses and 20-year-old engines with the addition of fuel-injection to replace the original carburetor. Chrysler may as well go back to building the old Mitsubishi compact pickup they started with.