A Chinese platform on an American car whose company is owned by the Germans… interesting.

Volkswagen could have been the best partner in this case. They still have fiat I guess

they don’t have fiat.

America needs another cheap car built with virtual slave labor so that the rest of our car industry can clost the doors. Who needs thos greedy overpaid American car workers when we can replace 362 of them with free labor and an underpaid auto CEO. This is so that the greedy Ameican consumer can slide behind the wheel of thier $10,000 car. By the way, that car is DAMNED ugly.

How about they just don’t make the Hornet.

Damn, Dodge, not the Chinese… Anyway, they still have partnership with Hyundai and Mitsubishi, so it’s probably one of them. Not that I’m looking forward to it, though.

Even though it’s ugly as sin and it’s a Chrysler (which means it’s more then likely poorly put together), I don’t want them to make it. But what’s the deal with out sourcing the product? This is what is wrong with the American economy, build the car your damn self Chrysler! People say it’s Bush’s fault, but it appears to me that it’s the American companies fault. They want you to buy their car but won’t employ anyone in America to make the money to buy the cars. It appears they are shooting themselves in the foot.

yes, it’s like chrysler doesn’t have any money. the 300 was based on the old merc e-class, theres now a rebadged durango (aspen), and a rebadged liberty (nitro), the caliber/compass are based on the next mitsubishi lancer platform. i mean what ever happened to chrysler developing its own stuff????

Ever since it got absorbed by Daimler, they’ve been getting old-generation stuff and are generally neglected as a brand. Mercedes gets all the new tech and attention while Chrysler has to fight to survive. This is not how it’s supposed to be.

From what I understand, the Chryslers being built under Daimler’s watch are actually much better screwed together.. and imagine all the benefits the partnership will bequeath on the next-gen products.. the next Pacifica will likely be based on R-class mechanicals, and the Commander on the GL-class. And if the cost of outsourcing the Hornet to another company is such an issue, why don’t they just underpin it with the Mercedes B-class mechanicals they use in Mexico? Building more of the B-class chassis should improve the economies of scale and bring the cost down, right?

i say dont build it. its ugler than my girlfriends mother naked. that would take care of outsourcing and some really bad thoughts for me.

1c3d0g — I think its good that Crysler products get the older generation Mercedes stuff. Its Mercedes. I drove a 300C and it had the thick heavy syrupy feel in the steering that so Benz.

I like the fact that you can get a lot of Benz content in one of those.

Hard to believe but I think that Chrysler builds some of the best American cars these days.

Ughh I hope they don’t make the Next Pacifica off the R-Class. I have driven both and the Pacifica is the superior vehicle.

The R/GL/ML class are all made of the same platform down in Alabama just different wheel bases/roof lines.

The B-class is huge compared to the hornet concept. The B-class is probalby twice as long as the hornet. If they build it I hope they build it on some mitisbishi platform of some type.

Renton: I will agree with you on the 300C, personally I think it’s a wonderful car. But still, you’d expect some more high-tech gizmos in it, no?

How funny…an A4 guy (gal) looking for a Dodge…

Dav is….Can you outsource pictures of your mom?