Development cost recovery for a new engine is typically over 4-6 years. If you want to believe the 2010 DoD J.O.E. Report or the recent Oxford report on petroleum reserves, petroleum sourced gasoline may no longer be sold within 5-6 years as the price is projected to be over $5/gallon while the US can produce several billion gallons of biodiesel sustainably per year at a price of $4-$5/gallon.

EV’s and Hybrids do not look promising – too expensive and radically different infrastructure model. So the only long term solution is biodiesel/syndiesel. Few people understand that one of the main reasons Daimler purchased Chrysler was to replace the gasoline engines with CRD/TDI engines. They did so and very effectively, but the US Public Administration Policy artificially kept gasoline prices low via subsidies to the petroleum companies. This kept biodiesel investment and production low.

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To whoever mentioned the Viper- I don’t think it is a RETAIL (dealership level) sales success anymore, but there are plenty of racers out there that still buy ‘em.

and ^^ Worst3- WHA-WA-WHAAAAT?

Spoken like a true gentleman. You took the words right out of my mouth.

No the NEON needs to come back!

Union employees don’t make $75.00/hour. That’s a big arse lie!

FauxNews viewer no less.

Yea I know it does but jeez how many times are they gonna change them? And different tail lights for different trim levels doesn’t really help sales.

-iluvamcars

Fiat and Chrysler are also working together on a new platform to underpin the next Chrysler 300C that is due later this year, along with plans to use Alfa-Romeo’s Guilietta platform on their first joint model.

They ARE doing something, but it just won’t be quick as some people may wish.

hopefully they get every thing done right, I am a fan of dodge and Chrysler and I hope they can get out of the hole they are in. it is going to take more then just producing competitive cars they are going to need to make products that are a significantly better then the competition to get out.

hope they change up the challenger to be more a bit smaller (still larger then the other 2 more every day friendly) and lighter to be more competitive with the other pony a cars, leave the real muscle car to the charger (even if it has 4 doors).

I see them only having to directions for them to go, becoming very successful and profitable for there size or failing completely not much middle ground for them.

You can’t blame Cerebus or Fiat AT ALL on this. The poor planning was done ENTIRELY by Daimler and Dr. Z’s geniusness. Cerebus was given very little to develop on and when they finally did something, the market collapsed. Fiat has done so far nothing – but that’s because they have nothing. So they are so far very ahead of things. If they can pull all of this off, as I said before, it’s a miracle. 2 years is not enough time to do anything drastic in the automotive industry.

As far as the 300 goes, the best Fiat and Chrysler can do is develop a new platform for it and upgrade its sheetmetal.

We have all been waiting for this and I think the new 2012MY cars that will be coming out will even further help Chrysler. This has been a long time coming.

@Genesis. I couldn’t agree more. I’m a MOPAR fan and it has been very frustrating to see how far behind Chrysler is. Of course a lot of that had to do with CEREBUS too. You can’t balme Chrysler too much.

And Hey, What happened to those new model illustrations from last year? That didn’t just look like a ‘refresh’ they’re mentioning here. That looks like an entirely new car to me, with all new body panels throughout and a totally new, vastly different, much improved interior. WHERE IS THAT CAR Chrysler?

ROTFLMAO

Too soon??? the 300 and charger have been out 5 years already!!!! They(Chrysler) are no BMW or Benz to redesign a car every 5-8 years! Only they can pull that off because its a different kind of buyer for those cars. A new 300 should of been out!, They havent’t even had a face lift yet! They only changed the rear lighting style for I dont know how many times! and the Charger is god awful! The only good car they have is the Challenger, and I mean out of all Chrysler Jeep and Dodge! The thing is if GM had the new cars planned out before they filed bankruptcy(ex:CTS, Equinox, Malibu, LaCrosse), then Chrysler should of had new models planned, which they didnt, Nobody needs a Electric version of a Minivan or whatever the hell that had coming out! They should of had new 300, Chargers, Nitros, Compass, Avengers, Sebrings, etc. out way before hand. When you design a car it generally takes 3-8 years to make the next upcoming model, thats why it takes so long for new models to come out in that period of 3-8 years, they should be already working on the next generation of that model. But 5 years man? come on thats more than enough time to make a new car! Especially if Dodge and Chrysler have separate CEO and such, I think they do……..

Not going to believe anything until I see it.

Still going to produce 2010 Vipers? Are these even moving on dealer lots?