Just because AOL and TimeWarner merged doesn't mean either one no longer
exists, same as ChryCo and MB. It's a MERGER, so what if some higher-ups
from Germany were put in charge of ChryCo? They finally with their
second attempt got someone in there who did what no American was doing
by turning it around and making some cool ass cars again finally. I am
not racist so I could care less if the guy who did it came from Germany,
Russia, or France (OK, maybe France....) as long as he has a true
passion for the car he is developing, and I truly believe Dieter does.
I am tired of hearing this BS that ChryCo is gone when truth is it's
doing the best it has in DECADES.....
-Ryan
99 DA RC R/T
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
jon@dakota-truck.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:28 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: OT: Dodge Charger
david.clement@verizon.net wrote:
: I find all this hopla about the new Charger very interesting and quite
amusing.
: Dodge has used the Charger name on a whole raft of very different
vehicles. The
: 66-67 Charger was a Coronet with a fastback roof line (not my cup of
tee at
: all), 68-70 it bacame it's own body style and carried the performance
banner
: for Dodge (my favorite is 70), 71-73 it again shared it's basic sheet
metal
: with the Plymouth Satellite and Dodge Sebring (nice looking cars but I
would
: rather have an e-body),in 74-77 the car became Dodge's answer to the
Monte
: Carlo and shared it's look with the Chrysler Cordoba (wouldn't want it
even if
: it was given to me), it disappeared for awhile and in 83/84 Dodge took
the Omni
: 024 and slapped sheet metal over the rear quarter windows and added a
spoiler
: to the front and called it a Charger (I purchased a Daytona instead).
Agreed. Heck, for that matter, DC isn't really even "Chrysler"
(or "Dodge") any more. Its a foreign company that essentially
purchased the trademarks, patent rights, tooling and real estate
that were owned by the company formerly known as Chrysler. Since
"Chrysler" is merely a facade of the entity it once was, does it
really come as a surprise that the Charger is as well? ;-) :-(
(Yeah, I'm definitely in "crusty old codger" mode today...) ;-)
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