Bring back the "Cuda and Duster names!!!
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From: "Terrible Tom" <silvereightynine@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: DML: End of the Dakota???
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> Gabriel A. Couriel wrote:
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>> i say: bring back old names and attach them to decent looking, and
>> competitive vehicles. "Coronet" is probably a marketable name, that,
>> when
>> attached to a "D" segment car, would sell.
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> mm and how many times has the Charger moniker been ressureccted and placed
> on a bastardized chassis?
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> The new Chrysler Aspin/Durvango based SUV?
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> Theres a few more where Chrysler tried to push old names on new cars..
> Remember the Monaco? The once famed "most powerful police persuit car"? It
> came back as a friggin Renault for a couple years in the early 90s'
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> Plus GM tried that with the GTO - all it was, was a rebadged Aussi Holden
> Monero. Yeah it was a kick ass performer rear wheel drive V8 - so is the
> current Charger - as stand alones - the two cars are great - as Chargers
> and GTOs? No friggin way.
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> Chrysler would probably slap a Coronet badge on a Minivan and expect it to
> sell... then again - that was the old DaimlerChrysler that fucked things
> over... the vehicals on sale now are still hold overs from the D.C days.
> However I read that teh 09 Ram redsign had a lot of lastminute changes
> made by the new ownership. Hopefully the new guys on the block will get
> the idea and fix what Daimler broke.
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