Re: Goodbye Dakota

From: Andy Levy (andy.levy@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 26 2010 - 20:43:22 EDT


On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 20:02, Gary Hedlin <superdak@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, the 05+ Daks killed Chrysler in the mid-size market.  They had
> the market cornered, but the styling just killed it.  For the money,
> people just went with the HEMI Ram or the better looking Toyota
> Tacoma.

The styling was only the final nail in the coffin. For not much more
money and identical fuel mileage, you could get a Ram 1500. For the
same money and much better mileage & build quality, you could get a
Taco. Where's the Dak fit in? Nowhere. When the Ranger, S-10 &
Canyon/Colorado were on the scene, the Dak made sense. But that's done
now. The market for the Dak started dissolving in '04. Chrysler just
didn't realize it for 5 years.



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