Nah, from what I remember, Ferd snagged the Cummins deal, so CC went to
Cat.
A look ont the bright side about the DBCC deal.... maybe a 245HP Avenger
with a Merc. derived V8..... OR a 200HP V6 from Merc in a Neon...
wouldn't be a bad trade off.
-mike sykes
miggitymike@juno.com >or< mpsykes@erols.com
88V6LE3.55AUTO
"You can't legislate morality......."
On Mon, 11 May 1998 00:01:18 -0400 Craig Baltzer
<Craig.Baltzer@Anjura.COM> writes:
>What deal with Caterpillar? They have a deal with Cummins, but not Cat
>as far as I know...
>
>Craig
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike P Sykes [mailto:miggitymike@juno.com]
>Sent: May 10, 1998 8:13 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: DaimlerChrysler
>
>
>Hey, wait a minute... what about CC's contract with Caterpillar? If
>Daimler owns Chrysler AND Nissan Deisel, does that mean they are
>gonna'
>start putting Nissan Motors in the HD Rams, or are they gonna' stick
>with
>Cat? I'd be interested in seeing how that turns out. I know CC gets a
>good amount of the Towing Set becuase of the Cummins.... I know they
>would hate to loose those loyal customers.....
>-mike
>
>-miggitymike@juno.com >or< mpsykes@erols.com
>88V6LE3.55AUTO
>
>"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law...."
>
>On Sun, 10 May 1998 19:12:31 -0500 Robert Trottmann
><rotrottmann@davidson.edu> writes:
>>Close but no banana. DaimlerChrysler itself is the 5th largest,
>>behind GM,
>>Ford, VW, and Toyota, in terms of # of cars sold. Just announced
>>today,
>>Daimler is trying to buy Nissan Diesel Motor company, Nissan's truck
>>opperation. Now that would be one hell of a company, Daimler,
>>Chrysler,
>>Nissan Diesel....I guess the future is here.
>>So, where is my money going today?
>>Later,
>>Robert
>>
>>Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> > I realize that. That's old news. I'm thinking Ford will have to
>>> > merge/buy again to keep up w/ capacity. DaimlerChrysler is still
>
>>behind
>>> > Ford in terms of size, but not very far at all. With the
>>improvements
>>> > the two added together will give, Ford is going to sink or swim,
>>and to
>>> > swim, they must merge. GM, on the other hand, is big enough to
>>stay
>>> > alive. Jag was nothing anyway, it was going to fail sooner or
>>later, it
>>> > was just a matter of time.
>>> > Rolls and Bently and Jag were bought out b/c they were small.
>>What the
>>> > Daimler Chrysler deal does, is redefine what a "small" car
>company
>>is.
>>> > Later,
>>> > Robert
>>> >
>>> Well what I read the other day said that Chrysler by itself is the
>>5th
>>> largest automaker in the world, so the combined DB-CC will have to
>>be at
>>> least the third largest in the world if not the second largest (I
>>assume
>>> GM is the largest and Ford's second so with the merger they should
>>be
>>> right on the heels of Ford if not overtaking them...).. Just my
>>> thoughts...
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>>--
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>>
>>
>>
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