Chrysler to team with Chery for new small car?
According to Automotive News, Chrysler is considering striking a deal with Chinese automaker Chery to build
a new small Dodge or Chrysler for the international market. A meeting between Chery President Yin Tongyao and Chrysler
executives is rumored for Friday, May 5.If Chery does end up assembling a mini-Chrysler product, U.S. car buyers won't see it. But Chrysler is talking to other companies, including Volkswagen, about building a U.S.-market small car. Whichever automaker gets the nod will have to provide a proven small car platform for Chrysler's design.
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Richard Warren 4:07PM (5/04/2006)
It's a perfect joining for rebadging, just look at the money they can save by buying all the same letters at the same time, gotta be a savings there.
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Razib Ahmed 5:36PM (5/04/2006)
I think Chrysler should explore India too. Nissan is taking India and China very seriously and plans to produce 900,000 cars annually from the emerging markets. In 2005, DaimlerChrysler sold more than 2000 cars (http://www.southasiabiz.com/daimlerchrysler/) in the Indian market and here the company can do well.
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whofan 6:24PM (5/04/2006)
Chrysler should design and build its own cars.
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jamie 6:24PM (5/04/2006)
There is a SMART alternative that would suffice much more easily; and it's "in house" too!
I hear those Canucks really dig their SMARTs. Eh?
How about giving us Yanks a spin too?
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HemiDakota 12:00PM (5/05/2006)
More tidbit of info: http://www.srtmopar.com/hemiblog/?permalink=512
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MoJo 6:05PM (5/06/2006)
why not just rebadge the Mitsubishi Colt like they did in the past. Mitsubishi did not sell the latest generation of Colt here. Most Americans would never know it was Japanese.Ooohh, wait, Chrysler is wanting to build it so cheap that even Mexico can't build it for them. Let's see, Sell it in the USA for 11 grand. now let's break that down.One thousand dollars to build the car in china and ten thousand profit for Chrysler! Corporate greed at it's worst.
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