But as an oversight here, what we have now is a huge car company that is & has been for the past 20+ years been a bouncing ball, a moving target. It gets sold over & over again to the highest bidder, each one grooming it as soon as they acquire it, for a planned future sale. They strip it down, lean it out, & harvest the millions or billions as soon as they can. They have no commitment to the employees OR the vehicles, or the country of origin. They are designed to benefit (financially of course) the handful of top schemers & screw the rest of the people. Hell, they will probably next time around be bought by a bank or investment group. Well, they are basically now owned by an investment group. Like earlier stated in this thread, we are buying a name badge without ANY ties to the heritage & history of what Chrysler & Dodge once were. This is the way so many big companies are going anymore, & it NEVER ends well - NEVER.
Anyone who is loyal to or a fan of Mopar or DCP based on past glory days, the history, the engineering and innovation, the cars of the 60's and 70's, is loyal to a ghost. That company has been dead for many years. What there is now has no ties to any of that, no loyalty, no commitment, and they don't care about you or your Dart, Duster, Super Bee or whatever. You may as well be loyal to that ex who's on her third husband after dumping you.
Enjoy your car, support the aftermarket that is still involved, buy a diesel Ram or Challenger if you want, but the Chrysler Corp. that built your Swinger is long gone.
Saw Larry Shepard at PRI this year. I thought that was nice, brought back some memories of when he was a regular at the races and such. The good old days.
