Daimler did away with the "cab-forward" design philosophy and predominance of front-wheel-drive that was prevalent at Chrysler and started the trend for rear wheel driven cars. Hence the 300 series, the Magnum, and the Charger. They also contributed to the Chrysler Crossfire design, which I understand was basically a domestic platform for the Mercedes CLK drivetrain.
----- Original Message ---- > From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 6:48:25 PM > Subject: Re: OT: help identifying this car > > The Challenger project only got rolling after Daimler was gone. The > 300 benefited somewhat from the Daimler connection, but for the most > part, Daimler drained Chrysler resources without contributing a whole > hell of a lot. I was there; saw it happen. > Paul > On Jun 3, 2009, at 9:39 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > > > Well, the 300 and the retro Challenger were done with Daimler, both > > Of which the best things they did in many years. > > > > J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:[email protected] ) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of > > paul stenquist > > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:35 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: OT: help identifying this car > > > > > > Chrysler did just fine until Daimler got involved. Dodge was one of > > the world's most profitable brands in the nineties, as was Jeep. And, > > yes, with a dealership organization, we probably will get Alfas > > but not from Chrysler. We'll get Dodges, Chrysler, and Jeeps from > > Chrysler. There will probably be a compact Dodge and Chrysler shared > > with Fiat, but the brands won't be mixed. That wouldn't make any > > sense. > > > > Very clever of you Godders to be able to make fun of the Chrysler > > name. You're such a wit. > > Paul > > > > > > On Jun 3, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jun 3, 2009, at 5:10 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> > >>> John Mullan wrote: > >>> > >>>> It is really a prototype for the first Chrysler now that the > >>>> majority is > >>>> owned by FIAT. See this link for a road test. > >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/36674...@n07/3593664412/ > >>> > >> Very funny. A beautiful graphics job too. > >> > >> But what I do think we *might* get, after the dunderheads at > >> CRAPysler are canned and out of the way, might be more like this: > >> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i10Xv2_XLQ > >> > >> One can only hope. > >> > >> G > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
