Chrysler, Dodge Concepts To Enter Production Unchanged

[derek77]

http://www.cars.com/news/images/1007magnumgt310.jpg

http://www.cars.com/news/stories/100703_storya_cc.jhtml

My only problem is that they are Daimler-Chrysler vehicles and the truck front ends just don't do it for me. :shake:

[MAD-3R]

The Hemi-300C was my dream car for the last few years before I heard about the Marauder. IF it does well, You can almost bet that the Marauder WILL be back.

[Long Live #3]

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek:

[bigslim]

I have been seeing a lot of the mules (test cars) running around here. They are covered with huge bras and paint but you can see the true shape still. From what I have seen the cars are true to form.

[Jeff]

Pretty neat!!

[tetsu]

If they build a hemi pacifica I think that I'd sell my Marauder for it.

Johnny

[MAD-3R]

Hemi Pacifica = Dodge Magnum Wagon

[MMdriver03]

WOW!!! Hopped up mini-vans. :puke:

[Rob1559]

That is almost as ugly as the Infinity X45.:puke:

[DetGeno]

Can you say "Grocery-Getter" You'll never catch me behind that! yuk!!! :down:

[merc406]

That is just as fugly as most of the other cars and trucks they have out. They all look the same, except for the PT Cruiser.

[TAF]

I finally saw one of those Crossfires (is that right?) the other day. I think Chrysler has become the New AMC...

[MMdriver03]

I'll keep my 300A ,it suits me just fine......:rock:

[RCSignals]

Yes, those grilles are bad enough on the trucks, but when you put them on a car, it just doesn't translate at all

While those may be visually "the same" as the concepts, I'd think they are full of differences

[metroplex]

I'll take a 2005 Marauder.

[RCSignals]

Reuters
Chrysler expected to idle key Canadian plant

Friday October 3, 11:21 am ET

DETROIT, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The Chrysler unit of DaimlerChrysler (NYSE:DCX - News; is expected to idle a key North American assembly plant later this month in a move highlighting its poor sales performance in recent months.

Ken Lewenza, head of the Canadian Auto Workers union at Windsor Assembly -- Canada's single largest manufacturing facility and a longtime profit engine for Chrysler -- said on Friday the automaker was planning to halt production at the plant during the last week of October and the first week of November.

The plant, which builds Chrysler's upscale Town and Country minivans and the Pacifica wagon, produces 1,370 vehicles a day and employs about 6,000 people, Lewenza told Reuters.

The 2004 Pacifica, which accounts for a quarter of the Windsor Assembly's output, was billed as a sleek new product vital to Chrysler's rebound when it was launched earlier this year.

But sales of the $38,000 vehicle, a broad-shouldered cross between a minivan and sport utility vehicle, have been disappointing, adding to investor concerns about Chrysler's profit outlook after a surprising $1.1 billion second-quarter loss.

Company spokesmen declined to comment on the plant shutdown, but Lewenza said it stemmed from declining sales at Chrysler, whose new U.S. car and truck sales plummeted 15 percent last month.

That was more than double the drop in August, when Toyota Motor Corp. (Tokyo:7203.T - News) outsold it for the first time.

"At the end of the day it's definitely inventory and it's definitely slow sales in the last couple of months," said Lewenza.

The plant, where Chrysler launched production of its minivans about 20 years ago, has run at full tilt with three production shifts for the last five years, he said.

"This (shutdown) is incredibly unusual because of the success of the minivan," Lewenza said. "This plant is the jewel of DaimlerChrysler Corporation," he added. "Shutting it down for whatever reason is not a signal that shouldn't scare the hell out of us."

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by metroplex
I'll take a 2005 Marauder.

So will everyone else, once they see the 2005 alternatives.
By 2005 people will realise what a Marauder is.
Silly Ford

[merc]

Originally posted by TAF
I finally saw one of those Crossfires (is that right?) the other day. I think Chrysler has become the New AMC...

That’s one butt ugly car, concept or production. Now that Mercury announced that they would not produce the Marauder after the 2004 model year, is Chrysler going to reintroduce the Matador? Don’t laugh, first it was Chevy (Impala SS), next came Mercury (Marauder), and Chrysler is looking over your shoulder. Remember, the largest population growth in America came from the Latino section. Watch out Texas, the Chrysler Matador will be the next high performance 4 door, powered by Taco Bell Racing.

http://www.matadorsedan.com/


I can’t believe I wrote this crap. Where is the delete key???:bandit:

[RCSignals]

Ha, better run for the Border merc