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Chrysler, Nissan reportedly in talks to jointly make midsize cars

Business Aug. 08, 2008 - 07:10AM JST ( 10 )

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KwaabishAug. 08, 2008 - 10:28AM JST

"The Chrysler small car will be made at a Nissan plant in Japan, while Chrysler will make the pickup truck at its plant in Mexico, to go on sale in 2011."

So either way, the cars produced are non-American?
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redrightntrueAug. 08, 2008 - 12:02PM JST

"So either way, the cars produced are non-American?"

Reason enough to nix the deal !
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SargeAug. 08, 2008 - 05:25PM JST

"So either way, the cars produced are non-American?"

You got it. You want an American car? Buy a made-in-Tennessee Toyota!
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dontpanicAug. 08, 2008 - 07:57PM JST

In the nineties, before being taken over by Daimler Benz, Chrysler looked at Nissan as a possible tie-up partner. They took a step back when they saw the debts Nissan had accrued at that time.

Now with Chrysler on its uppers, I wonder if this joint venture is a prelude to a Renault/Nissan takeover? After all, Chrysler's venture capitalist owners will want to out the business to someone fairly soon and it's an obvious candidate for anyone wanting to expand their US market share.
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BeelzebubAug. 08, 2008 - 09:31PM JST

Mitsubishi Motors supplied the Colt to GM for years. US automakers could build good compact cars if they wanted to -- I remember the old Nash Metropolitan, Rambler and Studebaker Lark.
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Nippon5Aug. 09, 2008 - 12:09AM JST

Mitsubishi Motors supplied the Colt to GM for years. US automakers could build good compact cars if they wanted to

The colt was a chrysler product built by Mitsubishi, so was the Conquest, the spirit, the acclaim, and the mmotor/transmision in the caravan.. but not Gm... Gm was in joint with GEO beofre they bought them out. I owned a 63 Lark it had a stud 289 v8 in it, nice car. My favorite odd car I have owned was my hudson hornet.... now a days the American car is equal to or better then Japanese cars on the market... Korean cars are the leaders in the warrenty game and have created cars that survive the whole 10 year warrenty now..
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dontpanicAug. 09, 2008 - 02:05AM JST

"now a days the American car is equal to or better then Japanese cars on the market"

Been in the industry for 22 years in Europe, the US and Japan, 7 working for a US maker based in Tokyo. The accepted wisdom is still that Toyota produce the best product overall. In my experience US cars still dont even come close. That said, if you can accept the obvious flaws there are some fun things to own. The Chrysler 300C is a cracker!