Chrysler Out - Stellantis In - What this Means for the Company + My Thoughts on the FCA/PSA Merger
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- Today we are taking a look at Stellantis, the new name for the merged company between FCA and Groupe PSA. We will cover what this name means, if it makes senses, and the merger benefits and downsides for each company going forward. Only time will tell how this one turns out, and hopefully it's not another failure like DaimlerChrysler!
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Talk to your doctor to see if STELLANTIS is right for you.
Way too many side effects to be worth it.
🤣👍
Doesnt fix enough to use it
Stellantis isn't for everyone, u may feel strong Covid symptoms
What if I develop an itch?
Honestly, the Pentastar would totally work as a corporate logo. The brands come from five different countries, after all.
Shhh, you're giving away great advice for free.
@@1MarkKeller I'd almost be flattered. Almost. ;)
@@Doctor_Robert Don't go figuring out a better name for the company and broadcasting it all willy nilly either.
@@1MarkKeller Not sure if they'd pick "The Mopar Empire," to be honest...
@@Doctor_Robert lol
Hopefully this will lead to Chrysler having some cars on the showroom floor even if it's a rebadged ones
Very true hadn’t thought of that! They definitely need a bigger/better lineup not sure why they haven’t already acted on it
@@MarspeedCars they could rebrand a Peugeot 508 as a Chrysler 250 and Chrysler 250c and a DS 7 as a Chrysler Aspen.
I hope so 😀
Where I live the only Chrysler’s on the showroom floor are jeeps and dodges.
Who really buys chrysler products there whole line up is trash jeep n dodge
I'm scared... I hope they will keep the Chrysler marque. Hopefully reviving it as the semi-luxury American brand it was once known for. Not just the 'people mover' strategy. It just doesn't fit Chrysler.
Tavares once said he wanted to keep all of the brands because of their history and strengths. Let's hope he sticks to what he said.
I think that the "people mover" marketing strategy is an FCA idea , hopefully PSA would be smart enough to understand What Chysler historically means to the American/ Mopar consumer customer but that's just "hope" on my part.
Scared? I bet driving one would make you piss your pants. wtf.
Have you considered actually watching the video?
Your 'fear' is addressed at 02:31 .
LMAO they're not getting rid of Chrysler they're just partnering with more automakers
If Chrysler, Dodge and Ram are gone so am I. Just that simple.
why should they ?
What are you missing?
Ram isn't going anywhere
@@Turshin Ram Dodge Jeep all fall under Chrysler tho
@@357RedG Chrysler isnt going anywhere either
Somebody needs to take all the "Stellantis" brands and put them on a bumper sticker with the caption "My Big Fat Franco-Italo-Germano-Anglo-American Wedding"
Where did the Anglo come from?
@@jakobholgersson4400 Vauxhall. It's now a PSA division, slated to become one with the Stellantis combine.
@@jakekaywell5972 Oh, right, they still count that like a real brand.
@@jakobholgersson4400 I mean, it is. Founded in 1857 as Vauxhall Iron Works, it made its first car in 1902. GM bought it in 1938, but that doesn't mean they suddenly lost their individuality. They've come up with some pretty neat cars over the years.
@@jakekaywell5972 they just rebrand Opel for the british market. They don't design something for ages
Well if they replace the charger and challenger with trash econo box cars I’m moving to Genesis or BMW.
I feel you there!
I agree I still love dodge
I don't think they would do that, they would eliminate all of the fan base customers that come back for newer dodge models. If they do it would be a dumb move.
007 you didn’t complain about the dodge name under fiat, so why is stellantis a problem now?
Joskj j nobody said it was a problem just don’t replace Mopar most prized proposition with 4 cylinder $hitboxes just to complete GM and Toyota. If they do name they something else other then challenger or charger.
It's funny because Chrysler sold their European division to Peugeot back in the 80s
Yes and GM sold their european division to Peugeot in 2017 ( Open and vauxhall )
“Excuse me, could we have that back? Thank you” lol
The Chrysler marque still has clout, despite past failures. If they build great cars and brand them Chrysler, people will buy them.
Rebadge Ram trucks as DeSotos
If Peugeot is coming back to the United States why can't they just sell their cars at the Fiat dealership? The Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram dealer is already full enough it's just going to create more confusion for some.
They sell fiats in dodge dealerships already there's no room for this french crap to fit on the lot because fca can't sell their garbage. The only thing selling is ram and that's because of its engine options
Fiat is sold at the regular dealerships as well but that brand is being phased out of North America so it’s basically not here anymore. Not sure how they would fit the Peugeot in the already packed dealerships but that’s still a long ways away if they fully commit to coming back to the US (2026?)
Chrysler needs an infusion of badge engineering post haste, what do they sell a minivan and the 300 and that's it?
@@DerrickOil i feel like chrysler is going to take PSA's technology make sedans on a peugeot platform and become electric
chrysler is going to become a more relevant as time goes on
I don’t care what name they give it as long as they produce good cars. Nice video! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇨🇦
Hopefully most things should stay the same and PSA won’t mess with the good formula FCA has been using thus far!
Chrysler & Dodge needs to Take a hike none of their Car dealers stand behind their products. I think they need to give up on trying to improve their product. They don't want to work on products they make. Just leave car making to Chevy,Ford, & GMC. Real American car's.
Troy Sullivan I had a Charger R/T for ten years and never had any problems with the dealership.
@Slab Rat ford means fix or repair daily.
@@troysullivan1594 LOL GM is a REAL car and Chrysler is not? LMAO. Door handles were falling off from new Suburbans some years ago. That's what you call quality? czcams.com/video/1P1UG7RLsRc/video.html
As long as they don’t change “Dodge” I’ll be fine ... I really love the Charger , especially the V8’s it’s the best al year round daily driver with power and speed you can get that won’t cost a fortune like BMW or Romero
Changing the widely known Chrysler is a huge mistake & will cost them sales in America.
It hasn't been known as Chrysler since the Fiat merger: Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The car brand isn't changing, just the conglomerate name.
@@kitoyobeni1 I to this day refuse to call the car company FCA, I still call it Chrysler & Dodge, especially as I have owned many classics from the 60's, 70's & 80's when Chrysler was the well known label.
@@vinniecorleone62 There's no reason to use this new name or FCA unless you're talking about high level business dealings anyway.
@Nxc ule They're not changing the car brand names, just the name ihbthe conglomerate that owns them all.
I still call Ram "Dodge truck"
It's sad that the once mighty Chrysler will no longer be a corporate name but rather just one of many divisions of a larger fish.
Sorry but Chrysler hasn't been mighty since the eighties.
*STUDEBAKER-PACKARD HAS JOINED THE CHAT*
Underrated reply.
@@BillLaBrie Just like S-P itself, my good man.
LOL perfect analogy
@@sammolloy1 Except that neither Studebaker, Packard, nor their combine was ever part of Chrysler.
Perhaps more appropriate would be Kaiser - Willys or any of the other component parts of AMC such as Nash - Rambler, Hudson... .
Brian Rothhammer The similarity is stronger to Studebaker-Packard, with two well respected companies.
And Studebaker was the importer for Daimler-Benz in the 1950’s so there is a faint connection.
The whole PSA group has streamlined the business really well in the last 5 years, impressively they maintained a profit for Q1&2 2020. I'm a long time Peugeot/Citroen driver (AX, 205 Gti, 306 S16, 206 Gti, and e-208) and really want to see the brands grow and the current design language at Peugeot is awesome.
I can see the PSA/FCA merger being used by PSA to increase buying power for new tech like batteries/motors, with products based on shared platforms like PSA have done with the PSA EMP1 platform (208/corsa/C4/DS3) recently. Europe will be EV focused going forward and that transition will require a lot of retooling and rethinking, shared R&D is the only way companies will survive.
The USA will be slower to mass EV adoption, but like it or not the market share of Internal Combustion engines will fall off a cliff in the next 10 years, the use of current PSA technology like the upcoming eVMP electric platform will be important for FCA in the future.
Well said..
They even made Opel profitable.
205 GTi I see you are a man of culture !
I own a 2006 Dodge Charger SXT, 2015 Dodge Charger Ralley and 2018 Dodge Challenger T/A 392. I'm keeping them long term. Their heritage is too rich to dump. If the Europeans kill Dodge and you want to remember what Dodge once produced, drop by the house and I will show you. However, I don't believe Dodge or Chrysler is going away anytime soon.
Dodge can't go anywhere since out of all, it's the only well selling brand.
Jeep and ram sell well too.
@@ricky-sanchez As a Ford fan, Ford needs Dodge to keep the horsepower race alive. Hellcat vs GT500, TRX vs the new Raptor, and Jeep vs the up and coming Bronco.
@@veganmikedizzle4303 Bronco's gonna beats jeep.👍
Dont need to see a gas guzzling waste lmfao
That "Merger of Equals" statement shouldn't have been dug from the grave.
Lexacocca just wait, they’ll be dead in a few years. Someone is going to have to bail them out and reorganize them again.... the cycle goes on.
The new name kinda sucks
Doesn’t roll off the tongue very good 😂
@@MarspeedCars Stellantis sounds like Atlantis which sunk like a rock into the ocean.
Stellantis new model the praying mantis
It sounds like one of those drug commercial names😂
So do all the car companies involved.
I work in PSA. If you remember, Opel was a GM trade that has been losing money since 2000. In one year after PSA bought it, Opel stopped to lost money.I hope that the FCA PSA merging will also be positive. win win situation ,
Itt stopped losing money because they closed their r&d and the new cars are designed by Peugeot 🤣🤣
It is one goal when merging ... but one question why lost money during 17 years ? How do the others.? French know-how or poor GM management?
@@neospartan2816 i guess because Opel was a proper carmaker, they developed diesel engine and other things for the entire GM. This mixed up with bad GM management.
When the Dodge Ram, suddenly became a Ram, with no Dodge in its name, I questioned what was up at that time. It was like they were selling off different lines.
To me it screams desperation, when Lee Iacocca brought Chrysler back from the brink of collapse and retired in the mid 90's Chrysler didn't heed his advice and went with the ACQUISITION of Daimler, THAT WAS NO "MERGER." Then when they were spun off and sold to Cerberus capital, they were treading water afterward, then the combined UAW pension fiasco and economic downturn forced them to "merge" with Fiat. Afterwards they started to make strides in making a comeback with Jeep, truck sales and the LX/LD platform giving them some much needed capital. But they lagged behind in development( the current Charger design is almost 10 years old!) Fiat really is just the Italian counterpart to Chrysler in the sense that they know how to make cars LOOK good, but fail in reliability for the most part. Now they're being BOUGHT AGAIN for the FOURTH TIME IN 22 YEARS!!! That's excluding the Mitsubishi merger and government bailouts it's incurred TWICE now and the full acquisition of Chrysler(PSA bought Chrysler Europe back in the 1960's for literally $1)to me there has been one major constant for their troubles for the past 70 Years(excluding Lee Iacocca of course) SHITTY EXECUTIVES/MANAGEMENT!
I believe Chrysler would benefit from German engineering/Opal but I think they should leave American Dodge, Ram to Americans to design/engineer unless they want the brand to die completely.. Europeans are great at making man handbags not muscle cars or pickup trucks
im feeling british leyland vibes
You need 3 working days/week to do that
Well this ain't like BL, this merger has amazing brands liek Peugeot and Citroen
@@bluruckuscrx8124 Yes with modern styling,platforms, engines and drivetrains. British Leyland’s technology mostly dated back from the 1950’s and 60’s and they were still using it in the 80s/90s.
I hope the Challanger and Charger stay around.
George Harley Rider im going to get one of them soon before this all goes under and the value of those cars skyrocket.
Those aren't going anywhere. Same with what my plant makes, the Grand Cherokee and Durango.
They will become a cheap french car
@@jeancadet5862 Peugeot is not cheap honestly in Europe. Citroën is.
A lot of people seem to think that changing the corporate name means that the individual marques are going, too. The new name, while far from great, does not put any of the individual brands above the others, which makes sense considering how many they have.
I just hope Chrysler's reliability goes up because I love the style
Never had any trouble with the Chrysler vehicles I’ve owned over the years. GM, though, have been nothing but trouble for me in both reliability and customer service to the point where I will never buy another one.
Cutting costs to Chrysler... that’s gonna end well 😂😂😂
I just hope that the French don’t mess with the fact that Chrysler and dodge are the only places left where you can get a v8 for cheap
French cars are well know for its reliable engines, bulletproof electronics, and good suspensions for potholes roads.
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A) correct
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@@polentusmax6100 I would say the first sounds like AMC the second as well the third sounds like LADA
@@sockshandle Holden was famous for adaptation of euro cars for australian roads using better bushes and subframes. Euro cars are really bad for third world countries usually. Ladas have the thickest sheetmetal ever, but the parts need to be constant lubricated or changed, because they were cheap, so places with no dealerships it didnt work. Thats why toyota dominated the world.
La società sarà francese solo al 50% e non dimenticare che i marchi di punta saranno maserati e alfa romeo.
Carlos Tavares is not French, also is as been CEO of Nissan North America.
I for one am exited. I can't Even remember when Chrysler launched it's Last all new Model. Peugeot Builds amazing and beautiful vehicles at the Moment, so i am excited about the future
HSV Commodore thanks . I work Infor Psa since 1985 and I love my company
I have my doubts , really don't want to see European influence on my beloved Mopar Fiats influence on the Chrysler 200 didn't work out too well .
Yeah, but the 300, Charger and Challenger are still running on ancient Mercedes platforms. And the 200 was a nice car, save for the transmission. But a problematic transmission in a contracting segment aren't going to win you sales.
What's funny is that to someone who has lived in Europe (like me) it looks very American!
@@kugul1683 Fun fact, the 200's low cowl was a talking point at launch, they specifically said it would only ever be sold in North America so they deliberately chose to ignore EU pedestrian-impact standards allowing a lower cowl than if it were EU-compliant.
Second gen 200 (2014-2016) was actually a very good car, looked a lot better than previous 200. It also had optional white leather + wood luxury interior made in a very good Italian taste (similar to Giulia with wood and leather package). You could also order it with very nice blue color and beautiful bigger wheels. Sadly most of 200s were ordered with ordinary black plastic interior, boring color and boring wheels. Additionaly german company ZF made mistakes while designing this infamous 9 speed gearbox that Chrysler put in 200, which ultimately killed it, along with the SUV trend. But interior and exterior is flawless for me, if we talk about versions with black grille and optional Luxury Interior.
@@seed_drill7135 The "shifty" transmission complaint is subjective, most didn't notice it and it could be tweaked with software update, and they kept the SUV part of that platform. I think most automakers are staying up late trying to figure out the costs factors of hybrids and EVs - which are being forced by upcoming regulations more than consumer demand. EV battery tech in 2020 is not for the majority and hybrids don't produce as great of results on the larger vehicles that Americans prefer. Toyota Prius is finally a good looking car and its locked that segment but its actually steadily declining in sales - that must leave Fiat Chrysler scratching their heads as what to do. Now that Corolla has a hybrid some recent Prius losses may be going there.
Its been a long day without my friend and I'll tell you all about it when I see you again 😔
🤣👍 great video
I really hope they can use the new platforms and update the Charger, Challenger and maybe 300. Their platform is sooooo old and it would give them a better fight against Mustang (Since the Camaro is more or less dead at this point)
@Slab Rat not according to overall sales. The challenger was outselling it at the end of last year but was to far behind at that point. Believe me I would love for it to sell more than fhe mustang
@Slab Rat o yeah I woukd take performance of dodge any day.
Id actually take a charger or challenher over mustang any day regardless. But still having a 15 year old platform for the LAST merger that failed is a giant issue
they will get new plateforme from PSA and FCA for sure !
@JaMarcus T those dont compete with Charger. The charger is a full sized sedan. Since ford killed they taurus they dont really hace a competitor. The mach e is an SUV. And the GT is a super car. Unless I am misreading the comment.
@JaMarcus T ford got rid of their entire car lineup in america besides the mustang amd I believe the focus. Same with Chevy. Chrysler was one of the only domestic brands still selling sedans in the charger and 300( thats on borrowed time though.)
As far as the merger goes, I have my reservations as well.
watch this become the biggest joke and dumpster fire of a merger yet
aries you had know issue with mopar under fiat, so why is it a problem with stellantis?
aries *no issue
I agree, its a merger of all the worst European brands, along with whats left of Chrysler. Maybe they can buy up Lada too.
God i hope not
No, the shittiest merger was DaimlerChrysler, when Daimler sucked money from Chrysler.
The beginning of the end for MOPAR Dude !!
Jeep Dodge and Ram should just leave and do their own thing. I don’t trust this. Just have Mopar and SRT do everything and let the three of them flourish
Give Jeep Dodge and Ram back to Diamler
Jeep and Ram are the only ones making profits, the Dodge and Chrysler brands are just a niche brand. don’t be surprised if they join Plymouth and Eagle soon.
Savage Dick you’re really trying to say Dodge isn’t profiting? Ever since they’ve launched the hellcat they’ve had tremendous success. They have nothing to worry about
When alone they have gone bankrupt soo many times. Why Fiat should sell them? Also, Jeep has increased as hell their sales under Fiat management
5:37 could be the new Dakota?
Also PSA better not touch Dodge Ram or Jeep.
What worries me is losing the Chrysler, Dodge name. That would totally alienate everybody to the brand.
The "Dodge" name isn't being removed.
The new company name sounds like a failed 1980 car brand. It does not have the feel of solidity like saying Chrysler or saying FCA. I think PFA would work. Just even saying that they are removing the name Chrysler instantly makes the company truly feel foreign .
Chrysler brand has had a very messy last 20 years it feels like they are going down hill but hopefully that will change
not going to happen. the mess started in the mid 70's and barely pulled out of that mess with loan guaranties in '79. later re badgering VW and Mitsubishi's
into the line up. Them putting all their cars and minivans in one platform, K car. seems hopeless now
They better leave the charger and challenger alone, especially the v8s
A V8 in the 21st century ? How ?
All I can say is it's all very sad. I see little opportunity for Fiat and Chrysler to overcome their quality and reliability issues.
Gonna keep my 77 New Yorker Brougham, and my 03/05 Dodge trucks
This can't be good news .hopefully it's not bad news.
I love they kept all the brands we'll have well build cars with different designs, i think it's great
I just hope Dodge stays the same
Peugeot returning to the US...
... like in Blade Runner 2049
Stefan Winter not lot people saw this AD ;) in the movie.
Chrysler should go after Lincoln. Some Lincolns look like Chrysler's now. They have the technology to do it.
It would be great if Tavares would move Chrysler & Lancia upmarket, also above Peugeot which is PSA's more upper market brand (Let's quickly forget about DS for now) so that the Chrysler & brand would have a purpose
It honestly makes sense.it would be cool if Chrysler's higher performance trims on future car be "SRT"like.
@@kugul1683 I'm thinking they would rebadge DS vehicles as Chrysler's and prob do the same to Lancia.
@@andromeda9340 maybe give Chrysler's a different name from SRT. Either way I'd buy one.
When it was the Big Three, Chrysler was dead last. There was never a model that was there for them. Today its much worst with Cadillac chasing BMW, Lexus and others.
Ford will lose Lincoln in due time. Ending their RWD panther was a big mistake and threw in the towel. Chrysler has always been in bad spot for a very long time
I'm so hope that they put money into Chrysler brand specifically. It shouldn't be a people mover brand, should be a more upscale brand, that's what it was always supposed to be. Like a Buick competitor, I don't know if they could get up to Lincoln level due to its reputation. Maybe it could eventually
NONE of the manufactures mentioned produce quality products.
No disrespect intended to brand enthusiasts.
Every manufacturer has had a lemon or quality issues at one time.
Seeing how I work for Chrysler I can only hope for the best.
Your fucked bro, move to Chevrolet, Ford, or Tesla.
I hired in at AMC Jeep in 1978 and was told at least 20 times we were going to lose our jobs and go under as we kept getting sold .....retired in 2015 .
As long as they keep making the Charger I'm fine with it ;). I might be in the minority but I think a high end electric Charger would be cool
Charger hellcat with e torque technology from Rams truck line makes sense
No more v6 penstar... I think they will be inline 6cyl 3.0l
@@asmr-everything630 ew
I would love to see Stellantis maybe revive the Imperial name place for possibly a truly luxurious car or SUV. Also Imperial would be a great idea to do a video of the life of that brand.
Very good video as usual. I am sure that the merger will be very successful in the business mainly because both companies have an experience in mergers and do have good products.
First thing, put the name Dodge, back on the pickup truck. How do you have a truck that uses all other companies power trains? I don't even want another ram right now, if it ain't a Dodge.
I think a "lifestyle" compact pickup could be a Dodge
I agree. I thought it was a bad decision when they got rid of the "Dodge Trucks" division.
How many years does it take for 2 big auto companies to merge?
2 long
The key word is reliability. Unless PSA and FCA stops making crappy unreliable cars, they will ultimately fail in the end
J H a lot of people in Europe says that Peugeot improved reliability
I was already upset when Plymouth was retired then they got rid of our Beautiful PENTASTER. That’s why I will never remove the DODGE letters off the rear of my Hellcat!!
Stellantis charger on the way.🙄
By the time Plymouth ceased to exist, it was dead weight. Survival of the fittest.
Mr Marspeed probably could have pronounced Peugeot correctly. The correct pronunciation is "WE SURRENDER"
RON H I’d always heard the correct translation was French lemon.
Goodbye to _all_ these brands...this can't end well.
1957 was the last year for Chrysler Corporation for a good year, and beginning for 1958, Chrysler Corporation sold less then half of cars then in 1957, especially DeSoto which dropped more then two-third of their units. For example: 1957 DeSoto sold about 120,000 cars and in 1958, they make no more then 40,000 DeSoto cars. I do missed many brands before I was born. The old brands are: Essex, Franklin, Graham-Paige, Hudson, Kaiser, Mormon, Nash, Oakland, Packard, Pierce Arrow, Rambler, Studebaker, Terraplane, and Willys (passenger cars). Also on the list of demised brands are: DeSoto, Imperial, Mercury, Saturn, Oldsmobile, GEO, Pontiac, and even Chrysler brands. These brands are demised during my time.
PSA is behind FCA in both Electrification and Automation. Someone has looked at the new E platforms and the partnership with Waymo…. that evaluation is 2 years behind.
Todd Turner False
@@i.sebastianpuente5796 nice try .. no context response. Waymo is one most advanced driving automation companies on the planet with fully autonomous vehicles already in it fleet. And the new Bsized E platform from FCA make PSA plopping a battery under the seat solution look a decade old. The merger has merit based on size need to compete and changes in the EU market. Judging by what is released and not what is in implementations is not a proper way to evaluate, and would be known part of any merger or purchase. IP is one the primary factors.
GM sold off OPEL???
Scott Campbell in 2017
Scott Campbell Opel has been losing money since 2000. Peugeot bought Opel in 2017. In one year, Opel became profitable. French know-how or poor management of Gm?
I really don’t have a good feeling about this, history has shown us that mergers just don’t work, one company usually disappears with these mergers, one company will always vie for total control.
That's true except when Maxwell became Chrysler and merged with Dodge. I do think Dodge seemed to compete with Plymouth as much as with GM and Ford.
Chrysler/Dodge has been lucky with rescues by mergers and bailouts. They are starting to run out of their nine lives.
@@i.sebastianpuente5796 The Fiat merger wasn't a rescue. Fiat abandoned the U.S. market earlier this year.
American tax payers should be repaid for previous tax bailouts coming from the merger acquisitions. Just my two cents.
American tax dollars go to the rich. Has been that way since the Reagan administration.
MOPAR has a current legendary and prestige status for the most powerful vehicles on the planet. I hope they dont destroy it.
On the planet? Not really. They really only appeal to Americans and even then that appeal is dwindling as reflected by sales.
I have a feeling the Chrysler brand is going to come to an end soon. They’ll keep Dodge, Jeep, and Ram. If they discontinue any of the Dodge vehicles, particularly the Charger/Challenger that brand will die next. It’s sad, Chrysler has always made some of the best looking vehicles out there. The unfortunate part is that they are the most unreliable/problematic cars ever built.
I’ve never had any trouble with the Chrysler vehicles I’ve owned over the years. GM, though, was nothing but trouble for me with reliability and customer service to the point where I will never buy another one.
wow, what a shame,,,, in all of my 57 yrs of life, I've never owned a "Dodge, chrysler, plymouth. Now, I'll never be able to...... unless I buy an old classic
Well that's my plan. I will not buy a "rebadged" Mopar. I'll stick with the real deal older Chrysler products.
You're wrong. Stellantis will be used exclusively as a corporate brand, while the names and logos of the group's constituent brands (including Dodge and Chrysler) will remain unchanged following completion of the merger agreement.
You would never want to “own” a Chrysler product nowadays. Just lease it, get it out of your system, and turn it back in before the problems start.
@@franklinlee2868 well take care of the damn car first lol
Now what happens to the stock price? up or down?
So what’s this going to mean for the next gen charger and challenger, are they still talking about that Maserati platform thing?
Giorgio Global Is Fully Prepped For Stellantis Future Battery Electric ⚡️ 🔋And Electricfied ⚡️Vehicles.
I see them axing the Chrysler brand. They've been letting it die a slow painful death and at this point I don't think I'd miss them. Same goes for Dodge. I wish it wasn't true but they both have the oldest, most stale lineup in the auto industry. That's not too say they can't still turn around and maybe now doing that would be more cost effective with the merger but I'm not holding my breath.
i disagree wuth that at least they not dicking riding every company going all electric discontinuing there best cars or making ugly ass cars lol
This will be like Fathers day in the ghetto....mass confusion!
I love horror movies but ... after watching this video, the thought of no more HEMI engines...I think I’m actually really ‘SCARED’ !!🙁😣
I am a die hard FCA and HEMI fan and I just hope these legendary engines don't get forgotten
When you get more information can you do a video on the new dodge pursuit vehicles
I was looking into it, maybe I can do an overview of all 3 (Ram, Durango, Charger)
I only believe in the good ol' Chrysler Motors Corporation, and the good ol' quality products they used to built. The only thing can be worth of prise are the 300C, Charger, Challenger, Jeep and the Ram, everything else is low quality garbage. Chrysler needs to be true self again and hire people really and i mean VERY REALLY interested in built quality engineering cars like in the good ol days and we gonna see another thing very different than is right now. NO MORE MERGING! Merging is Failure, Hire and built high quality engineering cars like before is Success!👍💪
Sorry Elzandro. .. Welcome to the wide wonderful world called Globalization. A car company like Chysler simply can NOT survive on it's own anymore ... This is 2020.. Not 1960.... those days are long gone.....
Also jeep has been low quality crap since the 90s. I know people don't want to hear it, but it's true.
Besides the models you mention, there are no other Chrysler/Dodge products to sell, so not sure what garbage you are referring to. Chrysler has needed all of its mergers to stay alive. You are basically that admitting that Chrysler is a failure, which at the end of the day it is.
@@i.sebastianpuente5796 The merging corps are the ones i was referring, i don't believe in anything else just in the good ol' Chrysler Corporation and the quality products they used to built, an example is the 30plus years family brand new Chrysler 5th avenue we own still is my daily driver, a true champ a true Chrysler engineered quality car the last one of its kind and the last one quality product the company V8 powered car builted, after that only the truck division rear wheel drive is the only thing worth to prise. FWD and i don't mix. Hope you finaly understand what i was talking about.
@@i.sebastianpuente5796 I agree with this in the only part that they started to hire unexperienced employees who only design cheap vehicles to reduce costs, tha was their failure not the company at all. If they where a true failure, they desappeared long ago like studbaker or amc and still 90plus years still alive but making wrong desitions to stay alive are the desitions who are making them bite the dust sadly, just ask Ford and GM who are in the same situation or maybe worst, so ... dont misunderstood what i say cuz i see you are kinda lost or confused tho.
I will continue to refer to them as Chrysler
Yup and my 2015 is a dodge ram not a ram truck...it just doesn't make since to lose the dodge name
I feel if Chrysler made suvs they’d do much better in sales. But they have to do better instead of a rebadged and slightly tweaked Durango. I like the original Pacifica it was a nice underrated vehicle. If they brought back the aspen but made it better to compete with cars like the telluride, palisade traverse and enclave and brought back a mid size suv to compete with cars like the explore, pilot it’d be nice. But that depends on how where they choose to put the money
I grew up on Mopar and I was always a Mopar guy.
But the last 3 vehicles have not been Chryslers.
When I went lookin for a new vehicle I realized they had little to offer.
Yes the Challenger and Charger and Dodge Ram. Hellcat if you can afford it.
They keep bringing back vintage names but that doesn't mean they are good.
The Dart, more like a freshened up Neon.
I think in my humble opinion Fiat just wanted the Ram pickup and Jeep name.
But most of the jeeps are a train wreck.
Coming from a long line of Chrysler workers and a few Fords , I think Dodge, Chrysler, Ram are just about finished.
I just want Dodge to come out with a 12 speed automatic to one up Ford & Chevy.
The 8-speed is better than the 10 speed.
@@vehicleheightrestriction The ZF is nice the 10 speed is probably better IMO... At least Ford/GM can still design things on their own lol
@@FusionBoost2.0 I've driven the 10 speed in both Ford and Chevy products (Camaro, Mustang and F-150.) In the camaro it's great, but for some reason I find it very jerky in the Mustang i-4 and V8. I personally haven't had any issue with the F-150. I shuttle cars for a rental car company.
And I don't care which company makes the transmissions as long as its reliable, lol
@@FusionBoost2.0 and they still look like shit lol
I bet the doge brother's never imagine this would happen. And Chrysler would flip in his grave.
I have to agree, I am a pretty big fan of Dodge, but I am a bigger fan of American cars. I hate that the company is going to be even more European.
Also dont forget lee Iacocca
@@dts3747 yes Sir.....
When Walter Chrysler died in 1940, Chrysler Corp was the #2 car company.
@@bill90405 I would love to have a big wide and long Chrysler.
Maybe then there will be a cheaper country to import the 300 SRT from if they merge, but what do I know?
For the past couple decades Chrysler has been the automotive equivalent of a bowl of room temperature plain oatmeal. Jeep and the aging Dodge Charger and Challenger and fiats are basically the only highlights of their US offerings. I think anything that might give Chrysler a jolt is a good idea
Dont take stellantis without consulting your doctor!
I just looked up Peugeot and Citroen cars, none of them are that exciting, Opal and Vauxhaul are both old GM Euro brands that dont offer much for the US either. All of these companies specialize in smaller cars with their largest car being the Peugeot 508, about the size of the Passat, with a low HP 4 banger or diesel. I am not excited at all. Lets just hope they dont change much or it will be a disaster for the former Chrysler brands.
The wildcards in this whole thing, the French are climate change fanatics, lets hope they dont try to get rid of the supercharged V8's to save the climate. The other thing that pops out is Italy is now looking at leaving the EU.
Every country in the EU has people who want to leave.
With the EU-wide stimulus just passed, Italy will be realizing the EU isn't so bad...
@@kenhaze5230 www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/italian-senator-launches-italexit-party-push-leaving-eu-200723102116384.html This wont happen overnight, it will take years to happen. They will take the money and then leave in 5-7 years.
I mean, they need better small cars. All they have is the awful Fiats.
@@nicholasfield6127 I agree with that, I wish the American chapter of FCA had GOOD small cars. I think they could have done a lot with the Dart, but they gave up to early. A little more refinement and it could have been in with Corolla, Sentra, and Jetta. If they would have names the Neon and not the Dart I think it would have had better success.
@@paladin11C40 They sell the Dodge Neon--but in other places. It's based off a modified Fiat Tipo platform, I believe.
Now I gotta hurry up and buy a charger before Peugeot steps in and ruins it!!!
One other thing, it's true the CEO has more operative power, but John Elkam is Fiat President (Exor) which is also the major shareholder, so he is the one that can sack the CEO.
Chrysler will be out of business now
Tony P They are already headed down the tubes. PSA will bring much needed money and technology, which FCA has been struggling with for quite awhile. Remember Fiat saved Chrysler/Dodge.
@@i.sebastianpuente5796 it's sad but your correct. Guess that's why my 2006 Unlimited Rubicon Jeep Wrangler is worth so much. 🙂
No American who respects Chrysler will like this I think it will likely fail again
Daniel Ross Aside from JEEP, Chrysler is already failing. FCA needs PSA. Not the other way around.
I want the torsion bars and leaf springs back don't need struts and all that garbage for a suspension system I want the brake pedal and gas pedal to be back at the same height as they used to be I like to see a nice elegant Hood instead of looking at windshield wipers meaning the road if I think of more I'll say it
Oh no, not, can it be the dreaded “R” word that Lee got rid of in America. Renault?!?!!!!! Peugeot isn’t that bad, just not overly as popular. I hate our one of the big three has been done in, AGAIN! I own two Chrysler products presently, but, the only GM product I’ll ride in is a big black Cadillac to be buried. Just an ole 75 Y/o day dreaming.
Lmao peugeot is not popular in the us in Europe peugeot is extremely loved
PSA design and build little FWD eco thrashers for crowded euro cities. In Australia, we don’t care for their products. Rather buy V8 with RWD.
I have always heard it pronounced Poo show
I thought it was Pew-gots 😂😂 Just kidding folks.
Just delaying the inevitable. Just as Daimler kept the best bits of Chrysler I.e. the truck brands. What will PSA leave when they off load FIAT?
Stellantis does need to cut brands, though. Half the FCA "brands" are glorified model names (I still think of Ram Trucks as Dodge Rams), Vauxhall is just a name pasted on Opels sold in the UK and the UK alone (Ireland gets RHD Opel-branded cars), Lancia is down to one aging model sold only in Italy. I definitely agree the CEO should step aside and put a car guy in charge (maybe Bob Lutz could be coaxed out of retirement?) and they need to aggressively headhunt quality-control people from Toyota into high positions.
I can see it now breaking news PSA replaces the Dodge Hellcat engine with a new 1.4 L turbo engine that gets you 100 horsepower because it's eco-friendly🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
MR AUTOMOTIVE they won’t do that
Did fiat put a tiny fiat 4 cylinder in the charger? No So why do you think psa will do it?
@@joskjj3625 the reason being a lot of Italian cars they like smaller engines Plus in his video he stated that they're looking to be cost-effective when you make 4-cylinder engines is actually better profit when you make V8 engines it cost more money to produce them so they definitely have to sell a lot of these companies now are looking to push more 4 cylinder engines with turbos
@@joskjj3625 also remember if you watch this guy's videos the original Dodge Dart was a 2.0 engine that pushed out 600 horsepower now remember Mercedes has a 4-cylinder Turbo AMG for the CLA that pushes out 500 horsepower so you get the point when I'm saying
EMP2 1.6 hybrid 320 hp 1 gallonj/100 miles :)
@@didierlemoine6771 😂👏👏
The Europeans have no clue how to build a car that people in America like Walter P is rolling over in his grave
You're right I never see any Volkswagens, Minis, BMW's, Audi's, Mercedes, Bentley's, Land Rover's, on the road that Americans like.
The americans cant build a car that anyone in the world buys
@@DerrickOil minis. Now there's a real automotive bargin . VW is an unreliable brand. BMW is way overpriced and loses retail value like a motor home. Yeah. Those shitty euro cars.
It would be cool to see PSA's vehicles in the USA along with the ones we're used to seeing
A Day In The Life of Richie Gillham Agree. What won’t work is Chrysler/Dodge vehicles rebadged as Peugeot’s, DS, etc. Surprisingly, Chrysler/Dodge technology is not up to snuff for PSA brands. Chrysler/Dodge products sold in Europe as Lancias were a complete failure.
Hey, if Chrysler’s getting new money, will we get an ME412 remake?
So maybe we'll get citroen, peugeot, opel and vauxhall?
Will RAM keep its logo
The biggest positive is that instead of two shity car companies making cars you have three shity car companies making shittier cars what can possibly go wrong
Lol
As soon as I heard about this I purchased a 2020 dodge challenger. I ordered it. I don’t want to be driving a rebadged PSA car someday.
People dont understand its a merger yes but we are getting only the peugeot etc and stuff, they wont build our v8 muscle cars and truck cuz thats our things. They are better at little hatchbacks and sedans