So they were selling approximately 150,000 Chargers & Challengers every year through 2022, then announced no more Hemi's, last call production, introduced limited allocations, inspired insane dealer greed, and now they wonder why sales are down? They created the mess they are in! On top of that they do not know the American market, we do not have the grid or charging stations to support wide spead EV's, plus they do not work in rural areas or for cross country trips...
Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram need to go rogue and go back to what they did best as a North American brand! Stellantis has completely sucked them dry and is destroying a great brand of cars. Stellantis needs to leave. Not Dodge.
Stellantis: Let us stop making the cars that are selling and start making cars nobody wants. Stellantis: Cars not selling. Let us just do away with the brand because it’s not profitable. Stupid decisions result in stupid results. 🙄🙄
That's bidenomics. If they shut down Dodge and Chrysler, then they need to move it all off-shore and sell that 💩 off-shore, not stateside. Electric cars are expensive, and the government mandate to electrify is a failure ,the US doesn't have a power grid to support electric vehicles.
...and keep raising the price on them pretending they are a 'high end' brand. ....and not selling any affordable vehicles to bring in younger buyers. ....and pretending CAFE emission standards weren't looming while watching Ford & Chevy plan ahead where they can still offer V8s.
News flash Stellantis without Dodge ,Chrysler ,Jee in the USA they will be through ,America built the only way to go ,so Stellantis dont let the door hit you in the ASS ,on the way out .
Anyone think we should 'AX' Carlos & Stellantis back to where he came from? We need to stop the Globalization of American companies to foreign ownership. There is no loyalty to America and to the wants and needs of the American consumers
You don't know the half of it as that has been completed years ago mostly under Obama until Trump stopped the last few which were completed under Biden. I spent 45 years in the global business world and saw dozens of buyouts.
Stellantis better plan on pulling out of the U.S. if they do this. We have all watched as Stellantis let Chrysler and Dodge wither away, with increasingly limited and overpriced offerings. Americans have shown time and time again that they do not want mass-market cars from France and Italy, and we want only certain cars from Britain. The arrogant leaders of many European companies seem to think that Americans should be happy to buy the cars THEY want to make. That is not and will not be a winning strategy here.
European car = poor reliability over priced piece of sheet German car = over priced fun to drive will last if you have deep pockets do the excessive maintenance schedule American car = gas guzzling oversized with better reliability than anything European except some German cars Japanese car = best built autos in the world for economy and practically Nissan= we got in bed with Renault and ruined our reputation Hyundai Kia= cheap disposable throwaway cars. Were banking on American’s poor understanding of geography that they will group us in with Japanese culture and we can piggyback Toyota’s bulletproof reputation BYD and other Chinese autos (TBD when they arrive here in North America)
Carlos Tavares worked for the World Economic Forum before landing his job at Stellantis. The conspiracy aside of me says this was the endgame: to destroy American brands and try to force us to use their shit box Euro cars (ie. The “Hornet”)
More to the point, force us to use their shitbox Euro EVs to restrict freedom of travel. We've already seen how inconvenient and a farce EVs are, but they are one of the key facets for the WEFs' Agenda 2030, as well as UN Agendas 21 and 2030. "You will own nothing, and you will be happy."
It's pretty rich hearing the CEO basically say "no more games" when he's the one that got them to this position in the first place. His mismanagement of the companies hurt the consumers, dealerships, brands, and most importantly cost people their jobs. Nice move big head 🤡
Stelantis applies a Euro sales model in the US that won’t work then blame the US for bad performance? I mean yea fuck the dealerships for the bullshit they pulled with the last call models but I guess the chickens have come home to roost.
It seems Stellantis has been looking for an excuse to axe American brands for a while now: not too long ago, at a Ram plant in Ohio, workers were complaining about sabotage on the assembly line that seemed to be company oriented: no parts, delayed parts, etc. But, this is the result when American brands are sold out for the sake of profit.
This is what the service manager at the Jeep dealership that I go to said to me, Don't buy Jeep products because Stellantis has turned them in to junk. Go find Something Else... Stellantis will cost cut themselves right out of business.
All ima say is this. Apple and Samsung always changing and updating the charging cords and inserts everytime any upgraded phone comes out to get you to buy or upgrade. What u think they gonna do with EV cars.
Who allowed the Brand's to be sold to foreign entities back in the Daimler Chrysler days. The government should have prevented any foreign companies from having control over any American company
Car dealership OWNER here I own a Chevrolet store, Kia, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Stellantis, Honda, Use to own Cadillac Lexus and Toyota. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE A EUROPEAN IN CHARGE OF A AMERICAN BASED/BOUGHT PRODUCT/BRANDS! I told the GM of the store not to buy a single electric vehicle besides hybrids from Stellantis to stock, 4XE with jeep sucks. Hybrid Pacifica sucks, Mechanical issues left and right and lemon laws out the ass. It will come down to eat or starve. AKA make or die. The v8s will come back Probaly The old models will return possibly as well
The person I miss is Sergio Marchionne. He's the one who rescued the Chrysler brands from Cerberus and did a genuine merger of companies to create FCA. He shrewdly let the people of Chrysler do their thing, and largely let them develop cars and trucks that lots of Americans wanted. That said, he was always looking for a partner for FCA because he knew that upcoming government regulations were going to be impossible to meet without help. He died, a partner was found, and here we are. Very sad.
I was under the impression that the Charger, Challenger, Jeep, and Ram were cash cows. Chrysler has only had one vehicle since the 300 C was dropped. No one has spent any money to give Chrysler a new or heavily restyled product. With the news circulating that Stillantis MAY sell or drop the American brands. I guess Carlos is taking the money and running if the rumors are true. Very sad.
I was at a dealership today to get oil and filter for my Demon and the lot was pretty empty. Just a few minivans, jeep gladiators, some cherokees, and a few ram trucks.... but not much of anything new.
The fans should buy Dodge, Chrysler, Ram and Jeep from Stellantis. And start producing vehicles like Charger, Challenger, etc. that people ACTUALLY want.
Daimler, Cerberus, Fiat Chrysler, Stellantis... Who will be the next sucker thinking they can make long term money w/ these brands? Soon it will be just Jeep and Ram. This goes all the way back to the Cerberus purchase where they only wanted Jeep, but the bankruptcy trustee wouldn't sell a la carte.
These overseas owners keep buying Chrysler because it was a respected brand for so long. The problem is these overseas companies insist on trying to use Chrysler as a Trojan horse to sell their own components and models that Americans don't want. Look at the Dodge Hornet. That car is nothing but a relabeled Alfa. Dodge dealer lots are now full of Hornets. Alfa Romeo tried to make it in the states with cars bearing their own brand decades ago, and they failed.
Bought a GMC truck at a GM/Dodge/Jeep dealer. Finance guy said he absolutely hates when he has to deal with the Dodge customers. All I’m gonna say about it.
@devengudinas1649 they must have loved me then. When I bought a new '21 Challenger 1320 and '21 Durango TowNGo at the same time three years ago, got zero % 72 month financing on both. I guess my 850 credit score didn't hurt, plus this was pre-bidenomics...
In order to be able to sell cars and make a profit you have to have product. And that's Chrysler and dodgers problem right now. They don't have product.
Chrysler and Dodge have two home grown models between them, no prospect of having new models before the '26 model year and they're having financial issues? No way!
Exactly. They've been getting by on hand-me down platforms and the bleeding of engineering talent is only making it worse. The cost to design new platforms from start is massive and prohibitive to a company already losing money. That is not daylight we see at the end of the tunnel, that is an incoming locomotive w/ no brakes.
Sadly saw this coming... ugh even if I was open to it, I just couldn't bring myself to buy from a Stellantis brand knowing they may not even exist in a few years.
Not hard to figure out when Ford & Chevy continue to make high horse power engines and Stalantis says no more high HP engines. Add to that, Stalantis produces numerous platforms for the European market of which most are very small cars with very low HP engines.
They should sell dodge/jeep back to America and the new company should manufacture in the USA. The prices are already high enough to justify the cost of business in the US
For your research look at sales figures year over year for each brand. That will be a guideline as to profitability of the brand. All brands are down except Fiat and Alfa Romeo
I think they are gonna sell Chrysler. Jeep and Ram aren't going anywhere, and I think they'll wait to see how the ev chargers perform before they sell Dodge.
I love how people can not be open to something new, different or change in any way. I work at a Chrysler dealership and don’t get me wrong I’m very sad and angered to see the Hemi chargers and challengers go away. However, with any business you have to evolve. People need to give the next generation of the charger a chance. Do I agree with some of the decisions that Stellantis has made absolutely not. The Chrysler brand has been ignored and is in need of a revamp in the lineup. There has been ZERO indication that the Chrysler brand or the Dodge brand or any of the American brands for that matter will be axed any time soon. The ones I’ve been hearing the most of are Opel, Lancia, DS, you know the ones that aren’t popular at all or don’t have any notoriety. On a separate note, I’ve had several clients who are sad to see the Hemi RAM’s leave as well but have been pleasantly surprised by the power and capabilities of the hurricane engine. My point is please do not judge the hurricane twin turbo engine before you actually experience it for yourself. Again it’s something new and different so people are going to rebel against it, I get it. The horsepower is comparable and so is the towing capability to the V8 and has better fuel economy. In short, do not judge a new product until you have actually had a chance to experience it for yourself
as far as I am concerned dcjr can all go out of business. Crappy lowest quality parts. Cost of ownership over 5 years is abismal. Affordablity is horrible. This is a carry over from why the company went bankrupt to begin with during the original bailout. Then the greed of Stellantus kicked in. The people getting it up the ole poop shoot are the dealers. Honestly I dont give two hoots what happens to them either.. They keep taking allocations for unaffordable unsellable POS vehicles. So honestly WHO gives a crap whether the company sells off or tries to sell off these makers. As to the workers they are also greedy and did their best to kill off the industry so they can go hat in hand looking for new jobs..
Great video, Bud! Those seat covers are awesome! You already know how I feel about the whole Dodge/Chrysler/Stellantis issue in a previous message I sent you. That said, I'm extremely worried about Dodge and Chryslers fate. 😢
I blame the dodge dealers for not selling cars for real pricing and they sell markups and bs fees thats the problem for low profits bc the dealers are still doing this and cars just sitting in lots
How can CT complain about any of the American brands if all of the profits made were invested back into the European brands. Not knowing the American market, and not investing sooner. I doesn't make sense
If you all want to know what will happen to Dodge, look to what happened to Holden in Australia after GM closed down local manufacturing and destroyed the essence of their most beloved car, the Holden Commodore
They did a poor job of getting rid of the Challenger/Charger line up, then going full.blown EV. They should have, as mentioned before kept a Hemi option for these new vehicles and maybe brought back the Dodge Stealth with a one of those Alpha Romeo power plants. Jeep is not going anywhere, but I think the writing is on the wall for Chrysler and Dodge.
Stellantis is trying to be like InBev. InBev destroyed Bud Lite. Stellantis will destroy the Chrysler brands to introduce the European brands in their place.
Most automakers have raised prices ~20% during the pandemic give or take a point or two. Not Stellantis--their prices have went up by 52%. F Stellantis they get what they deserve.
Forgive me for saying this RacerX But you were also very excited when they announced a full electric charger. You thought this will have more than 1000HP …. Everybody could see it coming over the last years that they will kill the brand
AwesomeX《☆》With the upcoming USA presidential election👉🌀Hopefully Chrysler can get away from Stellantis somehow and become the Chrysler Corporation again🙏🏼🥧Bring back PLYMOUTH dammitt✌🏼😎☯️
I believe American market is different than Germany and Italian market. I did believe this time for a Chrysler company to come back from the dead. And take back Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram. I believe Chrysler should be brand that could be against Audi and Lincoln. I believe Dodge should be coming against the Corvette and Porsche. I believe the Jeep should be against the Toyota land Cruiser and the bronco. I believe this should be back Plymouth to against Bentley and Royce Royce and Bugatti. I believe this will work.
If they would just lowered their production of HEMI's by 50% they'd have a better chance to compare the sales with EV's they making now and obviously can decide after that! Not to completely shut it down just as their brains are now..
Stellantis shot them selves in the foot by canceling Chargers and Challengers and by dropping the 5.7. EV isnt in our timeline, Tesla is a brand following and won't share their tech. At least Mercedes Figured it out and said to hell with EV all together and bought back the Amg V8s.
In my opinion you are missing the issue. The name is not the product. The Italian government has great sway with Stellantis. They have told them that unless they sell some names to the Chinese they will cancel the marks and give them to Chinese. Italian government is extremely eager to get China to built a EV plant in Italy and China wants Western names for their products for market penetration. European business press says Masarati and Alfa Romaro are on block for new Chinese sport cars. Chrysler is associated with junk quality. Dodge and Ram are safe because they are meaningful in North America and China wants European marks now. Citron is a maybe. I saw a chart for market desirability ranking all marks. Highest was Abarth. Opel also rated high. My point is, China wants to buy names for their existing or in progress EV cars. not an existing ICE car product.
I think the CEO and parent company has very little knowledge of the American car market and its consumers . They understand Europe but not here . So I too suspect Dodge and Chrysler will be sold off. That could be a favorable outcome.
I too love dodge.. But when it comes to brand loyalty.. we need to show them whos boss. All the new dodge products are old names on new dumb configurations. We the customers need to switch when they switch an leave them in the dust. The ford mustang is looking really good lately with all stilantus failures
Why they do sale some of the car they made in other countries over here cause a lot of people would like a nice Maserati at a good price and they maybe able to sale some of those cars on lots right now before it's too late
Numbers check.... Let's move the decimal on that 62 million vehicles sold by Stellantis in 2023 over one place to the left. The leading car manufacturer for 2023 from what I have read was Toyota with 10.8 million vehicles sold around the world 2023. It was just under 6.4 million for Stellantis. Still an impressive number...
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So they were selling approximately 150,000 Chargers & Challengers every year through 2022, then announced no more Hemi's, last call production, introduced limited allocations, inspired insane dealer greed, and now they wonder why sales are down? They created the mess they are in! On top of that they do not know the American market, we do not have the grid or charging stations to support wide spead EV's, plus they do not work in rural areas or for cross country trips...
That and the quality is subpar compared to the later years.
@@PILULE-ow9sk Saying subpar is being nice. The quality went to shit.....
@@vegaswouldChrysler quality has been shit for the last 40+ years. This was inevitable. Carlos is an incompetent CEO and just accelerated this.
They are not going to sell EV in the American market he is going to have a big problem lol . He is killing off his money makers
Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram need to go rogue and go back to what they did best as a North American brand! Stellantis has completely sucked them dry and is destroying a great brand of cars. Stellantis needs to leave. Not Dodge.
100%
Absofuckinlutely
Yessuh👍🏾
Yes!
Hell ya‼️
Stellantis: Let us stop making the cars that are selling and start making cars nobody wants.
Stellantis: Cars not selling. Let us just do away with the brand because it’s not profitable.
Stupid decisions result in stupid results.
🙄🙄
I drove past a few Dodge/Jeep dealers on a recent trip, saw a lot FULL of Hornets than nobody wants. Nothing else in sight.
That's bidenomics. If they shut down Dodge and Chrysler, then they need to move it all off-shore and sell that 💩 off-shore, not stateside. Electric cars are expensive, and the government mandate to electrify is a failure ,the US doesn't have a power grid to support electric vehicles.
Summed up perfectly
Stupid people in charge
...and keep raising the price on them pretending they are a 'high end' brand. ....and not selling any affordable vehicles to bring in younger buyers. ....and pretending CAFE emission standards weren't looming while watching Ford & Chevy plan ahead where they can still offer V8s.
Stellantis has NEVER understood the American market and IMO they never tried. 🖕
Exactly. They are the tail trying to wag the dog.
Instead of getting rid of under- performing brands, Stellantis should get rid of under- performing CEO's.
News flash Stellantis without Dodge ,Chrysler ,Jee in the USA they will be through ,America built the only way to go ,so Stellantis dont let the door hit you in the ASS ,on the way out .
They need to fire Carlos.
Anyone think we should 'AX' Carlos & Stellantis back to where he came from?
We need to stop the Globalization of American companies to foreign ownership. There is no loyalty to America and to the wants and needs of the American consumers
So sick of this German, Italian, and now French garbage.
You don't know the half of it as that has been completed years ago mostly under Obama until Trump stopped the last few which were completed under Biden. I spent 45 years in the global business world and saw dozens of buyouts.
Stellantis better plan on pulling out of the U.S. if they do this. We have all watched as Stellantis let Chrysler and Dodge wither away, with increasingly limited and overpriced offerings. Americans have shown time and time again that they do not want mass-market cars from France and Italy, and we want only certain cars from Britain. The arrogant leaders of many European companies seem to think that Americans should be happy to buy the cars THEY want to make. That is not and will not be a winning strategy here.
European car = poor reliability over priced piece of sheet
German car = over priced fun to drive will last if you have deep pockets do the excessive maintenance schedule
American car = gas guzzling oversized with better reliability than anything European except some German cars
Japanese car = best built autos in the world for economy and practically
Nissan= we got in bed with Renault and ruined our reputation
Hyundai Kia= cheap disposable throwaway cars. Were banking on American’s poor understanding of geography that they will group us in with Japanese culture and we can piggyback Toyota’s bulletproof reputation
BYD and other Chinese autos (TBD when they arrive here in North America)
Carlos Tavares worked for the World Economic Forum before landing his job at Stellantis. The conspiracy aside of me says this was the endgame: to destroy American brands and try to force us to use their shit box Euro cars (ie. The “Hornet”)
100% Watch as it collapses. It's coming.
More to the point, force us to use their shitbox Euro EVs to restrict freedom of travel. We've already seen how inconvenient and a farce EVs are, but they are one of the key facets for the WEFs' Agenda 2030, as well as UN Agendas 21 and 2030. "You will own nothing, and you will be happy."
Very interesting. Seems like you can connect the dots here.
I bet you are right.
Can you provide proof he worked for the WEF? I’d like to see this myself? Any links to this?
It's pretty rich hearing the CEO basically say "no more games" when he's the one that got them to this position in the first place. His mismanagement of the companies hurt the consumers, dealerships, brands, and most importantly cost people their jobs. Nice move big head 🤡
Stelantis applies a Euro sales model in the US that won’t work then blame the US for bad performance? I mean yea fuck the dealerships for the bullshit they pulled with the last call models but I guess the chickens have come home to roost.
and they sure cannot hope that sales in the largest car market in the world will help them China already caused them to bankrupt Jeep brand in China
Man I really miss MOPAR! Pure American an no bull$h!t🇺🇲
Carlos is just a jerk! He has no intention of keeping Chrysler or Dodge.
Sell dodge/jeep and ram to the American ppl
America's Motor Company 😊
Why would I as a tax payer want to own a half baked auto maker?
@@stevepailet8258 it’s ok bro, you lack vision…
@@marcusjohnson7441too similar to American motor company
It seems Stellantis has been looking for an excuse to axe American brands for a while now: not too long ago, at a Ram plant in Ohio, workers were complaining about sabotage on the assembly line that seemed to be company oriented: no parts, delayed parts, etc. But, this is the result when American brands are sold out for the sake of profit.
This is what the service manager at the Jeep dealership that I go to said to me, Don't buy Jeep products because Stellantis has turned them in to junk. Go find Something Else... Stellantis will cost cut themselves right out of business.
All ima say is this. Apple and Samsung always changing and updating the charging cords and inserts everytime any upgraded phone comes out to get you to buy or upgrade. What u think they gonna do with EV cars.
Who allowed the Brand's to be sold to foreign entities back in the Daimler Chrysler days. The government should have prevented any foreign companies from having control over any American company
I’m completely at a loss for words. Just completely destroying Dodge.
Because Alfa Romeo is such a “crown jewel”. Laughable.
With them ugly ass wheels too. Yeah 5 big circles looks great. Said no one ever
Increase prices, decrease reliability. Act surprised when sales are down.
THEN WHY THE FUCK DID HE AGREE TO THE TAKEOVER! YOU CAN'T SAVE YOURSELF INTO A PROFIT! DAIMLER DID THE SAME THING!
Car dealership OWNER here
I own a Chevrolet store, Kia, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Stellantis, Honda,
Use to own Cadillac Lexus and Toyota.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE A EUROPEAN IN CHARGE OF A AMERICAN BASED/BOUGHT PRODUCT/BRANDS!
I told the GM of the store not to buy a single electric vehicle besides hybrids from Stellantis to stock,
4XE with jeep sucks. Hybrid Pacifica sucks,
Mechanical issues left and right and lemon laws out the ass.
It will come down to eat or starve. AKA make or die.
The v8s will come back Probaly
The old models will return possibly as well
Maybe Stellantis needs to be axed as a non profitable executive that nobody wants his products.
We all knew this was coming
I said back when Dodge merged with Stellantis that it was going to be a huge mistake... now here we are.
The person I miss is Sergio Marchionne. He's the one who rescued the Chrysler brands from Cerberus and did a genuine merger of companies to create FCA. He shrewdly let the people of Chrysler do their thing, and largely let them develop cars and trucks that lots of Americans wanted. That said, he was always looking for a partner for FCA because he knew that upcoming government regulations were going to be impossible to meet without help. He died, a partner was found, and here we are. Very sad.
The CEO needs to be replaced with someone competent
They can't rebate crap from Europe and think we here in America are going to want it. If it's not made here in America I won't buy it anyway.
I was under the impression that the Charger, Challenger, Jeep, and Ram were cash cows. Chrysler has only had one vehicle since the 300 C was dropped. No one has spent any money to give Chrysler a new or heavily restyled product. With the news circulating that Stillantis MAY sell or drop the American brands. I guess Carlos is taking the money and running if the rumors are true. Very sad.
I was at a dealership today to get oil and filter for my Demon and the lot was pretty empty. Just a few minivans, jeep gladiators, some cherokees, and a few ram trucks.... but not much of anything new.
Yes they have sold through a lot in many places
WTF is wrong with those people?
Great video RacerX. It’s definitely concerning for us Dodge fans.
The fans should buy Dodge, Chrysler, Ram and Jeep from Stellantis. And start producing vehicles like Charger, Challenger, etc. that people ACTUALLY want.
Daimler, Cerberus, Fiat Chrysler, Stellantis... Who will be the next sucker thinking they can make long term money w/ these brands? Soon it will be just Jeep and Ram. This goes all the way back to the Cerberus purchase where they only wanted Jeep, but the bankruptcy trustee wouldn't sell a la carte.
These overseas owners keep buying Chrysler because it was a respected brand for so long. The problem is these overseas companies insist on trying to use Chrysler as a Trojan horse to sell their own components and models that Americans don't want. Look at the Dodge Hornet. That car is nothing but a relabeled Alfa. Dodge dealer lots are now full of Hornets. Alfa Romeo tried to make it in the states with cars bearing their own brand decades ago, and they failed.
Bought a GMC truck at a GM/Dodge/Jeep dealer. Finance guy said he absolutely hates when he has to deal with the Dodge customers. All I’m gonna say about it.
Means he doesn't like dealing with morons!
What’s that supposed to mean?
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400 credit score people that is what he means
@devengudinas1649 they must have loved me then. When I bought a new '21 Challenger 1320 and '21 Durango TowNGo at the same time three years ago, got zero % 72 month financing on both. I guess my 850 credit score didn't hurt, plus this was pre-bidenomics...
Carlos, you can't threaten people into buying your products, especially Americans. We won't be satisfied until you are no longer holding CDJR.
In order to be able to sell cars and make a profit you have to have product. And that's Chrysler and dodgers problem right now. They don't have product.
Chrysler and Dodge have two home grown models between them, no prospect of having new models before the '26 model year and they're having financial issues? No way!
Exactly. They've been getting by on hand-me down platforms and the bleeding of engineering talent is only making it worse. The cost to design new platforms from start is massive and prohibitive to a company already losing money. That is not daylight we see at the end of the tunnel, that is an incoming locomotive w/ no brakes.
Sadly saw this coming... ugh even if I was open to it, I just couldn't bring myself to buy from a Stellantis brand knowing they may not even exist in a few years.
Not hard to figure out when Ford & Chevy continue to make high horse power engines and Stalantis says no more high HP engines. Add to that, Stalantis produces numerous platforms for the European market of which most are very small cars with very low HP engines.
They should sell dodge/jeep back to America and the new company should manufacture in the USA. The prices are already high enough to justify the cost of business in the US
I usually look at management cause of a company not being profitable
They can axe the brands in the Chrysler umbrella it needs to be American owned brand
For your research look at sales figures year over year for each brand. That will be a guideline as to profitability of the brand. All brands are down except Fiat and Alfa Romeo
I think they are gonna sell Chrysler. Jeep and Ram aren't going anywhere, and I think they'll wait to see how the ev chargers perform before they sell Dodge.
Rather see the Chrysler brand sold to another company than to let it continue flailing under Stellantis…
Carlos should be FIRED !
There’s nothing to axe, American brands axed themselves
The Brotherhood of Power has become the clan of bean counters!
Please SELL CDJR back to an American company
Just another reason to support Chevy and Ford now.
Sorry, I’ll walk then…😅
There is never any reason to support Chevy or ford...Mopar or no car
Rather support Toyota and Honda.
Good luck getting through to die hard Mopar guys. They are still pretending their Canadian built cars are made in USA.
@@mikedaleiden7725 North American muscle 💪
I love how people can not be open to something new, different or change in any way. I work at a Chrysler dealership and don’t get me wrong I’m very sad and angered to see the Hemi chargers and challengers go away. However, with any business you have to evolve. People need to give the next generation of the charger a chance. Do I agree with some of the decisions that Stellantis has made absolutely not. The Chrysler brand has been ignored and is in need of a revamp in the lineup. There has been ZERO indication that the Chrysler brand or the Dodge brand or any of the American brands for that matter will be axed any time soon. The ones I’ve been hearing the most of are Opel, Lancia, DS, you know the ones that aren’t popular at all or don’t have any notoriety. On a separate note, I’ve had several clients who are sad to see the Hemi RAM’s leave as well but have been pleasantly surprised by the power and capabilities of the hurricane engine. My point is please do not judge the hurricane twin turbo engine before you actually experience it for yourself. Again it’s something new and different so people are going to rebel against it, I get it. The horsepower is comparable and so is the towing capability to the V8 and has better fuel economy. In short, do not judge a new product until you have actually had a chance to experience it for yourself
I will never buy another one anyway while Stellantis owns them.
as far as I am concerned dcjr can all go out of business. Crappy lowest quality parts. Cost of ownership over 5 years is abismal. Affordablity is horrible. This is a carry over from why the company went bankrupt to begin with during the original bailout. Then the greed of Stellantus kicked in. The people getting it up the ole poop shoot are the dealers. Honestly I dont give two hoots what happens to them either.. They keep taking allocations for unaffordable unsellable POS vehicles. So honestly WHO gives a crap whether the company sells off or tries to sell off these makers. As to the workers they are also greedy and did their best to kill off the industry so they can go hat in hand looking for new jobs..
He should get rid of himself then because he’s the reasons why they’re not making money
Great video, Bud! Those seat covers are awesome! You already know how I feel about the whole Dodge/Chrysler/Stellantis issue in a previous message I sent you. That said, I'm extremely worried about Dodge and Chryslers fate. 😢
It would be cool of the American people could buy Chrysler Dodge
I blame the dodge dealers for not selling cars for real pricing and they sell markups and bs fees thats the problem for low profits bc the dealers are still doing this and cars just sitting in lots
How can CT complain about any of the American brands if all of the profits made were invested back into the European brands. Not knowing the American market, and not investing sooner. I doesn't make sense
If you all want to know what will happen to Dodge, look to what happened to Holden in Australia after GM closed down local manufacturing and destroyed the essence of their most beloved car, the Holden Commodore
Dodge should be repurchased by an American. The Hemi engine should come back and made in America. Hellcats should be assembled in America.
Tk's garage reported that some of the Chrysler vehicles have been filed to be named under the Dodge brand. Sounds like Chrysler is gonzo
TK also thought a civil war started the night Donald got his ear pierced. Lets wait for a better source...
Stop. The. Markups!!!
Hornet is a turkey. Dead on arrival.
They did a poor job of getting rid of the Challenger/Charger line up, then going full.blown EV. They should have, as mentioned before kept a Hemi option for these new vehicles and maybe brought back the Dodge Stealth with a one of those Alpha Romeo power plants. Jeep is not going anywhere, but I think the writing is on the wall for Chrysler and Dodge.
Time for Dodge & Chrysler to chop Stellantis instead and become its own company.
Stellantis is trying to be like InBev. InBev destroyed Bud Lite. Stellantis will destroy the Chrysler brands to introduce the European brands in their place.
There are many unsold 2023 hemi Challengers and Chargers. The dealers need to offer 25-30% discounts and low interest rates to sell these vehicles.
Most automakers have raised prices ~20% during the pandemic give or take a point or two. Not Stellantis--their prices have went up by 52%. F Stellantis they get what they deserve.
FYI- “Reuters” is pronounced “Roy-ters”
Don't get it. Isn't there a board of directors (hopefully Americans) that has to vote on this?
Forgive me for saying this RacerX
But you were also very excited when they announced a full electric charger. You thought this will have more than 1000HP ….
Everybody could see it coming over the last years that they will kill the brand
AwesomeX《☆》With the upcoming USA presidential election👉🌀Hopefully Chrysler can get away from Stellantis somehow and become the Chrysler Corporation again🙏🏼🥧Bring back PLYMOUTH dammitt✌🏼😎☯️
I believe American market is different than Germany and Italian market. I did believe this time for a Chrysler company to come back from the dead. And take back Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram. I believe Chrysler should be brand that could be against Audi and Lincoln. I believe Dodge should be coming against the Corvette and Porsche. I believe the Jeep should be against the Toyota land Cruiser and the bronco. I believe this should be back Plymouth to against Bentley and Royce Royce and Bugatti. I believe this will work.
Seems a little far fetched, trying to cover every single base
If they would just lowered their production of HEMI's by 50% they'd have a better chance to compare the sales with EV's they making now and obviously can decide after that! Not to completely shut it down just as their brains are now..
When Mr Kuniskis was gone the Dodge brand was in trouble. Now that is showing up.
Stellantis shot them selves in the foot by canceling Chargers and Challengers and by dropping the 5.7. EV isnt in our timeline, Tesla is a brand following and won't share their tech. At least Mercedes Figured it out and said to hell with EV all together and bought back the Amg V8s.
Carlos destroyed CDJR. The money maker for Stellantis. He is bankrupting the company.
In my opinion you are missing the issue. The name is not the product. The Italian government has great sway with Stellantis. They have told them that unless they sell some names to the Chinese they will cancel the marks and give them to Chinese. Italian government is extremely eager to get China to built a EV plant in Italy and China wants Western names for their products for market penetration. European business press says Masarati and Alfa Romaro are on block for new Chinese sport cars. Chrysler is associated with junk quality. Dodge and Ram are safe because they are meaningful in North America and China wants European marks now. Citron is a maybe. I saw a chart for market desirability ranking all marks. Highest was Abarth. Opel also rated high.
My point is, China wants to buy names for their existing or in progress EV cars. not an existing ICE car product.
For those on the fence about the sponsor Coverado, I bought seat covers for my jeep commander with them and they are nothing but AMAZING!
Hopefully, they don’t block the airbag build in the front seats.
I think the CEO and parent company has very little knowledge of the American car market and its consumers . They understand Europe but not here . So I too suspect Dodge and Chrysler will be sold off. That could be a favorable outcome.
It’s ROYters…not ROOTers, as a retired broker, just thought I would throw that in there. ;)
Chrysler has to start making cars for the future. I live near a Dodge dealer, all of their stuff is an anachronism.
fiat & opel suck too
Carlos dude sounding like bob chapek both ceos had no idea wtf they were talking about and only concern with making money the wrong way.
RacerX all these problems are all being caused by Carlos. So hearing he has to cut brands is due to his incompetence.
This might be a good thing. If someone else picks up the dodge ip. Maybe we might get a 8v back.
Carlos stevaris absolutely sucks at his job and needs to be involuntarily let go. He reminds me of a DEI hire. Tim Kuniskis needs to replace Carlos.
Axe Carlos, Keep Chrysler. His mismanagement created this financial mess.
I too love dodge.. But when it comes to brand loyalty.. we need to show them whos boss. All the new dodge products are old names on new dumb configurations. We the customers need to switch when they switch an leave them in the dust. The ford mustang is looking really good lately with all stilantus failures
I would say it's been going downhill ever since they took over. If Americans want European cars there are already plenty of options.
Why they do sale some of the car they made in other countries over here cause a lot of people would like a nice Maserati at a good price and they maybe able to sale some of those cars on lots right now before it's too late
What the hell is Ruters? And what do they know about car manufacturing? Maybe plumbing issues.
This is sad to hear
Tavares should spin off the Chrysler division. They would be better off without his failed leadership.
Me personally I will not buy a Chrysler product made in China can't do it's not happening!
Wow, 2 1/2 minute commercial for a seat cover company
This is starting to sound like the Daimler-Chrysler failure
Numbers check.... Let's move the decimal on that 62 million vehicles sold by Stellantis in 2023 over one place to the left. The leading car manufacturer for 2023 from what I have read was Toyota with 10.8 million vehicles sold around the world 2023. It was just under 6.4 million for Stellantis. Still an impressive number...