Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

I wonder what is the smallest size a viable car company in the current
US market is? Would an independent Jeep be able to survive on it's own?

Somehow I doubt it, and if it DID it would really have to be a privately
held company, otherwise someone would swallow it up.

For Jeep to be a successful company all on it's own I think it would
either need someone or a small group of people with very deep pockets.

Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?

Jeff DeWitt

Clap Trap wrote:
> Wouldn't it be great if Jeep broke off and became its own entity again?
> Maybe then we could dump the libby, IFS, and get a small Jeep again.
>
> Wishful thinking I know. Sigh...

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?
>
> Jeff DeWitt

I'd guess Mercedes.

Imagine Jeep by Microsoft! I shudder at the thought...you'd have to reboot
the ECM every other day.

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?
>
> Jeff DeWitt

I'd guess Mercedes.

Imagine Jeep by Microsoft! I shudder at the thought...you'd have to reboot
the ECM every other day.

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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..n>
> Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?
>
> Jeff DeWitt

I'd guess Mercedes.

Imagine Jeep by Microsoft! I shudder at the thought...you'd have to reboot
the ECM every other day.

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hmm, wonder what Bill Gates drives?
>
> Jeff DeWitt

I'd guess Mercedes.

Imagine Jeep by Microsoft! I shudder at the thought...you'd have to reboot
the ECM every other day.

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

I wouldn't mind if Ford buys Jeep, then they can use the JK platform for a
real return of the SWB Bronco...

But Ford is having its own problems. GM, too. Neither one of them is in the
financial position to buy Chrysler, so I take these reports with a liberal
grain of salt.

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I ran across this...
>
> Report: GM in talks to buy Chrysler
>
> Dale Jewett | | Automotive News / February 14, 2007 - 4:39 pm
>
>
>
>
>
> DaimlerChrysler is reportedly talking with General Motors about the
> possibility of GM's buying the Chrysler group, according to the German
> magazine Manager Magazin.
>
> The magazine cited company sources as saying the talks were in full
> swing but still at an early stage.
>
> The report came today as DaimlerChrysler AG said it was open to all
> options for the Chrysler group. Chrysler today unveiled a restructuring
> plan
> as it posted a $1.47 billion loss for 2006. That plan calls for cutting
> 13,000 jobs in the United States and Canada by 2009.
>
> DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche declined to comment on the
> report.
>
> "I cannot and will not go into any further details," Zetsche told
> reporters in Detroit, where he announced the automaker's 2006 results.
>
> A GM spokeswoman also declined to comment on the report.
>
> DaimlerChrysler has retained JPMorgan Chase & Co. to consider
> options
> for the Chrysler group, the Detroit News reported this afternoon.
>
> In a report on its Web site, the newspaper quoted unidentified
> company
> sources as saying the automaker had hired the investment bank.
>
> No mention of Jeep...

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

I wouldn't mind if Ford buys Jeep, then they can use the JK platform for a
real return of the SWB Bronco...

But Ford is having its own problems. GM, too. Neither one of them is in the
financial position to buy Chrysler, so I take these reports with a liberal
grain of salt.

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45d3d21a$0$28166$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>I ran across this...
>
> Report: GM in talks to buy Chrysler
>
> Dale Jewett | | Automotive News / February 14, 2007 - 4:39 pm
>
>
>
>
>
> DaimlerChrysler is reportedly talking with General Motors about the
> possibility of GM's buying the Chrysler group, according to the German
> magazine Manager Magazin.
>
> The magazine cited company sources as saying the talks were in full
> swing but still at an early stage.
>
> The report came today as DaimlerChrysler AG said it was open to all
> options for the Chrysler group. Chrysler today unveiled a restructuring
> plan
> as it posted a $1.47 billion loss for 2006. That plan calls for cutting
> 13,000 jobs in the United States and Canada by 2009.
>
> DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche declined to comment on the
> report.
>
> "I cannot and will not go into any further details," Zetsche told
> reporters in Detroit, where he announced the automaker's 2006 results.
>
> A GM spokeswoman also declined to comment on the report.
>
> DaimlerChrysler has retained JPMorgan Chase & Co. to consider
> options
> for the Chrysler group, the Detroit News reported this afternoon.
>
> In a report on its Web site, the newspaper quoted unidentified
> company
> sources as saying the automaker had hired the investment bank.
>
> No mention of Jeep...

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

I wouldn't mind if Ford buys Jeep, then they can use the JK platform for a
real return of the SWB Bronco...

But Ford is having its own problems. GM, too. Neither one of them is in the
financial position to buy Chrysler, so I take these reports with a liberal
grain of salt.

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45d3d21a$0$28166$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>I ran across this...
>
> Report: GM in talks to buy Chrysler
>
> Dale Jewett | | Automotive News / February 14, 2007 - 4:39 pm
>
>
>
>
>
> DaimlerChrysler is reportedly talking with General Motors about the
> possibility of GM's buying the Chrysler group, according to the German
> magazine Manager Magazin.
>
> The magazine cited company sources as saying the talks were in full
> swing but still at an early stage.
>
> The report came today as DaimlerChrysler AG said it was open to all
> options for the Chrysler group. Chrysler today unveiled a restructuring
> plan
> as it posted a $1.47 billion loss for 2006. That plan calls for cutting
> 13,000 jobs in the United States and Canada by 2009.
>
> DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche declined to comment on the
> report.
>
> "I cannot and will not go into any further details," Zetsche told
> reporters in Detroit, where he announced the automaker's 2006 results.
>
> A GM spokeswoman also declined to comment on the report.
>
> DaimlerChrysler has retained JPMorgan Chase & Co. to consider
> options
> for the Chrysler group, the Detroit News reported this afternoon.
>
> In a report on its Web site, the newspaper quoted unidentified
> company
> sources as saying the automaker had hired the investment bank.
>
> No mention of Jeep...

Re: D-C might become just D and C.
 

I wouldn't mind if Ford buys Jeep, then they can use the JK platform for a
real return of the SWB Bronco...

But Ford is having its own problems. GM, too. Neither one of them is in the
financial position to buy Chrysler, so I take these reports with a liberal
grain of salt.

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45d3d21a$0$28166$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>I ran across this...
>
> Report: GM in talks to buy Chrysler
>
> Dale Jewett | | Automotive News / February 14, 2007 - 4:39 pm
>
>
>
>
>
> DaimlerChrysler is reportedly talking with General Motors about the
> possibility of GM's buying the Chrysler group, according to the German
> magazine Manager Magazin.
>
> The magazine cited company sources as saying the talks were in full
> swing but still at an early stage.
>
> The report came today as DaimlerChrysler AG said it was open to all
> options for the Chrysler group. Chrysler today unveiled a restructuring
> plan
> as it posted a $1.47 billion loss for 2006. That plan calls for cutting
> 13,000 jobs in the United States and Canada by 2009.
>
> DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche declined to comment on the
> report.
>
> "I cannot and will not go into any further details," Zetsche told
> reporters in Detroit, where he announced the automaker's 2006 results.
>
> A GM spokeswoman also declined to comment on the report.
>
> DaimlerChrysler has retained JPMorgan Chase & Co. to consider
> options
> for the Chrysler group, the Detroit News reported this afternoon.
>
> In a report on its Web site, the newspaper quoted unidentified
> company
> sources as saying the automaker had hired the investment bank.
>
> No mention of Jeep...

Re: D-C might become just D and C
 

ABC this morning said GM is look into acquiring Chrysler and combining
their design facilities.

Coasty

"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0702141652560.2921@panix2.panix .com...
>
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...kmg&refer=home
>
> Selected highlights:
>
> <q> DaimlerChrysler AG may sell or seek partners for its unprofitable
> Chrysler division, abandoning its vision of building a successful carmaker
> that sold luxury Mercedes-Benz sedans as well as Dodge pickup trucks.</q>
>
> <q>``We want to ensure that the core of Daimler can be protected from a
> possible financial downwards spiral at Chrysler,'</q>
>
> <q> Renault and Nissan may be a possible partner for Chrysler, </q>
>
> <q> Former Chief Executive Schrempp was heckled at most of the annual
> meetings by investors who demanded he sell the division.</q>
>
> <q> DaimlerChrysler is in talks with General Motors to sell Chrysler to
> the world's largest carmaker, Manager Magazine reported, citing
> unidentified company sources. The talks are at ``an early stage,'' it
> said. </q>
>
>
>
> --
> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey,
> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>