I saw this on the front page of a newspaper yesterday, when i was on my way to Finland, which was the least bad time to get aware of this, because after arrival, i could drink to forget.
You might be inclined to think that i'm still drunk, but i'm trying not to have sentimental values here. And besides, right now there's only room for the hang-over.
I believe Renault-Nissan would be better than GM. I fear that GM would put Chrysler cars below the Generals own.
You think the new Challenger would be allowed to outperform the Camaro, if such a strong competitor would be released at all?
Viper SRT vs Z06?
Nissan got a pick-up that probably snatches some potential Ram customers, Renault got the Espace which competes with the Voyager.
Speaking of basic transportation contraptions, the Caliber and that whatsitsname competes with the similarily sized Nissans in the US. In Europe will also Renault compete, but for the more up-market models, Renault just does'nt have any serious contenders. Ok, Nissan have the Infiniti line, and i don't have any idea about how it appeals to the same buyers who consider Chyslers upmarket cars.
The people who's into tuned FWD sport-compacts don't look at bigger RWD's (Well, at least not until they've seen the light, as in tail-lights).
Also, Renault have earlier proven that they dare to release cars which at the time of release would be very ahead of time, sometimes they succeed (
Megane,
Clio), sometimes they don't (
Avantime,
Vel Satis).
So, i think that the cars from Chryslers and Renault-Nissan appeals to different buyers in a larger scale than between Chrysler and GM.
Also, GM is'nt the financially strongest these days. A merge between two financially weak manufacturers... Studebaker-Packard anyone?
Ok, Nash-Hudson survived for a while as AMC, but the emphasis is on survive, as opposed to live well. And via AMC, Chrysler and Renault got a tiny bit of common history.
