A Peugeot just pooped on my RAM

[SnoKing]

Merger was approved. SnoKing

 

[nukegm]

in the 80s i worked at a euro car dealer. peugeots were kinda junky. but so were most all cars beck then. hope no big price increases come our way. cheers!

 

[Wiredawg]

I think Pukejoke had a joint venture with Eagle in the 80s... butt ugly cars. When I was stationed in Iceland, diesel equipped ones were pretty cool and there wer lots of them.

Well, back to the merger, wished Chrysler could get on the happy side of the bottom line and get back to the core company without a European partner.

I guess we'll see how this works out or doesn't.

Cheers, Ron

 

[Regcabguy]

Those diesel Peugeot's we had here were so smokey especially at altitude. But they rode SO Well and were very comfortable.

 

[GCroyle]

Columbo,

Uh just one more question if you don't mind. Just why did you guys do that? Was there any money involved?

 

[Wiredawg]

Columbo,

Uh just one more question if you don't mind. Just why did you guys do that? Was there any money involved?

There's typically money involved in mergers... IMHO Chrysler has several boat anchors models driving down the bottom line... and every recall drives it farther down.

As long as Ram survives and stays competitive, it doesn't bother me. And in the grander scheme of things, it wouldn't matter then except maybe at purchase time.

Cheers, Ron

 

[Ozymandias]

Time will tell....

 

[Larry Sciblo]

Once Americam....then German....then Italian.......now French......and made in Mexico. =)

 

[Ozymandias]

Its NOT French! They are smaller then we are, half the size of FCA.

 

[cerberusiam]

Hmmm, seems to be pretty Frenchish to me.

Peugeot is a French automotive manufacturer, part of Groupe PSA.[7]

The family business that preceded the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810 under Napoleon's Empire,[8] and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark. Armand Peugeot built the company's first car, an unreliable steam tricycle, in collaboration with Léon Serpollet in 1889; this was followed in 1890 by an internal combustion car with a Panhard-Daimler engine.[9] Due to family discord, Armand Peugeot founded the Société des Automobiles Peugeot, in 1896

 

[Ozymandias]

The pepper mills from Peugeot are still the best you can buy.
Maybe in the future we get a free mill with every Ram we purchase.

 

[HPSimpson]

Another shaft for Ram trucks!

 

[cerberusiam]

Doubt it will have any effect on the Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler divisions. Those are specific to the American market, pretty they all learned from Daimler's blunder in that area. Performance and luxury is what sells, those 3 divisions are what make the American market.

 

[SnoKing]

Doubt it will have any effect on the Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler divisions. Those are specific to the American market, pretty they all learned from Daimler's blunder in that area. Performance and luxury is what sells, those 3 divisions are what make the American market.

What about Jeep?

 

[HPSimpson]

Well the French and Peugeot when were they last sold here in US? Same deal there mind set since they will be in charge what really lays ahead______?

 

[Bob4x4]

The agreement has been made,either party can still pull out-with a sizable penalty.
The new company will be the 4th largest car company.Psa has said they are not interested in breaking up any of our brands.

 

[HPSimpson]

That's what say now wait until mid-year and we enter downturn in our economy then we see what happens.

 

[crispyboy]

Having such a diluted mixed up company sort of makes me want to steer clear of Ram in the future. It just doesn't seem like a solid company when this happens. After seeing the clash of cultures between Daimler and Chrysler I am surprised Fiat and Chrysler have done this well together. Now they will have three cultures to deal with.
I think there is no doubt Chrysler or Dodge vehicles will get clipped off. They are decent cars but they haven't brought anything new and inventive to the market place. They will probably just rebadge something from oversea's. People need minivans so they will still come and buy the Pacifica. The Charger and Challenger are nice cars. Promaster vans are so darn ugly.... It seems like this merger is one where they want to research and develop small vehicles and electric vehicles. I still haven't figured out why they killed off the Dart and 200 models as there seems to be a lot of these running around our neck of the woods.

 

[Ozymandias]

There is no such thing as "italian culture" in FIAT/FCA anymore that's gone many years ago. Today that's an international company, official language is english, everywhere. Even in Torino.

 

[snadamo]

As a potential buyer I'm the coming months, I am curious as to how this could impact the Ram brand. What could it mean for guys like me, if anything at all, that are about to pull the trigger on one?