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Re: Detroit's Pony Car Dilemma
"Would it be better to concentrate the money and manpower to develop stylish mass-market sedans and other practical vehicles to battle the challenge of Toyota, Honda and Hyundai?"
Thats why they are in a big mess in the first place. Detroit tried building these 'practical' cars (see any GM lot for proof) and people didnt buy them. Detroit needs to stop copying cheap imports, building bland cars all together and build exciting pure AMERICAN cars that the Japs and Koreans can never build.
Thats how Harley-Davidson has competed against the Japanese bike companies for years - build something unique that has personality, power and SOUL that they cant perfectally copy for a cheaper price. The Chrysler 300 fits this mold and so does the Challenger. I think its funny that people have been trading in thier Lexus, BMW's and (so ironic!) Mercedes and buying the Chrysler 300 Hemi instead. None of those imports have that big boy inside.
DCX may "test the waters" with the Challenger as a limited production car. But my bet is that the demand will so great for this car they will have to go full production to satisfy everyone. If DCX wants to compete head-to-head with the Mustang it cant be a limited production car. It has to be afforable too, which most all maxxed out Limited production cars aren't.. And it's "too retro"??! People in the USA LOVE the retro look. Get rid of these computer generated shoe boxes and design works of art like they did back in the 50's and 60's.
We need to ignore backward-thinking writers like this guy, and support magazines and webisites that want this car to happen.
Last edited by WildBillTX : 02-14-2006 at 02:30 AM.
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