How Stellantis Destroyed Jeep

[DGS49]

Here is a short but interesting video on how Stellantis has destroyed Jeep. If you are a car guy, this should be disturbing to you, as Jeep is an iconic marque, and if it goes away it will be a very sad day for the American car culture. No offense to Ford, but a Bronco is no fucking Jeep. Parenthetically, Ram is also headed in the same direction, despite making some of the best trucks in the world. Their pricing is simply unrealistic. Pricing for the Chrysler Pacifica is also bad, though not quite as uncompetitive. A price cut would help quite a bit.

The only solution is the same one that Kia and Hyundai had to face when America had been convinced that all their cars were junk, and VW had to face when Diesel-gate had cost them their corporate credibility.

The solution: (1) An immediate 20% cut in the MSRP of all cars, SUV's, minivans, and trucks. INCLUDING the ones currently in dealer inventory; (2) A 60,000 mile extended, bumper-to-bumper warranty on all Stellantis vehicles, retroactive to 2021; and (3) a 100,000 mile limited drive-train warranty, again, retroactive to 2021.

This might be called a corporate "haircut" but anything less will fail.

 

[1srelluc]

Truth be told "decent" Jeeps ended with the CJ series.....Now they are just big-assed-n-slow.

 

[theHawk]

I was talking to a coworker who has a Jeep, said he is on his third engine for his Jeep.

LOL what a disaster. At least it was covered by the warranty.

 

[Concerned American]

Here is a short but interesting video on how Stellantis has destroyed Jeep. If you are a car guy, this should be disturbing to you, as Jeep is an iconic marque, and if it goes away it will be a very sad day for the American car culture. No offense to Ford, but a Bronco is no fucking Jeep. Parenthetically, Ram is also headed in the same direction, despite making some of the best trucks in the world. Their pricing is simply unrealistic. Pricing for the Chrysler Pacifica is also bad, though not quite as uncompetitive. A price cut would help quite a bit.

The only solution is the same one that Kia and Hyundai had to face when America had been convinced that all their cars were junk, and VW had to face when Diesel-gate had cost them their corporate credibility.

The solution: (1) An immediate 20% cut in the MSRP of all cars, SUV's, minivans, and trucks. INCLUDING the ones currently in dealer inventory; (2) A 60,000 mile extended, bumper-to-bumper warranty on all Stellantis vehicles, retroactive to 2021; and (3) a 100,000 mile limited drive-train warranty, again, retroactive to 2021.

This might be called a corporate "haircut" but anything less will fail.

I haven't kept up with Chrysler/Jeep since Fiat acquired them. Didn't know Stellantis was formed by a merger of Fiat and Peugeot until today. That alone was all I needed to hear. I am not a fan of either. As Jeep goes, I like the classic jeeps, but I wouldn't give you a dime for a Wagoneer. I've ridden in three of those since 1974 and every one of them broke down with major problems while I was in them. One had the right rear axle break and we were towing a boat at the time. Too many iconic American companies are going to foreign owners.

 

[Sunni Man]

Decades ago a JEEP was a quality American product made by American workers.
Sadly today, the iconic brand is owned by a foreign company an assembled by foreign workers.
Now they are a unreliable pile of junk with the logo JEEP on it.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Here is a short but interesting video on how Stellantis has destroyed Jeep. If you are a car guy, this should be disturbing to you, as Jeep is an iconic marque, and if it goes away it will be a very sad day for the American car culture. No offense to Ford, but a Bronco is no fucking Jeep. Parenthetically, Ram is also headed in the same direction, despite making some of the best trucks in the world. Their pricing is simply unrealistic. Pricing for the Chrysler Pacifica is also bad, though not quite as uncompetitive. A price cut would help quite a bit.

The only solution is the same one that Kia and Hyundai had to face when America had been convinced that all their cars were junk, and VW had to face when Diesel-gate had cost them their corporate credibility.

The solution: (1) An immediate 20% cut in the MSRP of all cars, SUV's, minivans, and trucks. INCLUDING the ones currently in dealer inventory; (2) A 60,000 mile extended, bumper-to-bumper warranty on all Stellantis vehicles, retroactive to 2021; and (3) a 100,000 mile limited drive-train warranty, again, retroactive to 2021.

This might be called a corporate "haircut" but anything less will fail.

Jeep, Chrylser, Dodge, went bankrupt in 2007 because of the housing debacle that Andrew Cuomo caused. Then they asked to be bailed out for 35 billion dollars, which went to union workers, so they could keep their pensions and other bullshit perks. They build a crappy vehicle, because union workers fail to do anything better than what the contract says. And what is to say that GM and Chrysler wont go bankrupt again, because of the shit the union does? May those companies end up like Pan Am, Eastern Airlines and other failed union run companies.

 

[Concerned American]

Jeep, Chrylser, Dodge, went bankrupt in 2007 because of the housing debacle that Andrew Cuomo caused. Then they asked to be bailed out for 35 billion dollars, which went to union workers, so they could keep their pensions and other bullshit perks. They build a crappy vehicle, because union workers fail to do anything better than what the contract says. And what is to say that GM and Chrysler wont go bankrupt again, because of the shit the union does? May those companies end up like Pan Am, Eastern Airlines and other failed union run companies.

GM is well on their way to becoming Chinese.

 

[Sunni Man]

American car companies all jumped into the EV/ Hybrid craze.
But they didn't spend time perfecting the batteries/ electronics/ and electric motors.
So now they are plagued with problems and unreliable
The list price is sky high and the consumer's aren't buying them.
So the dealership lots are full of EV's nobody wants.

 

[jwoodie]

Sweetheart stock options should be outlawed. Board Members and CEOs should be required to invest in a company before they take their positions, and risk the same gains or losses as other shareholders.