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Originally Posted by gothicaleigh  You begin by essentially telling people to keep their opinions to themselves and then wrap things up by playing the patriotism card? Something is amiss... 
Sandy, you are an intelligent guy whose opinions are well (and for the most part, deservedly) respected here. I would have thought that getting offended because some (okay, many) of us do not share those opinions would be beneath you.
For my part, I am very opinionated, and I don't think anyone would accuse me of being shy about it. If a manufactured product is crap, I'm not going to pretend it isn't simply because my opinion may tread upon someone else's preconceived notions or nostalgic feelings of said product.
Congratulations.
Now if they could just produce a decent car to attach all of those things to...
Face it, the best cars Chrysler has managed to produce to date have been based upon designs inherited from Daimler. If I wanted an old Mercedes design, I'd buy a W140, save $20k, and have a star that actually means something on the hood.
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I agree with you to a point, absolutely.
However, let us not forget that the brand that carried Chrysler through most of the 80s and early 90s was Jeep (the Caravan played a role there as well). Up until VERY recently, Chrysler had left Jeep mostly to it's own devices, which resulted in some stellar 4x4s over the years. The ZJ and even the WJ Grand Cherokee while problematic, were no doubt some of the most capable luxury equipped off-roaders on the planet, on par or just behind anything Land Rover had to offer, with far more reliability. Jeep has for the most part, been immune to the problems affecting the company's other divisions, but now that they finally ceded control over to the top brass... The writing is as much on the wall for Jeep as it is any other division of Chrysler. Things started getting curious when the Liberty showed up... but the Patriot, Commander and especially that hideous Compass atrocity are an embarrasment to everything Jeep has stood for for nearly a century.