Lamenting Chrysler

Chrysler

While in the process of updating Chrysler and the Dodge and Ram offspring, symbols and back-up processes, we can’t help but lament the losses suffered by the company over the years.

Chrysler and Dodge in particular feature but five models in total. Ram, once a part of Dodge, actually offers more variety in pickups and vans with four models.

Of the remaining nameplates only the Dodge Charger offers any real connection to historical greatness. The once proud parent Chrysler, or FCA or Stellantis, sells only minivans at this point.

Gone are the great sedans the company was once known for: Fifth Avenue, New Yorker, Imperial, 300, Concorde, Sebring (well they all can’t be great), the offbeat PT Cruiser, and a Prowler roadster, absorbed from Plymouth, to name but a few.

The company has been bought and sold three times since 2000 alone. Nearly stripped of its identity, its hard to imagine it returning to any form of glory going forward. The world has moved on from sedans and only Dodge produces an SUV.

I’m old enough to remember the Plymouth line in particular, and also salivating as a teenager over the Chargers from the late sixties. Great lines. The family had a Fury station wagon and I ended up with a Barracuda for a time.

Plymouth is gone but Chrysler hangs on. And we’ll keep coverage for as long as they do.

The symbols page is here and the back-up open and start pages are here.

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