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Originally Posted by lafountain
So the question is, if this happens, which models will be phased out? I have a hard time believing that all the cars would survive a merger.
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I think people may have the wrong impression here. Were I a betting man I would argue that a GM-Chrysler merger is going to look a lot more like Renault-Nissan than Daimler Chrysler. Still, we may be getting ahead of ourselves here, this is far from a done deal. Although GM's cash woes and Cerberus complete inability to run a car company don't leave either many other options at this point.
If this doesn't work out I look for Cerberus to go back to Ford and settle on a deal where Ford takes less responsibility for running Chrysler than Cerberus was initially looking for with Cerberus mainly getting bargain basement access to Ford platforms, manufacturing facilities, and/or drive-line components while Ford reaps the benefits of having a room-mate of sorts and potentially gets the Jeep brand.
I have no idea what GM will do if this falls through. Although I suspect a Renault-Nissan like deal with a foreign auto maker would be a real possibility. In fact, a Renault-Nissan-GM deal isn't unthinkable....and could yield some very interesting results. In fact, on paper it looks great. In the real world.........