Madman Of The People Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 http://www.autoblog.com/2015/03/17/chrysler-withdraws-uk-market/ Well, it seems a major source of futureshite is quitting Blighty. Will anyone miss it? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 BYEEEEEEEEE! Don't forget to round up all the PT Cruisers and take them with you, Chrysler. Unlikely to be missed really. EssDeeWon, richardmorris, Uncle Jimmy and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Everything they made was crap, can't see them being missed a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Re-badged Lancias and a people carrier, what is point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The yanks had the charger, challenger and many others. We had the pt cruiser and the neon. No wonder they've fucked off. Junkman, Uncle Jimmy, Essex V6 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Chrysler were still in the UK??I thought once they'd finished targeting the PT Cruiser at the RNIB Motor Enthusiasts Club, they left years ago. Banger Kenny, fred, Cavcraft and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Wouldnt kick a 'Chrysler' Delta out of bed. Good luck getting that looked after in 5 years time mind you. Manbearpig, AnthonyG and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 How many times have the yanks tried to sell their automotive feces to us and pulled out? Who else recons the Mustang they're bringing to us will flop? A neighbour across the road from me had a Ypsilon that they kept for less than a year and a PT Cruiser on which the alarm throws a hissy fit when cars charge past... sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 300C-ee ya. The Lancias (which is all they are/were) were never going to sell over here, and you never see 300Cs or Voyagers any more, they're just a low quality bloated Yank and a minivan - and minivans have been usurped by crossovers, so nobody wants them. Surprised they didn't just give up when they dropped Dodge over here.. They were always a bit shit. The Chrysler UK site has a total of 40 used cars on it in the whole country, and most of them are Ypsilons. But Jeep are still going - puzzling, nobody buys those either. Modern day Talbot??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Yeah, errr bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Huzzah ! yes you go pack your PT pile O crap up and feck off New POD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Its wierd but whenever I go abroad and see the Ypsilon or Delta parked in some foreign place I quite like the look of them. But when I see the Chrysler version parked in a dreary urban car park or outside Lidl I always think they look thunderingly shit. Must be the sunlight affecting my head or something. Vince70, Skut and Banger Kenny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfamale Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Think they could have done reasonably well if they had re-embraced the Lancia name. my generation just remember the coolness of the Delta Integrales rather than my fathers contemporaries who just remember the rust... Their fault, c'est la vie. Justin Case, Manbearpig and catsinthewelder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Oh well , bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I quite like neons - they're a bit like a 3/4 scale Dodge Intrepid, and I love those. I've even fancied Dodge Avengers/ Chrysler Sebrings at times, despite the shouty styling. Maybe Crossfires will get even cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I didn't know they still sold Chryslers. Couldn't picture one if I tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman5 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I really like the 300c hemi, not that I've ever driven one. Everything else they sold here had nothing to really recommend it over any other make. (Neon, Sebring, caliber) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 save the odd 300c or sebring thing that i sometime see on the road, i'd have thought that chrysler had given up years ago. those dodge things that weren't a challenger or charger though were terrible. when they were launched there was a couple on display in a local shopping centre. when asked what i thought of this car, a dodge kalibre (i think, it was a kinda boxy saloon) i laughed and said "not much..." and that i would not complain about the hated ford focus again....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctormop Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A bloke at work who wears cheap suits and fake Ray bans has just bought a crossfire as 'its really a Mercedes slk underneath' will enjoy sharing Chrysler's demise with him greatly. UltraWomble and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Dodge things were pretty bad, the Avenger was a low-rent sub Korean box, the Caliber a strange looking beast and the Nitro just indescribably awful. The first gen 300 was successful enough when launched but I haven't seen a new one for yonks. I think it has been mildy restyled and sold as a 'new' model but it's still based on a 1990s Mercedes platform. Jeep may go the same way eventually judging by the price and styling of the latest Cherokee. Re Lancia, I think a brand relaunch in the UK was planned with the Delta in 2008, but the credit crunch meant those plans got shelved. A year or too later Fiat had agreed to buy Chrysler so the Lancias were quickly rebadged Talbot style. Fiat have enough problems with trying to make a go of Alfa, so it makes sense to concentrate resources on that. Eventually they will have to update/replace the 500, they can't make it for 20 years unchanged like last time. I bet they are shitting themselves 'cos a wrong turn on that could finish them. Uncle Jimmy and carlo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thought they went in '79. PSA bought 'em for a dollar. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Its wierd but whenever I go abroad and see the Ypsilon or Delta parked in some foreign place I quite like the look of them. But when I see the Chrysler version parked in a dreary urban car park or outside Lidl I always think they look thunderingly shit. Must be the sunlight affecting my head or something.These holidays.... Are they unlimited local booze all-inclusive non-stop-drinking jobs? Mr Lobster and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The market for fake Bentley badges is going to crash. Junkman, Justin Case, NorfolkNWeigh and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS20 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Is there any way of persuading Chevrolet and its attendant horde of rebadged Korean horrors to leave with them? Uncle Jimmy and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 wish granted http://www.chevrolet.co.uk/owners-area/important-customer-information.html DS20 and UltraWomble 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS20 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Hmmm. Must think carefully - what to wish for with the remaining two magic wishes...? 500tops and DSdriver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 ? DS20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS20 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 ^ That is deffo one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Of The People Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Chrysler brand isn't even doing all that well in America. Their model range consists of a grand total of three cars. 1. The Chrysler 200, a front-drive saloon that replaced the unloved Sebring. This is a car nobody buys, with the notable exception of rental fleets. Looks decent enough but the Ford Fusion (AKA new Mondeo) trounces it in every regard. 2. The Chrysler 300, a big, rear-drive saloon that's still providing more bling for your buck. It's the car of choice for pensioners who are turned off by Cadillac's new techy-modern styling direction and pimps who can't afford an Escalade. Recent facelift looks awful. 3. The Chrysler Town & Country, known as the Grand Voyager to you lot. A big bus (twinned with the Dodge Grand Caravan) that's still holding its own against the Toyota Sienna and the Honda Odyssey in North America despite a whole new raft of crossover vehicles decimating big MPV sales. Ford and GM have totally abandoned this segment and the slow-selling Nissan Quest is barely hanging on. And that's it. Dodge get the Charger and Challenger performance heros plus the lacklustre Dart small saloon, the big Durango SUV and the aforementioned Grand Caravan. Ram (now spun-off from Dodge) gets the gigantic pickups and rebadged Fiat cargo vans. Throw in the Jeep range plus the Fiat 500, 500L and upcoming 500X under the same roof and you have a very confused looking showroom. Makes me glad I'm not a Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram/Fiat salesman! cros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser wheels Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 *ahem* My name is Laser Wheels and I like Chryslers. Started with the '90s Neon. This one. I've always thought it a funky little thing especially with that cheeky power bulge. Can never say no to a power bulge. Then in the late '90s old man Laser Wheels bought one of these. Identical to this one. In my opinion a damn sight better looking than the booted Focus which must surely be one of the most awkwardly styled cars of the noughties. I seem to recall it cost him around £11k for a 2.0 132hp fully loaded so air con, CD player, leccy windows etc. That SOHC motor may have been a bit crude but he chopped in his nearly new Honda Accord Sport with it's fancy VTEC (2.2?) because after a number of years in a BX GT and a GTi and a Maestro Turbo he found the Honda to be a crushing bore. He didn't find the Neon boring at all and he kept it for over a decade. In that time all he needed to replace was the factory exhaust which gave up the ghost after a mere 10 years. Then of course there was the RT. Which I would. Repeatedly. 'Ah, but what about the PT Cruiser!' I here you all cry. Well I like that, too! Once again Mr Wheels Snr. has one so I've spent quite a lot of time with and in one and I have grown to like it. It's well equipped and - yes! - well made, too, with a damn site less squeaks and rattles than any Ford I've ever owned. And whats more it happily doubles as a small van when needs be. For me Chrysler offered honest unpretentious motoring no different to Dacia or Kia (of old, at least). They were shite. And I salute them for it. And I for one will miss them. So you can all just fuck off, okay? dugong, Pillock, UltraWomble and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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