No Love From Wall Street
According to these reports despite the strong performance investors don't see continued growth in the Automotive Segment. GM Q1 2016 earnings Ford Q1 2016 earnings FCA Q1 2016 earnings I...
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FishOnOne wrote:dodge guy wrote:ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:FishOnOne wrote:fla-gypsy wrote:
Personally a long term investment in Ford and GM seems a safe play. FCA is more risky IMO but could pay huge if managed well.
We know that's not the case.... Sergio is still harassing CEO's about a merger. I just read an article this week about a letter Mark Fields replied to Sergio stating FoMoCo has no interest in a merger. I suppose Mary Bara will be next.... again!
Sergio also displayed his true ignorance when he threw his designers of the Chrysler 200 under the bus because of some design criticism and poor sales of this car. A design that this joker approved. It wasn't more than a month later and Chrysler announced it was laying off workers at the 200 assembly plant. What a shame!
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:) Hi, I didn't hear about a Ford merger, but I read where FCA wants Ford to build their Chrysler 200 and the Dodge Dart for them.
The 200 is a nice car, but the market is flooded with proven midsizes so people are not going to try another product when they know an existing one is just as good.
As far as the Dart, that car is everywhere! anytime you look there is one going down the road.
I disagree.... I rarely see a Dart and for being a new car it already needs a refresh. Now when the dodge Neon was introduced I seen a lot of those on the road.
It seams the vehicles in the dodge line up that came to market under Sergio's control has been of marginal success at best with the 200 in the failure category.
I can't recall seeing more than one or two Darts around here. I have heard that it is alreay slated to be discontinued soon. From what I have heard it is a good car but it is in a market full of good cars for less money. To succeed in that market you have to have a great car at a great price. I don't believe that the Dart has either. Then again, maybe it is that the dealer in my area also seels Ford and doesn't seem to push Dodge products very hard. A good dealer can make a world of difference and I have always found Dodge dealers in my area to be lacking. I used to drive Chrysler products and their dealers were one of the main reasons I switched.
