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With Chrysler being operationally bankrupt, the chance of them producing a new and improved Hornet are slim to none.

7XPacemaker wrote:

It seems that when Hudson closed its doors, most Hudson guys went to AMC. As a kid, I remember going to Hudson meets and most of the "Brand X" cars were Hornets, Concords, Eagles, Jeeps, and Matadors. Just my thoughts- I am not trying to sway people into thinking what I think........

I remember a whole of AMC's around too. My granda had a few rambler wagons for his daily drivers. Those 6 cylinder engines are about bulletproof. In my young(er) and stupid(er) days, I drove an Eagle wagon with no coolant (not low, Zero coolant), until the engine got so hot it locked up. It made a terrible noise and that was it, or so I thought. I left it for dead, came back a few days later expecting to tow it away. It started right up and ran fine. I patched the hole I tore in the radiator and drove it few more months before selling it off. The new owners drove it around a few more years before I quit seeing it around.

It went the way of the Dodo bird.

66patrick66 wrote:

That Hornet was purely a styling exercise, but there WAS talk of having that car built in Red China for the North American market.



I'm just grateful the Hitler Youth at D-C running (ruining, too!) Chrysler sold Chrysler to Cerebrus, a Canadian holding company. Chrysler is doing much better with real American car guys at the helm, and not a bunch of friggin' Krauts trying to "get even" for WWII - never mind their fathers started it!



With the reorganizing of the product line (Pacifica, PT ragtop, and the Magnum are dropped), and the debut of the Challenger and a new '09 1/2-ton Diesel pickup, the Chrysler, LLC organization is far from "operational bankruptcy", as Dave put it.



And Cerebrus owns the Nash, Hudson, and AMC nameplates now, BTW, NOT Daimler. It's the way things go.

Better do your homework and read the following link. BTW, Cerberus is an American company.



http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/21/news/companies/chrysler/index.htm?postversion=2007122107

Guys, this all started out because I was bored so I thought I would make something up for the discussion board. Who would have thought there was anything to it. Maybe if Chrysler resurrects the Hornet name the same thing will happen to Chrysler that happened to the rest and they will go under for good.



Harry

66patrick66 wrote:

Everything I've read indicated them as Canadian-based.I take CNN-based info as less-than-ideal.* Plus, that's two months old, to boot!

After the three headed dog from hell bought my wife's company and trashed it last year, I know volumes about Cerberus and how they work. Alternatively, you can contact them (in New York) at the following link and ask for yourself.



http://www.cerberuscapital.com/contact.html



Don't like CNN? Then use the link below and pick a source you like better. The interviews with the Chrysler CEO all report the same thing, Chrysler IS operationally bankrupt.



http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chrysler+operationally+bankrupt



Although it's been a whopping two months since the interview, Chrysler is still operationally bankrupt.

I have a Chrysler 300 w/ V6. It does have an 'updated' computer chip that was supposed to hoss it up to 255hp. Rather than hossing it up, it seemed to improve the gas milage "Thank GOD".



So far, I give it top billing amongst the newer cars I've owned. We've had it since 2005 with no problems whatsoever. Its getting 25+ mpg around here and we clocked 32 mpg on the interstate travelling at 80mph most of the time.



Economy in relative style, hard to beat in my book. It also shares an uncanny resemblence to my Wasp's beltline, side window height, and roof height. I actually think it is the stepdown of the time. Its almost as tenacious, that bodystyle has hung around a while now.



I did hang my head low when AMC went away. The Commanche pickup truck was, and still is, the damn toughest truck ever built in its class. They looked good too. I could tell stories, but won't. I've never owned a truck that could pull what it would - even trucks rated much higher.



Mark

`Hudsonator wrote:

I have a Chrysler 300 w/ V6. It does have an 'updated' computer chip that was supposed to hoss it up to 255hp. Rather than hossing it up, it seemed to improve the gas milage "Thank GOD".



So far, I give it top billing amongst the newer cars I've owned. We've had it since 2005 with no problems whatsoever. Its getting 25+ mpg around here and we clocked 32 mpg on the interstate travelling at 80mph most of the time.



Economy in relative style, hard to beat in my book. It also shares an uncanny resemblence to my Wasp's beltline, side window height, and roof height. I actually think it is the stepdown of the time. Its almost as tenacious, that bodystyle has hung around a while now.



I did hang my head low when AMC went away. The Commanche pickup truck was, and still is, the damn toughest truck ever built in its class. They looked good too. I could tell stories, but won't. I've never owned a truck that could pull what it would - even trucks rated much higher.



Mark

Walt here, I bought a new 1987 Jeep Commache in Florida and used it to tow my trailer to Alaska in 88. Towed with it till 1995 when we moved to San Francisco by orders of daughter and son in law as they said we should be close to one of our children. Do you get the pitch here. As of today Feb 18th 2008 the truck has 234,450 miles and still no motor work has been done and truck is still all the same as the day I bought it. Get 22 miles per gallon driving our traffic here. Who could ask for a better truck?

Ah, that explains the defensiveness.

Uh huh. And why have you chosen Chryslerberus products over all others for the past 36 years? Was it price, performance, ease of service, freedom from trouble?

Yes to all. Plus, they are a lot more fun to drive than most.

It is very spooky to park a stepdown nose to nose with a Chrysler 300 and follow the horizontal lines one from the other.



What's more, take a good look at the dashes, and where the key switch is located - just like the 51-53 Hudsons.



If the stepdown has modern legacy, its the 300 Chrysler.





Walt knows the Commanche, evidently. There is a '87 Commanche in my Dad's driveway right now. Its definitely not babied around, and has seen some tough farm service - and still pullin' a load of feed every two weeks in winter. Chrysler should have kept it, and junked the Dakota at the time of the merger. That 242 6 cylinder engine is amazing, and considered the highest horsepower capable American designed 6 cylinder of all time. There are probably as many devotees to the AMC 4.0 as us Hornet fanatics.



Mark

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Walt knows the Commanche, evidently. There is a '87 Commanche in my Dad's driveway right now. Its definitely not babied around, and has seen some tough farm service - and still pullin' a load of feed every two weeks in winter. Chrysler should have kept it, and junked the Dakota at the time of the merger. That 242 6 cylinder engine is amazing, and considered the highest horsepower capable American designed 6 cylinder of all time. There are probably as many devotees to the AMC 4.0 as us Hornet fanatics.



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I've been looking for a Commanche off and on, and I can't find one for sale...let alone a nice one. I've had 2 Cherokees, and that 6 is a great engine. My son has a '91 2-door that he's been driving since high school, 8 years ago. This summer he drove it from Gritty Waffle to Ithaca, NY (3,000 miles) where he goes to grad school. It's got 331,000 miles on it and used 2 quarts of oil on the trip. If the head's been off it, it was before he got it. I've been very happy with the 318 (5.2L) mill in my Grand Cherokee, too...156,000 miles, seems like its just nicely broken in. :cool:

Dodge dealers lobbied Chrysler to drop the Commanche, as they thought it would take away sales from their trucks. I was told this by a dealer who sold Jeeps.