Chrysler Plug-in Hybrid Minivan To Lead Parade Of New Models - Gas 2.0
A Chrysler plug-in hybrid minivan will reportedly arrive in 2016, ahead of several important new models coming soon from FiatChrysler. It used to be that GM, Ford, and Chrysler were known as “The Big Three” in America, but for the past 30 years, it has been more like “Two and A Half Car Companies in Detroit,” as Chrysler has drifted in and out of corporate marriages with a... First, Mercedes came calling and forged a more or less disastrous partnership in which outdated Mercedes chassis were foisted off on the public as “new” Chrysler models. Under Mercedes’ guidance, Chrysler slipped further and further down the Consumer Reports reliability rankings. Mercedes set Chrysler adrift with only a collection of second-class models to show for its dalliance with the German juggernaut. Then came the economic meltdown in 2007, which forced Chrysler into a shotgun wedding with Fiat. Now, Fiat has never had the best of reputations in the US. (I owned one in the 70s and the memory is still so painful that I doubt I shall ever own another. The venerable Chrysler minivan, now known as the Town & Country, has soldiered on for more than 40 years. Source: gas2.org
