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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2150568" data-attributes="member: 26737">Chrysler had been circling the bowl for years at that point (God only knows why Cerberus Capital bought them from Daimler-Benz), but they&#039;re no longer our concern--they belong to Fiat, so they&#039;re more like Lincoln or Buick than Ford or GM at this point. IIRC, the Center for Automotive Research was estimating that the collapse of GM (and Chrysler) would have ended automotive production in North America for at least five years as the suppliers had to go through their own bankruptcies and (hopefully) reorganizations--and it&#039;s not like just anyone can start supplying automotive parts. Aside from being able to supply parts on the massive scales required by automakers (at low tide, they were still selling ~12 million vehicles per year), those parts have to go into assemblies that have to meet Federal (and state) emissions and/or safety criteria.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2150568, member: 26737"] Chrysler had been circling the bowl for years at that point (God only knows why Cerberus Capital bought them from Daimler-Benz), but they're no longer our concern--they belong to Fiat, so they're more like Lincoln or Buick than Ford or GM at this point. IIRC, the Center for Automotive Research was estimating that the collapse of GM (and Chrysler) would have ended automotive production in North America for at least five years as the suppliers had to go through their own bankruptcies and (hopefully) reorganizations--and it's not like just anyone can start supplying automotive parts. Aside from being able to supply parts on the massive scales required by automakers (at low tide, they were still selling ~12 million vehicles per year), those parts have to go into assemblies that have to meet Federal (and state) emissions and/or safety criteria. [/QUOTE]

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