Meh, it sounds good, but IDK. It'd be nearly impossible for Chrysler to really market themselves as a "premium mid-tier luxury brand" under the Mopar umbrella seeing that Jeep already holds that title and market. Let's really look at Chrysler over the last decade or so. The 300 was nothing but a squared-off charger is a suit with no real performance for most of the years it was around. The minivan's flounder around in a dead market and both Jeep and Ram make better luxury vehicles that Chrysler by far. SRT & Chrysler??? How about no.
Here's a better idea, Continue on with Ram, Jeep and Dodge and let Chrysler fade out of the way. Drop the full electrification nonsense, and go with ICE and Hybrids and let that be it. If Stellantis, North America is going to have "Premium" vehicles, since every is so focused on SUV's anyway, Bring back the Citadel options on Dodge cars and fix the poorly named Jeep lineup. Literally 99% of Jeep's lineup can be built on the STLA Large platform including the Cherokee, the poorly named Recon, the poorly named Grand Cherokee and the Poorly named Wagoneer S. The only vehicles not on the STLA Large platform should be the Wrangler and Gladiator, meaning that behemoth of a mistake known as the current Grand Wagoneer should immediately be dropped from the lineup. Current Grand Cherokee should be Grand Wagoneer with the Hurricane-4 engine and a 4Xe variant of that same engine with a ZF 8HP EVO plug in hybrid 8-speed behind it a all-wheel drive. Wagoneer S gets renamed Jeep Renegade powered by a 2.0L Hurricane 4Xe type power train same what's above and the same power train should go in the Recon. Cherokee needs the same 2.0L Hurricane as the only engine option with a rear EDM so it can still be a hybrid. This makes all Jeeps 4Xe on the STLA Large platform but it doesn't stop there. The Wrangler and Gladiator should be 4Xe only with the new 2.0L Hurricane-4 and the plug in ZF 8speed EVO transmission. Take these and offer them as affordable luxury option vehicles and that's all Jeep needs. No reason Jeep can't have a Wrangler/Gladiator trim option that rivals a Mercedes G-Wagon, or a Recon that Rivals the Land Rover Octa or a Renegade (Wagoneer S) trim level that can Rival the Range Rover in style and quality. Just make decent trim levels and that would work a lot better.
Ram trucks put every single Chrysler to shame so I don't have much to say where the Ram brand is concerned. They're just another nail in the coffin for Chrysler. My only thing is that I would love to see Ram build an STLA Large Rampage pickup truck, a midsize Dakota on the similar frame to the Gladiator and a Ramcharger SUV on that same setup, no bigger than a Rampage. WE DO NOT NEED SOME MASSIVE SUV HULKING DOWN THE HIGHWAY!!!!! WE NEED something like the Bronco or 4-Runner but better. We also need some real Street Performance trucks, something with a Hurricane-6 H/O Hybrid pushing out about 800hp and 970lb-ft of torque. a Wild Ram 2500HD Street truck with the Cummin I-6 turned up a notch or two would be pretty awesome as well.
Where Stellanits needs to put it's focus at is DODGE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE ON THE STLA LARGE PLATFORM!!!!!!!!! We currently have the 8th Gen Charger in coupe and sedan form and the Durango, which needs to hurry up and move its archaic self from it's ancient platform from 2011 to the STLA Large platform, but the brand needs more. What is needed is a Charger Wagon (Coronet), a slightly smaller performance sedan under the Charger (Dart) still RWD based with AWD, powered by the 2.0L Hurricane-4 along with an SRT version powered by a 2.0L Hurricane-4 w/ the ZF 8-speed Gen-4 EVO gearbox behind it and the Grand Caravan with a GLH model, hearkening back to the days of the Turbo Caravans back in the 80's, with styling and options like the street vans of the '70's an Citadel SE would be positioned for luxury. Chargers, Coronets and Durango SUVs would be powered by Hurricane powertrains and Hurricane Hybrid powertrains only. Charger would have the GT with the Hurricane-4, the Super Bee with the 420hp S/O Hurricane, the R/T with the 550hp Hurricane and then the Dodge Charger SRT Daytona with the Hurricane H/O Hybrid with the ZF Gen-4 EVO gearbox making a combined 818hp and 974lb-ft of torque with AWD. The Coronet would have a similar lineup with the low end being the Coronet GTX with the Hurricane-4, the Hurricane Super Bee Six Pack with the 420hp Hurricane-6, next the Coronet R/T with the 550hp Hurricane-6 and then lastly the Coronet SRT Super bird with the 818hp Hurricane Hybrid setup. The Durango would get a similar lineup with 4-performance tiers, the Hurricane-4 SXT, the 420hp Hurricane-6 Durango GT, the 550hp Durango R/T and an 818hp Durango SRT Rumble Bee. The Durango would also get one more option, a Citadel version with a 3.6L Pentastar hybrid power train. No need for Chrysler.
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