I don't understand why it is so hard for Stellantis to stop doing things like this. An off-road minivan? Soccer mom's aren't driving on soccer fields guys. Chrysler execs needs to get their heads out of their butts and start making vehicles that make sense or just fold and let it go. This is just absolute nonsense! It's time to stop with the electric nonsense, let go of the minivan, let go of FWD based vehicles, no more pony cars, no more quasi-luxury vehicles, no more huge over priced SUVs that no one buys anymore anyway, no more wasting money!!!! Let's get back to building vehicles that Americans really want!
It's time for Stellantis to get a real grasp on reality. American luxury is dead outside of Cadillac and they're starting to loose blood as well. Buick died pretty much a decade ago or more as did Lincoln once the towncar was gone. Chrysler limped on with the 300 for awhile but it's nothing more than a boxy Charger with better leather in certain trims, that's all it is. No one really sells minivans anymore so if this is Chrysler's game plan, Stellantis can go ahead and save money and shut Chrysler down for good. Jeep needs to get rid of that money pit Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer and Wagoneer S along with the Recon and get serious with their other vehicles. Drop the two-door wrangler, give the four-door more cargo space, give the gladiator a bigger bed, Have two powertrains, the 2.0L 4Xe and the 3.0L Hurricane S/O and then fix that poor excuse for a new Cherokee they just released. Put both the Cherokee and Grand Cherokee on the STLA Large platform, make the Cherokee a 4Xe only and the Grand Cherokee an L-only model with a base 4Xe powertrain and put the Inline-6 Hurricane engines as optional upgrades. That's it for Jeep. Ram 1500 Trucks need to be all Hemis from top to bottom 6.4L V8 and 7.0L V8. that's it! Ram 2500HD and bigger needs to be 7.0L N/A and Diesel. that's it! No 5.7L, no 6.2L Hellcats, just 6.4L and 7.0L and a big Cummins diesel which should be 7-Liters as well and that's it.
Dodge needs to be the absolute bread and butter of Stellantis, North America and it needs to do so on just ONE platform, the STLA:Large platform. The lineup needs two cars, the Charger and the Monaco sedan, followed by two SUVS, the Durango and the Ramcharger. The Ramcharger would be aimed somewhat at the Bronco and it would have both Hurricane engines as options, The Monaco sedan would be a well-appointed sedan powered by either of the Hurricane-6 powertrains along with a third Hurricane option, connected to a hybrid 8-speed transmission. This model would be known as the Monaco R/T. Lastly, the Durango and the Charger would be V8 Hemi only. The 5.7L would get dropped leaving only an updated N/A 6.4L, Supercharged 6.4L and a 7.0L Supercharged V8. Trim levels for the Charger would be a 520hp Charger Super Bee, a 780hp Charger R/T with the Supercharged 6.4L and lastly the 950hp Charger SRT Daytona with the supercharged 7.0L 426ci V8 under the hood and Hellephant badges on the side. The Durango would still hold the GT, RT and SRT names and everything would be AWD/4WD with no exceptions. The Charger would have Jailbreak options just like the Durango along with a full catalog of parts and accessories from SRT and Direct Connection.
This puts everything on the STLA Large and STLA Frame platforms, reduces the different amount of engines and transmissions, streamlines alot of things and reduced the number of plants needed for Stellantis to run properly. Have everything built right here in the US for our market and call it a day.
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