and stay in production through the 2010 model year
- and then be axed in favor of FIAT 500 and FIAT Panda micro-cars
for 2011
This is nuts! Who'da' ever thunk - Italian FIATS, made in Mexico and then rebadged and sold in the U.S
as "Chryslers"! Old Walter P must be spinning in his grave!
mart
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"We (you) don't need Hemi V8s" - FIAT-Chrysler Chairman
Sergio "Slash & Burn" Marchionne
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June 17, 2009
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REPORT: Chrysler PT Cruiser
gets unlikely stay of execution thanks to
Fiat tie-up
by Chris Shunk on Jun 17th 2009 at 9:58AM
We've been telling you that Chrysler's PT Cruiser is
destined for death for years now, yet the little wagon
continues to endure. Inside Line is reporting that the
PT has yet again escaped the gallow's pole, and
instead the Little Paddy Wagon That Could will
soldier on until December 2010.
The move will reportedly keep Chrysler's Toluca, Mexico
plant running until the Fiat 500 and Panda arrive to fill
the space. Inside Line says the two models will be built
at the site beginning summer 2011, and the six or so
months between the final demise of the PT and the
beginning of the Fiat era will be utilize to retool the
facility.
With the PT Cruiser possibly around for another year
and a half, we have no choice but to continue to "enjoy"
its retro-ness. Heck, with an 11-year-old platform and
a design that hasn't changed much since its inception,
the little PT is practically a living, breathing classic car
in its own right.
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