Would you guys buy a Chrysler product at below dealer cost (as 789 dealers close)?

[tuckevalastin]

I totally missed that u were referring to it being a Chrysler not a Dodge. I just assumed you were pointing out that it was pretty much all MB with a Chrysler body

[firemachine69]

My friend just picked up a Sahara Unlimited Jeep for 30K OTD. Not bad, considering sticker for one of those up here is around 42K.

[A-tron]

Nope. Never liked their cars all that much, so yeah no.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

I just assumed you were pointing out that it was pretty much all MB with a Chrysler body

If it was all MB the retractable spoiler would actually work, instead of getting stuck open like half the crossfires I've ever seen.

[1stToyota]

Wouldn't mind having a SRT-4 Caliber

[tuckevalastin]

Originally Posted by supmet

If it was all MB the retractable spoiler would actually work, instead of getting stuck open like half the crossfires I've ever seen.

Well with the amount of those SLK's that had their retractable roof fail and cost $thousands to fix I'd say that being all MB doesn't mean being all reliable.

[nimith]

No deal. Cars always look good, but way to many problems.

[slvryaris]

The 2010 is a little beefier and I work in the test department where we run every engine that comes off the line and it looks totally different. The ECM is lighter and all the internals crank,pistons,rods are lighter. I am not for sure on the final horsepower or the torque but I know its up there. You have no idea how hardcore we are on the engines and making sure they are right before we ship them to Saltillo.

Every 15th engine is ran in a 25 minute audit test at full and i mean full 3500 rpm throttle to test it out. We now cold test and run them in what we call our attribute cell. The cold test cell is a new technology for diesels and Cummins was the first to have them for diesels and we have 4 cells. We test for gear noise in the front of the engine and it also checks the turbo,sensors,injectors,cylinder balance, and everything else you can thank of.

The 2010 engine is in the works and being finalized and the 2012 Dodge truck is suppose to be redone visually and everything else, and with the new engine in 2011 we are supose to blow Ford and Chevy out of the water.

Just between us we have had Ford reps at out Tech Center with 3 or 4 Ford truck which was rumored to have Cummins diesels in them, which we are starting to build a V8 and V6 diesel to go into lighter cars. Heck we even had to apply for a new EPA certification because the air leaving all the plants is so much cleaner and we have already met the emissions standars up till 2012.

Originally Posted by OK Yaris

I was planning to buy a 2010 Ram 3500 in the fall to replace my 2003. Looks like I'll be waiting........

Any inside news on the new engine? I didn't think the 2010 diesels were going to be any different.