When Diamler took over they did the same thing. Axed the Avenger, which was a edgy, nice lloking car. Cut the Plymouth brand, thank goodness. The world is a better place without "cloud" cars. Then they started introducing their technology. NAG1 auto trans, A savior for Chrysler products, and I can only hope that they keep going with it. Again with the trans issues, the CVT which is made by Nissan. Great trans, but a poor choice of cars it's in. LX boddies, by far the best all around car built by Chrysler that I can even think of. If they cut the Jeep Patriot, and the Compass, which are the same car, and combine them into one, do something to spruce up the Caliber, the interior just destroys any hope of style. They have unfortunately pulled the plug on the Magnum. Finally they need to produce more diesel vehicles. The 3.0 mercedes CRD turbo diesel is an awesome engine, that is quiet, gets excellent fuel economy, loads of power torque and HP, and has low emissions. If they would offer the Nitro, Liberty, and maybee the LX boddies with this engine, I think it would help a ton. The fact is that Europeans have gone towards diesel technology for many years now, and Americans don't have the brains to understand that they are great for everybody. Before I bought my x-fire I was talking to corporate people in Chrysler trying to find out if there were immediate plans to put the CRD in the Nitro, and if so, I would have bought that instead in a heartbeat.

My jumbled $.02
P.S. The Pacifica blows goat *****!

Shawn