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Old May 28, 2013 | 11:41 AM
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Post Re: I've been doing some thinking. LONG READ.
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Thanks for your cogitations on the fading Chrysler name. IMHO, as you look at demographics of the U.S. population, you find an AGING population increasingly supported by the labors of a dwindling working class. With these realities, I'm not sure that there will long remain a large or even viable market for sports cars. Small low maintenance vehicles would likely be normative in the near future. Speed and high power is fading along with the under thirty population. You can thank abortion for the demise of much of that age group, but that is another "sermon". With the apparent socio/economic direction of the country and the urbanization of the nation (more people are abandoning the 'burbs and the "sticks" for centralized, in-town living) dwindling automobile ownership, per se., is not un-predictable.
Essentially, again IMHO, Chrysler's best hope is not in a specialty car such as a sports car, but in two to three seat, energy efficient transportation capable of sustained speeds not in excess of sixty mph. Like it or not, the figures of the demographics and cultural winds seem to be blowing that way. We may be, as the horse drawn generation was before us, at the cusp of a very different view of what is needed for daily life in the culture we are creating. Mass transit may become more normative due to urbanization, and "CARS 2 GO" types of shared transportation will become typical for the 21st Cent. family.
In short: smaller, leaner, slower may be the future of personal transportation among those who may still be able to afford private transportation. The bus, or subway for the rest of us.. Sports cars will be on posters or postage stamps along with the Stanley Steamer and the Hupmobile.. just sayin'.
Thanks again for your evocative thoughts on this subject,
Jonathan
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