Originally Posted by
JEFASOLD
What is the $ 200,000 car they are making for Dodge? Certainly not the Viper, that is an SRT brand and the upper range is $123,000 and starts around $99,000. The Jeep brand is solid and Dodge with the new Dart seems to be ok. And, yes , Fiat can help by sharing platforms and technology. A new sports car for Chrysler would be counterproductive with the new Viper already in the line up. GM tried that with the Pontiac Solstice and the Caddy XRS both based on a Corvette chassis. You don't see them on showroom floors anymore. Improved road cars in the European mode would serve them well and seems to be the direction that they want to go.
I meant $100,000**
Sorry for the confusion.
The Viper is essentially a super-car. Just as the Nissan has both its GTR and 370z.
GM also had financial hardships during their process of the XLR.
And Saturn marques along with Pontiac was already a dying part of GMs division.