Re: Mercedes still may profit from Chrysler

"Steve" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Comments4u wrote:
>
>> Mercedes still may profit from Chrysler
>>
>> While the general understanding is that Mercedes is finished with
>> Chrysler, in fact Mercedes may still benefit from their so far
>> ill fated takeover.  Unrecognized by most is that Mercedes made
>> Chrysler dependent on them for suspensions and transmissions for
>> its large cars,
>
> Patently false. The LX transmission (the one based on a Benz design, but

> revised and simplified) is manufactured at the CHRYSLER transmission
plant 
> in Kokomo. The suspension parts, likewise, are not truly interchangeable

> with Benz parts and are made by Chrysler.
>
> The break was cleaner than you make it out to be. The "Mercedes" 
> components were all revised and are built in Chrysler plants by
Chrysler.
>
> In the future, Chrysler may well buy small common-rail diesel engines
from 
> Mercedes, but that is functionally no different than buying the big 
> 24-valve CRD from ***mins. Like ***mins, Caterpillar, Perkins, Detroit 
> Diesel, Scania, and others, Daimler-Benz sells diesel engines to many, 
> many OEMs.
>
>
>  and one complete vehicle Chrysler will continue
>> to assemble from Mercedes supplied kits: the Sprinter.
>
>
> For now. I bet the Sprinter will get tossed from the Dodge lineup and
only 
> Benz and Freightliner will badge it in the future.

If Chrysler was smart, they would develop their own Sprinter equivalent. 
It 
has found tremendous acceptance in the parcel delivery field and also in
the 
RV industry for class B and C chassis.  The order backlog for the Sprinter

is enormous and they sell all they can build.

Mike