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by nxoxn 2562 days ago
The merger may have helped the companies technologically but from my naive perspective it seems like what each of the companies need more than anything is a stronger QA department. From what I hear about Renault they are a little shoddy and I know from personal experience the level of quality from Jeep/dodge/ram/Chrysler.

Also, typically most companies only want to buy Jeep when looking at FCA because it’s the real money maker from what I hear. I wonder if a merger would ultimately lead to companies like Chrysler being shuttered due to redundancy. That’d be a big loss of jobs.

And on another side note it’s intriguing to think about a company that would have spanned four countries and how so many different personalities and cultures would have been able to work together.

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"Typically most companies only want Jeep when looking at FCA because it’s the real money maker from what I hear"

The Ram trucks are 3rd behind Ford and Chevy in sales, but only very slightly behind Chevy. And way ahead of number 4, Toyota trucks. I imagine that's attractive also.

Jeep (34% in 2018) and Ram (16%) account now for more than half of the sales of the group. In units, because in dollars it will be more and in earnings probably much more (but I don’t think the company discloses that info).
RAM is ahead of Chevy now but still behind Chevrolet+GMC