Date:         Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:01:52 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW Crafter
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On 9/29/07, **************************** <vw4x4@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> OK... you figure it out... IS MB going to sell
> Chrysler parts cheap after loosng severl billion
> dollars?


Given that MB plans to continue selling Chrysler the parts necessary to
build NEW Sprinters for the foreseeable future, and that MB has no plans to
COMPETE in the commercial vehicle arena in the US, I'd say the answer is
likely "yes". Remember, MB retains 20% ownership of Chrysler, so they have
absolutely no reason to sabotage its profitability. The Sprinter van line
was one of the few success stories of the whole DaimlerChrysler debacle (7%
profitability, never ran in the red) so it's ludicrous to suggest that MB
would throw out such an obvious baby with the bathwater--- particularly when
all they need to do to make it profitable is sell a few boatloads of the
parts they're ALREADY making for their own van production in Europe.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"