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Your welcome...

Not sure where the Examiner got the China angle but...

It seems Fiat will do something to Chrysler production in some manner. It would certainly help the ailing Italian economy...at our expense of course.

Maybe that was the plan all along...maybe I watch 2016 too intently. :]

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It seems Fiat will do something to Chrysler production in some manner. It would certainly help the ailing Italian economy...at our expense of course.

For Jeep, the angle of building them over in Europe for export back to the US would be an idiotic move. Someone really needs to explain (s-l-o-w-l-y, using big, monosyllabic words) to the Fiat CEO the whole "New Coke" thing and the risks inherent in mucking around with iconic US brands.

Now a quick disclaimer: I'm ticked at Jeep and have been for years. Between replacing the Cherokee with the Liberty, the Compass/Patriot 'lightweight' lines and then redesigning the Wranger from a perfectly good Jeep (the TJ) into a mini-Hummer they've really lost me as a future customer. And I say this as someone who owns a 96 Cherokee (XJ), and who's family history (parents' cars over the years) includes an 84 Cherokee, 86 Cherokee, 88 Grand Wagoneer, 95 Grand Cherokee and 08 Grand Cherokee.

They might get me back if they were to bring back the TJ, or rework the Patriot into something more Cherokee/XJesque (from the original pictures I thought the Patriot was going to bring me back to Jeeps. Then I saw one in person ...). But for now I think the next vehicle I buy is going to be a Toyota FJ Cruiser.