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06-19-2013, 11:34 AM
Filed under: Minivan/Van (http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/), Plants/Manufacturing (http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/), Chrysler (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler/), Dodge (http://www.autoblog.com/category/dodge/)
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Recent reports have suggested that Chrysler may soon phase out its long-running Dodge brand (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/13/does-the-future-of-fiat-chrysler-include-dodge/), and while the company remains mum on the subject, you can't blame analysts for thinking that's the direction the Pentastar's everyday brand is heading. After all, Chrysler (http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/) has shown a willingness to shutter brands, having killed off Plymouth (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/plymouth/) back in 2001, and it's putting big dollars behind its bid to build Fiat (http://www.autoblog.com/fiat/) into a North American force. Chrysler also recently took the step of spinning off its trucks into the stand-alone Ram (http://www.autoblog.com/ram/) brand and relocated its halo Viper (http://www.autoblog.com/srt/viper/) supercar under the SRT (http://www.autoblog.com/srt/) banner.
Couple that with long-held gossip that the full-size Dodge Durango (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/durango/) utility vehicle and the Avenger (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/avenger/) sedan are both living on borrowed time, and you've got a dwindling product portfolio. That would leave Dodge with the Dart (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/dart/) compact (a model that isn't selling particularly well (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/05/dodge-dart-misses-sales-targets-as-inventory-mounts/)), the Charger (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/charger/) (which has a mechanical twin in the Chrysler 300 (http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/300/)) and the Challenger (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/challenger/), which could be supplanted by a rumored Chrysler/SRT Cuda (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/25/further-speculation-about-radical-new-srt-barracuda/). On the people-mover front, Dodge offers the aging Journey (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/journey/) and the Grand Caravan (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/grand+caravan/), which is the twin to the bigger-margin Chrysler Town & Country (http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/town+and+country/).
Stories for some time have pegged Chrysler as only moving forward with one minivan, though there has been some waffling as to whether the next-generation MPV would wear the Town & Country badge or that of the Grand Caravan. A new report out of Canada - where the vehicles are built - says that the winner in the sippy-cup derby is the next Chrysler Town & Country, which will carry a 2016 model year designation. In addition, sources report that T&C production at the Windsor Assembly Plant will be joined by an as-yet-unnamed large near-luxury crossover for 2017, another long-rumored model that could be similar in concept to the long-defunct Pacifica (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/pacifica/). The brand for this new model? You guessed it - Chrysler.Next Chrysler minivan to be Town & Country only, fueling Dodge closure rumors (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/19/next-chrysler-minivan-to-be-town-and-country-only-fueling-dodge-c/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Recent reports have suggested that Chrysler may soon phase out its long-running Dodge brand (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/13/does-the-future-of-fiat-chrysler-include-dodge/), and while the company remains mum on the subject, you can't blame analysts for thinking that's the direction the Pentastar's everyday brand is heading. After all, Chrysler (http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/) has shown a willingness to shutter brands, having killed off Plymouth (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/plymouth/) back in 2001, and it's putting big dollars behind its bid to build Fiat (http://www.autoblog.com/fiat/) into a North American force. Chrysler also recently took the step of spinning off its trucks into the stand-alone Ram (http://www.autoblog.com/ram/) brand and relocated its halo Viper (http://www.autoblog.com/srt/viper/) supercar under the SRT (http://www.autoblog.com/srt/) banner.
Couple that with long-held gossip that the full-size Dodge Durango (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/durango/) utility vehicle and the Avenger (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/avenger/) sedan are both living on borrowed time, and you've got a dwindling product portfolio. That would leave Dodge with the Dart (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/dart/) compact (a model that isn't selling particularly well (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/05/dodge-dart-misses-sales-targets-as-inventory-mounts/)), the Charger (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/charger/) (which has a mechanical twin in the Chrysler 300 (http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/300/)) and the Challenger (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/challenger/), which could be supplanted by a rumored Chrysler/SRT Cuda (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/25/further-speculation-about-radical-new-srt-barracuda/). On the people-mover front, Dodge offers the aging Journey (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/journey/) and the Grand Caravan (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/grand+caravan/), which is the twin to the bigger-margin Chrysler Town & Country (http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/town+and+country/).
Stories for some time have pegged Chrysler as only moving forward with one minivan, though there has been some waffling as to whether the next-generation MPV would wear the Town & Country badge or that of the Grand Caravan. A new report out of Canada - where the vehicles are built - says that the winner in the sippy-cup derby is the next Chrysler Town & Country, which will carry a 2016 model year designation. In addition, sources report that T&C production at the Windsor Assembly Plant will be joined by an as-yet-unnamed large near-luxury crossover for 2017, another long-rumored model that could be similar in concept to the long-defunct Pacifica (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/pacifica/). The brand for this new model? You guessed it - Chrysler.Next Chrysler minivan to be Town & Country only, fueling Dodge closure rumors (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/19/next-chrysler-minivan-to-be-town-and-country-only-fueling-dodge-c/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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