Update on the ongoing saga of Chryslers B segment deal with Chery
Small cars often come in handy, especially when writing the initial check to purchase it and when pulling up next to the gas pump. For obvious reasons, the smaller the car and the smaller the engine, the less it costs and the less gas it uses. Anyway, Chrysler has been after a small B-Class car of their own for a while now, and appeared to have a deal in hand with the Chinese carmaker Chery for a car in that segment, namely, the Dodge Hornet. We have brought you quite a few news stories since then regarding that deal, which seems odd, considering that a deal had apparently been struck already... but, it seems that Chery might think that the deal is off based on the new owner of the Chrysler group. According to this story on Autoblog, Chery wants to renegotiate the deal with Cerberus, the new owner. I guess we'll just need to keep an eye on this one for now and hope that the vehicle gets built at some point.Previously on AutoblogGreen:
[Source: Autoblog]
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Greg A. 12:58PM (5/22/2007)
"For obvious reasons, the smaller the car and the smaller the engine, the less it costs and the less gas it uses."
Actually, I have read (admittedly, it was a long time ago) that the marginal cost of the additional materials in a car compared to a car that is smaller is almost negligible, all other things being equal.
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