Stellantis Profits Crash In 2024, Some Brands Could Be Axed, CEO Warns
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After 50 years of racing everything from motocross bikes/snowmobiles and vehicles it's time to retire i think,lol. Both the wife and i aren't in as good shape as we were a couple years ago,and she was basically forced out when she shattered her right leg,and with-out her at the track,it wasn't as much fun,so it's time to step back from things. If things change in a year or two in regards to our health,we might get back into it again.To tell you the truth,i'm kind of glad both are sold,as i'm not under any pressure to have them at the track on a weekly basis. My local track is 155 miles from my driveway to the entrance gates,and i'm getting to old to enjoy getting home at 2:00 am anymore,lol
A gal in her early 50's has been after my truck for several years,and when she agreed to my price i told her she could come get it,lol Same with the 1320,a young guy seen it at the Hemi shoot-out last summer,and has been after me to sell it to him since.
I'm like the flu,tough to get rid ofSo you don't own a ram anymore then? That's too bad. I hope you'll stick around the forum and dispense your words of wisdom as in the past![]()
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Biggest culprit hitting profits in 2024
Its time to replace my MacBook Pro... It has seen better grammar days... Come join the LS dark side lol.I got lots of them ,as i hate Dentists to,lol.Just razzing ya T,i knew you meant Mopar![]()
Don't worry I sold mine too. It didn't go far as I walk outside every morning and look across the street and see it. Neighbors kid is about to get married and was really wanting one like my truck, but could only find junk in his price range. 30k... They were bad. I wasn't driving it as much so I sold it to him for what I needed to buy a hot rod. He paid me cash and has been loving it ever since. All it takes is just taking care of them. The original driver window switch finally kicked it, but 12 years it made it. Thats been about the only thing that has gone wrong with it. Like I have said before. I really think once Stellantis took over the problems started.I'm like the flu,tough to get rid of![]()
Tavares said the company needs to improve communicating available incentives so customers focus less on the MSRP and more on the actual purchase price. In the U.S., the average Stellantis transaction price is $57,666, while the industry average is $48,389.
I work at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant and take pride in the vehicle we build. Tavares is full of BS and I'm tired of hearing his nonsense. The large majority of repairs is caused first, by poorly engineered parts (mostly modules) that don't work, and second, because of parts shortages. This was not an issue until we started building 2024's last year. That's when the repairs started building up. To the point they had to be towed to a different storage lot.
That has never happened before in the time I have worked here. Of course they didn't stop and fix the problems then. They just hammered out trucks that need to be fixed. Tavares wants to send engineering jobs to other countries, well this is what you're going to get. He wants to blame the people who actually build the vehicle for the problems they created. The UAW employees here do a job. We do the job the way we are trained and we do it well. It's not our fault but it's always blamed on us workers.
Tavares just wants to squeeze what he can out of the former FCA (and it seems like especially Chrysler Group) and then toss us aside when there is no more to get from us. I'm sure the investors love this guy but he's the Devil. Wish he would have left us alone. It was much better then.
You are 100% correct in all you stated. Except the smoke stacks. go to china and look at the crap they spew will making everything we purchase in this country. i also remember the good days before all this a21 started being pushed.Cylinder deactivation, cam failures, and E-Torque, I believe, have put a big hurt in sales.
The huge price increases, poor quality, and lack of warranty support, have just added fuel to the fire.
Then, you have the loonies in charge pushing E this and E that, costing the car companies billions of dollars, resulting in nothing but the ruination of the auto manufacturers, which was the main goal all along,
We are supposed to live in controlled, self-sustainable communities where all the needs "they" think we need are met, leaving an almost zero "carbon footprint".
This was laid out in UN Agenda 21 well over 20 years ago. I read it back then, but try finding that text today. It's all been whitewashed into a fairy tale sounding wonderful life.
I'm just an old pion whose thoughts don't matter, so I just have to make the best of how things are and live out the rest of my days.
Things sure aren't the way I grew up. Some things are much better, and needed to be corrected. I don't see smoke stacks from factories spewing jet black smoke like I used to. People aren't throwing their trash in gullies and fields in order to fill them in.
Motor oil isn't spread onto dirt roads to keep dust down, though that really did a great job of dust control if you lived on a dirt road like I did.
Some things needed changing, but things have gotten out of control in order to empower a few.
Rant over. Maybe I shouldn't post right after having a migraine....
You're right about that as far as my experience. I bought 2 new vehicles in my life. I hate to say never will buy new again because it always bites me in the booty but since those 2 I have always bought my vehicles when they were a year old and probably used as rental vehicles with low 30,000 miles on them. I have saved a minimum of $10,000 doing so and they are still like new to me. Bought a '95 Chrysler LHS in '96 for my wife and drove it for 14 years and 265,000 miles before I got rid of it. Her current vehicle which is a '14 Dodge Durango we bought 1 year old with low 30,000 miles and saved $12,000 off what they cost new. She doesn't drive as much as she use too but we still think of it as a new vehicle with only 95,000 miles.One thing will always be a reason they never want to admit, cost. The cost to purchase a new vehicle for each of those brands are just crazy. Most everyone I know, family and friends, never buy new and haven't in decades, just not worth it when you compare what you can get 5+ years earlier model.