chrysler officially a foreign car....

A couple comments from the peanut gallery:

Foreign investment in American companys has been going on for hundreds of years. That is how the US got started. Many of the "American Made" companys we have today are still controlled by offshore investors.

I work for CNH Industrial (Fiat group's truck, farm, and construction group). It was tough to take when Fiat bought CaseIH back in 1999. In the end it was the best thing that could have happened. In 2005 Sergio Marchionne took control and turned us into a very powerful, profitable, company.

He is brand smart and did not "Europeanize" CIH and get rid of the strong American brand. He won't do that with Chrysler either. He didn't buy Chrysler to turn it into Fiat, he bought it to increase the amount of vehicles he could spread development costs over. This is the only way Chrysler (and Fiat) have a chance to survive.

In my role at CNH I have spent some time with Sergio. He is crazy passoniate about Chrysler - It's history and it's future. He grew up in Canada and loves cars. He told me that his favorite Mopar from the sixties is the Hurst Hemi Under Glass. An A body lover as well!

I want to see Mopar continue and be strong in the future. Sergio can pull it off, if anyone can.

Ma Snart