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bigolds98
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12/18/2003
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I worked on the driveline for the PT Cruiser AWD back in 1999. We had a prototype car. It was cool. It had the turbo motor, wide low profile tires, and had a slight lift to it. The Germans pulled the plug on it at the last minute. I know I will be told I am full of crap on this. But I don't care.
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WackyDak
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1/06/2004
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DUD,
Any chance what you saw was the new Mitsu?
New Trucks to Share Technology and Assembly Line
Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, December 16, 2003
The Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) announced today their plans to produce mid-sized pickup trucks at the Chrysler Group's Warren (Mich.) Truck Assembly Plant. While the two vehicles will share technology, they will be distinctly different in design to appeal to each brand's customers.
Production will begin later next year on the Dodge Dakota. Mitsubishi Motors, extending its growing product line in the United States and Canada, will re-enter the competitive pickup segment in the 2005 calendar year.
"This project marks another milestone in DaimlerChrysler's alliance strategy," said Eric Ridenour, Executive Vice President - Product Development of the Chrysler Group. "Ultimately, this will allow us both to reduce development, production times and costs while adding to our respective portfolios with distinctly different, high-quality products."
"We are excited to expand our product offering with this new pickup, and at the same time, leverage our alliance with DaimlerChrysler to provide even greater value for our customers," said Finbarr O'Neill, Co-chairman and CEO of MMNA.
Each truck model will showcase a design signature reflective of the individual brand character. Mitsubishi Motors Design Studio in Cypress, Calif., and the Chrysler Design Studio in Auburn Hills, Mich., are each responsible for their unique models. Additional product, production and sales details will be announced later.
The project is one of many alliance projects between DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors in the areas of research, development, procurement, production, marketing and sales.
Mitsubishi Motors has a rich heritage in the pickup segment. In 2002, the company sold worldwide more than 90,000 units of its L200 Strada pickup, which finished this year's Dakar Rally in fourth position (behind three other Mitsubishi vehicles).
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WackyDak
Dodge Dakota
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1/06/2004
04:34:59
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I ask only because everything I've seen about the new Dak has a front end identical to the new Durango built on a longer hydroformed frame, not at all what you described.
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Tibbs
Dodge Dakota
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1/06/2004
05:38:47
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The reason everything you've seen pictured so far about the new Dakota (read:photoshop geek art)looks like the new Durango is because everyone with loads of spare time and a mouse assumed the Dak would be identical to the new Caravango.
But that's simply not so.
The fact that Dodge came right out and dispelled such notions, or the fact that the new Dakota truck is built on an entirely different platform than the Durango minivan is, didn't halt the cutting and pasting. If you've been to sites such as Dakota-Durango.com and viewed their impressionist digital paintings, thinking you were looking at something relative to the new Dakota, consider yourself duped.
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Gee
Dodge Dakota
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1/06/2004
14:39:34
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How do you know?
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Tibbs
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1/06/2004
16:13:26
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Simple logic.
The photoshop pics are modifications of a Durango pic.
The new Dakota and new Durango vehicles are not built on the same platform. One is a truck, the other a van...err...excuse me, a sport utility van. They are not related.
Therefore, they will not have the same hood length, cab position, suspension and so forth. If you really believe that Dodge would go out of their way to make two unrelated vehicles look identical, please explain how the Durango ended up looking like a fisheyed Astrovan instead of resembling the already marketable Ram trucks.
I was eager to see the new Corvette too, but if someone cut and pasted a Cavalier pic, erased the grill,removed a door, touched it up, a little stretch here, a modified swipe there, and then said "Ta da, the new Vette!"...I'd be skeptical.
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