News: Stellantis replaces COO and CFO. Global CEO Tavares to retire early 2026

[Beewdawg]

K-cars and the Caravan

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[Viper501]

Taxpayers saved them. Again.

 

[whysoserious]

 

[Sweetums]

K-cars and the Caravan

The original Caravan was a k-car.

 

[Beewdawg]

The original Caravan was a k-car.

It was. Just a longer version of it

 

[Sweetums]

It was. Just a longer version of it

I believe there were four or five versions of that platform, ranging from "size matters" to "it's how you use it".

 

[Beewdawg]

I believe there were four or five versions of that platform, ranging from "size matters" to "it's how you use it".

I've had both, a Reliant K and a Caravan.
Both were great vehicles during the time I owned them. Pretty much drove the same except for the kids screaming in the back

 

[biodiesel]

My favorite most recent Chrysler was the Aspen.

 

[aldo98229]

2026 can't come soon enough

 

[DiehardTory]

Taxpayers saved them. Again.

When was this?? The original Lee Iaccoca situation was not taxpayers saving.. All the media hype was calling it a loan.. IT was NOT.. Chrysler had to get banks to lend the $$ and the Government co-signed the paperwork..BTW the employees, dealers, customers all worked in paying it off in record time ahead of due date.

 

[Viper501]

…. and the Government co-signed the paperwork …

That is called taxpayer funding. Without the ”co-signor” AKA GUARANTOR, the banks never would have loaned the money. In other words, the banks made money off of the taxpayers backs while saving Chrysler’s rear. So it was in fact a taxpayer funded bailout.

 

[Sweetums]

That is called taxpayer funding. Without the ”co-signor” AKA GUARANTOR, the banks never would have loaned the money. In other words, the banks made money off of the taxpayers backs while saving Chrysler’s rear. So it was in fact a taxpayer funded bailout.

That's not how it works, Chrysler paid off the loan.

Chrysler: "Hey banks, we need a loan."
Banks: "We aren't sure you can pay this back, it sounds risky."
US: "We think they will pay it back, so we will put our name behind them. If they don't pay, we will."
Bank: "Cool, here's your loan "

later:
Chrysler: "Here's the last payment, we cool?"
Bank: "We cool. Nice doing business."
US: "Told you they'd pay it back."

Not one dollar of tax money was spent on this aside from the pay for the people figuring it out.

 

[Lunentucker]

Say what you will about the K-cars, they saved Chrysler.

You say that as if it were a good thing.

 

[Sweetums]

You say that as if it were a good thing.

It was for everyone who worked there, plus that saved Dodge and Ram. If it wasn't for the K-cars we wouldn't have the Hellcat V8 today.

 

[GeneralMaximus]

The original Caravan was a k-car.

Ah yes, the late 80’s wood panelled Dodge Caravan. We had one and it constantly broke down. Dad never bought another Chrysler product again.

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