Re: [Chrysler300] Volunteer needed

[Andy Mikonis <r41hp@xxxx>]

I think it's out of our hands by this point. The
decisions have been made. As a member of the
automotive press, I've heard D/C officials hinting
around a LOT about the Hemi in the 300N, without
actually admitting it. I would be stunned if they
aren't doing it. Given the product plans of other
automakers, they can either take charge or shoot
Chrysler in the head.

Andy

P.S. I've driven the truck. The new Hemi rocks! 
Though I hear there may be some debate on whether it's
truly a "Hemi." Stay tuned...

--- joebril@xxxx wrote:
> Members,
> 
> Last year, I appealed for somebody in our club to
> organize an "en masse" 
> appeal to Chrysler, from the 300 club, to get the
> Hemi, (which they managed 
> past Daimler Benz gatekeepers into the Dodge Truck
> line), into the N. 
> 
> An appeal to Chrysler with 100 names from a club
> providing "free marketing" 
> from their hobby on it isn't statistical proof of
> demand. But its better than 
> nothing when the Chrysler "champions" have to
> justify 2 high-performance 
> engines being maintained in the car lines, ie the
> V10 Viper motor and the 
> Hemi V8. 
> 
> The accountants may be right...it could be very
> expensive to have both. Bob 
> Lutz told me that the reason for the V10 was that
> the engineers could get it 
> through the EPA for a car easily due to the same
> approved "EPA cylinder 
> model" as the V8. 
> 
> I don't know if the Hemi in the truck, with lower
> EPA requirements, levers 
> the Hemi into the N on a cost basis. I don't know if
> the cost-cutters are 
> done at Chrysler and if the marketing people have
> regained "clout".
> 
> I don't have time to organize and do this but I
> would sign the letter or 
> approve my name on the e-mail. Is Tom Gale still
> there? He would be a good 
> target for the email. A 240 HP "300M" is a nice car,
> but from marketing 
> perspective it is a bit of an oximoron, isn't it. A
> Hemi in an N could have 
> the same marketing spillover that a special edition
> Corvette gets for 
> Chevrolet. Get it to be pace-car of the Indy 500!! 
> 
> Volunteer with time and experience needed,
> Joe Brilando
> Proud driver of a C300 (with Corvette carbon fiber
> disc brakes)
> joebril@xxxx
> 
> 
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> 
> 


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