just goes to show most American's don't give a hoot when it comes to the reliability factor. just look at the sales for fiat. (ram/jeep)

 

I think it is mainly due to the new trend of keeping cars only for 3 to 4 years. Manufacturer's warranty covers all reliability issues during that period anyway. OTOH Americans have always been risk takers which is why this is the land of opportunity

 

Could also be great incentives.

 

indeed... FCA is barely staying afloat.

 

i decided to look into your comment, not knowing anything about fca's performance.

turns out they made a net profit by the end of 2015 of 377 million Euros. this sounds tiny, but then you notice that they cut their debt about 6 BILLION euros. that's impressive.

anyway, they're hardly just 'barely staying afloat' - they're definitely not a money printing machine like toyota, but they seem to be on a decent path.

dec 2015 fin report:
http://globaldocuments.morningstar.c...msdoc/original

 

I wasn't going to say anything but I'm glad you did. Marchionne's comments make the unacquainted think FCA will be dead by the end of 2016, but in reality he is an overly transparent numbers guy and is just doing the needful to manage debt. FCA will be fine.

 

I wouldn't buy the current gen GS simply because of the grill. It's getting worse.

 

Could be people were holding out for the GLS which just came out...

 

They weren't holding out as much as the supply had wound down. Dealers are pissed at MBUSA because they aren't allocating enough SUV's to dealers. Some dealers have actually ran out of GL's to sell in the past...so let's hope they get production at the Alabama plant rectified soon.