The Case For Letting Chrysler Go Under

摘要

Even as Washington struggled to agree on a bailout for Detroit automakers, a pointed question emerged during the hearings on Capitol Hill: Wouldn't America's domestic auto industry be better off without Chrysler?rnFact: Chrysler is hurting for new vehicles, the lifeblood of any automaker. The company argues that it has a slew of new models, including arnfew electric cars, coming early next decade. But in the short term, all it has are a new Jeep Grand Cherokee sport-utility vehicle, a new Chrysler 300 sedan, and the Dodge Charger muscle car. None of these, obviously, is a gas sipper, and they won't sell in the kind of numbers they once did.