CDJ Models Going, Going, Gone

Chrysler has officially unveiled its new plan for the next three years. Key to Chrysler’s plan will be a close sharing arrangement with its new shareholders, Fiat Group. A few popular models will be lost in the transition, but many new models will arrive over the next five years. For outgoing models, the Chrylser PT Cruiser will no longer be produced after 2010. The Dodge Viper is gone in the summer of 2010, while company officials say a return in 2012 is under consideration. The Dodge Caliber is ended in 2012, but a vehicle of a similar segment is set to arrive around the same time. The Dodge Dakota will be wound down in 2011, but a new mid-size truck using a unibody construction will arrive around the same time. For Jeep, the Jeep Commander is going away as of the end of 2010, with “international reallocation” for the vehicle occurring around the same time. This could mean that the Commander would live on in a different country with different equipment. And the Jeep Compass and Patriot will be consolidated into a new vehicle that will debut in 2013. Until that time, both vehicles will undergo “major modifications” next year.