[TripleJackInGA]

No, I read exactly what you posted, and what you posted was yet another slam of DCX in general, specifically the 'merger' with DaimlerBenz.
When I said I have a deep knowledge of Chrysler vehicles, by default I meant Chrysler history in general.The two go hand-in-hand, Kirby.
The instances you sight as being part of some heinous German conspiracy; the loss of jobs, the phasing out of AMC/Eagle and Plymouth, would have eventually happened regardless of who held the ownership papers to the company, if they wanted the company as a whole to survive.
AMC, which later became Eagle, two cars in their line, which is barely enough to justify having a seperate division, especially when both of the cars were mirrored by other divisions within the company.Sadly, the same fate befell Plymouth.Plymouth had only 3 cars (I think) plus the prowler at the time they gave up the ghost.And if you think it's just DCX doing this sort of thing, then I refer you to the decision of GM to phase out the Oldsmobile brand, even with very unique vehicles.My point here is that it is my belief that the loss of AMC/Eagle and Plymouth would have come in any event, and should have.It's better to shed a little then to have the entire company go under.
The job cuts would have come in any event.*EVERY* car maker has cut jobs in the US and/or sent them outside of the US.It's a simple numbers game.Sales took an absolute dive, along with the entire economy, after 9-11, which has been compounded by the steep rise in gas prices since about 2000.another reason you see so many jobs leaving the US, especially for Canada and Mexico is good old NAFTA. Why would any company with any brains pay a U.A.W. worker $35 per hour to assemble a car when he can get someone in Mexico to do the same thing for about half of that, *if* that much? Again, DCX isn't the only one doing it, Kirby.The great American Muscle Car, the Camaro (along with it's stable-mate from Pontiac) was built in it's final days not in the US, but in Canada.
Before you start making insinuations about things happening because of German ownership, I think you should do your research a little better in the industry as a whole, along with economic factors.None of what you attributed to DCX in your original post can be hung directly on DCX, or specifically the German arm of DCX.