How Now, Brown Chrysler?
by Charles Ribakoff
(Note from Charles: If this column stops suddenly, it’s probably because I have been struck by lightning. Remember me kindly).
Hold the presses.
Back in February, I posted an article called The Future of Chrysler. I thought it was only a matter of time before the bible was revised to rename the prophets Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Charles.
What a great gig that could have been. Not quite the same poetry as, say, John, Paul, George and Ringo (or even as Dirk, Stig, Leppo, and Nasty, the pre-fab four), but, still, think of the sales potential: one in every hotel room, plus door to door summer sales. And the residuals…. But I digress.
Turns out I may not have been prophetic enough to qualify for my own biblical edition, although I got it pretty close to right. Now that Chrysler has been Obamaed and inepted into Chapter 11, this is a good time to revisit the future of Chrysler. The intent here is to make the point this is a great time to buy one (this is, after all, a social media attempt by a purveyor of autos), and ...