DCX bails from Mitsubishi

DCX bails from Mitsubishi

Posted Nov 11, 2005, 9:00 PM ET by Eric Bryant

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DCX has sold off its remaining 12.4% stake in Mitsubishi, a day after the Japanese automaker confirmed that it had lost over a half-billion dollars in the first half of this year. The move bumped up DCX’s stock price by 2%, while stuffing its pockets with nearly $600M (that money is said to be going towards the $1.1B hit that Mercedes will take to cut 8,500 workers). Current joint projects between the companies are said to be unaffected, but undoubtedly this is the final nail in the coffin for a previous plan that essentially had Mitsubishi taking over Chrysler’s small-car and midsize development.

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could this be the end of mitsu?

I wouldn’t be surprised if GM eats them too. GM’s building quite an impressive stable of non-American vehicles.

yes but shaler gm is taking up well off companies not sinking ones…i dont think gm wil go after them until they can prove to gm they will beable to survive

like daewoo?

Doubtful that GM will be going after Mitsu. Hell, isn’t there rumor that Toyota is going after GM

that would be a little difficult, wouldn’t it? GM is much larger than Toyota.

Junk bond status. Toyota has the resources to pull off a nice loan to make a huge stake into GM

would they want the headache?

also, didn’t you think the G6 was on the Camry platform?

GM pretty much worthless right now anyhow. As well as Ford. Toyota and Honda are doing well though.

But… They all suck. MOPAR RULEZ :mrT:

actually i probed into that further… theyre not to far off from one another.

Theyre not a full platform share… but they were derived from one another

get off the dope.

not on the dope :slight_smile: Our conversation awhile ago sparked my investigation :slight_smile:

they don’t share:

engines, transmissions, brakes, suspensions, any body components, any interior components (maybe bulbs…lol).

You know what I found they share? A tire size. A Camry XLE and a G6 V6 both take 215/60R16. I guess between tires and 194 bulbs, they’re practically sharing a platform.

:stupid:

dcx is like the only american company to post a loss or a uber lost at that

Its all Chinese, who cares.

:rofl:

bump for Gay05 ownage

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I thought the 194 bulb comment was priceless…