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Muscle Cars and Trucks: The Great American Delusion?

“They see the Stars, but do not see the Light”

The Stars

“Make America Great Again” or MAGA continues to be associated with mobility and employment. It is a Great American Delusion. The metaphors for this delusion are the Jeep Cherokee:

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and the Dodge Ram;

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two very macho, muscular, badass “American” marques.?

Disabusing the Delusions

“History is the only education. All the rest is just training” ~ Brent Steeples

The Jeep Cherokee and Dodge Ram?

Wikipedia: Jeep?is an American automobile marque, now owned by multi-national corporation?Stellantis.[3][4] Jeep has been part of?Chrysler?since 1987, when Chrysler acquired the Jeep brand, along with remaining assets, from its previous owner?American Motors Corporation?(AMC).

"The spartan, cramped, and unstintingly functional jeep became the ubiquitous World War II four-wheeled personification of?Yankee ingenuity?and cocky, can-do determination." It is the precursor of subsequent generations of?military light utility vehicles?such as the?Humvee, and inspired the creation of civilian analogs such as the original?Series I Land Rover.[14][15] Many Jeep variants serving similar military and civilian roles have since been designed in other nations.

Dodge

Dodge?is an American?brand?of?automobiles?and a division of?Stellantis, based in?Auburn Hills,?Michigan. Dodge vehicles have historically included?performance cars, and for much of its existence Dodge was?Chrysler's mid-priced brand above?Plymouth.

Fate: acquired as a division of?Chrysler Corporation?in 1928

Headquarters{ Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.

Products: Cars, SUVs, vans/minivans

Parent: Stellantis

Founders and Disease

Founded as the?Dodge Brothers Company?machine shop by brothers?Horace Elgin Dodge?and?John Francis Dodge?in the early 1900s,[2] Dodge was originally a supplier of parts and assemblies to?Detroit-based automakers like?Ford. They began building complete automobiles under the "Dodge Brothers" brand in 1914, predating the founding of Chrysler Corporation. The factory located in?Hamtramck, Michigan?was the?Dodge main factory from 1910 until it closed in January 1980. John Dodge died from the?Spanish flu?in January 1920, having lungs weakened by?tuberculosis?20 years earlier.[3] Horace died in December of the same year, perhaps weakened by the Spanish flu, though the cause of death was?cirrhosis?of the liver. Their company was sold by their families to?Dillon, Read & Co.?in 1925 before being sold to Chrysler in 1928.

What is Stellantis?

Stellantis is a mega auto conglomerate created on Jan 16, 2021. It’s a new company formed by the merger of France’s Groupe PSA and Italian-American auto conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles aka FCA. The merger of the two auto groups combined around 4.8 million vehicles from FCA with 4.1 million vehicles of Groupe PSA, putting Stellantis ahead of General Motors in terms of global market share and making it the fourth-largest automaker in the world.

Stellantis North America: As for the name, well the name “Stellantis” apparently comes from a Latin word called “stello” which means “to brighten with stars.”?Stellantis’ all-star lineup comprises of some of the most renowned car marques from France, Italy and the United States. Dodge, Ram, and Chrysler being the three American marques that come under Stellantis North America.?

Stellantis combines Groupe PSA’s Peugeot, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall with FCA’s Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Jeep, Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Maserati. The full list of brands under Stellantis group looks something like this, arranged alphabetically:

  • Abarth
  • Alfa Romeo
  • Chrysler
  • Citroen
  • Dodge
  • DS
  • Fiat
  • Jeep
  • Lancia
  • Maserati
  • Opel
  • Peugeot
  • Ram
  • Vauxhall

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