[jorian]

"....I don't see auto quality and availability in the western world ever sinking to anything resembling that."

I guess you haven't driven a Ford, lately...

If the design department of Chrysler gets swallowed up by GM's, their products will be assimilated. The cars will have to fit GM's platforms making them more homogenous looking.

Chrysler just axed 13,000 jobs in an effort to fix itself. Saying that GM's purchase of Chrysler is a good thing is the same logic that a lot of dysfunctional couples use to decide to get married. "Sure we've got problems but getting married will take care of that." BTW - I didn't say anything about wait lists.