....and Jeep, bought, along the the ashes of AMC, from the French gov't
(Renault) ~1988.

AMC engineering is alive and well, however, as a department in DCX. It's
called: "JTE" - Jeep-truck engineering. (now you know why 318/360 Magnums
got AMC rocker arms!)

Rick
"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
n.umich.edu...
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, castoris wrote:
>
> > Audi
>
> German
>
> > Chrysler
>
> German, now. Was American.
>
> > Porsche
>
> German
>
> > Jaguar?
>
> Anglo-American (was English, now owned by Ford)
>
> > Above all why are Dodge cars sold as Chrysler in Europe?
>
> Because there is no brand recognition or equity to "Dodge" in Europe,
> aside from Dodge-badged, Renault-built heavy trucks.
>
> > Isn't dodege an American manufaturer and Chrysler British??
>
> Dodge Bros. was an American auto manufacturer purchased by Walter P
> Chrysler (another American automaker) in the 1920s, at which point Dodge
> became a brand of the Chrysler Corporation. Since Daimler-Benz took over
> Chrysler in 1998, Dodge is now a brand of DaimlerChrysler, a German
> automaker.
>
> Other brands of the now-defunct Chrysler Corporation include Plymouth (no
> longer in production), DeSoto (no longer in production), Imperial (no
> longer in production) and Fargo (no longer in production).