There is no such thing as a merger, someone has to die, it's cannibalism in it's
worst form. The little one eats the big one and chokes on it's meal. Benz were
smart they sold off Chryslers' assets and bailed out before they could get really sick.
I was a second line executive with a large whitegoods manufacturer, we were
lean and mean until we "merged" with a smaller competitor, it was great, my salary doubled in two years, lot's of travel, nice hotels,wet lunches.
Then we started dropping product lines, our engineering standards were degraded and they even changed our part numbering system.
I went to so many meetings I didn't have time to do my work.
When I woke up to the nonsense our turnover had halved and I quit.
Two years later they "merged" with EMAB (electrolux) who systematically
destroyed what was left and sold the real estate. Now EMAB have left to make
their rubbish in China.
There is absolutely NO hope for Chrysler and I don't feel sorry, my father and I supported them from 1938 til 1980 when they sold out to the Japs.