Comments on: Question Of The Day: What Is Nardelli Driving To The Bailout Hearings?

By: Rev Junkie

Rev Junkie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:02:07 +0000

I’d drive a Hennessey Venom 1000 Twin-Turbo Viper SRT-10. Even if global warming existed, the hot air from Congress would outweigh that of any gas inhaling turbo Viper.

By: AG

AG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:29:49 +0000

As a private equity firm employee, I’d say he’s just as out of touch as ever. He’ll still take a private jet.

By: rpol35

rpol35 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:30:36 +0000

I think he should just walk; complete with a hobo stick over his shoulder. He can tell the committee that Chrysler is so broke they couldn’t spare a car or the gas to put in it.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:13:46 +0000

This clearly shows Chryco has nothing going for it right now doesn’t it?

I was going to suggest K-car, but then again it does send a mixed message in too many ways (and, someone beat me to it).

I would like the Challenger/Viper option, but politicians (in general) are not going to appreciate that kind of hybris. They rather see the big men humiliate themselves in some hybrid and the consequently still get fooled into thinking that hybrid is in fact eco-friendly.

With that in mind I wouldn’t say it’s a bad idea for Nardelli to drive (the last 3 miles) in one of those Tesla-esque Lotus Europas driven by batteries and propelled by a Dodge sticker on the side of them.

The politicians won’t know it’s a Lotus anyway, and thus will all be mad impressed by the added lightness and added batteries…

By: seabrjim

seabrjim — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:29:29 +0000

His mother in laws plymouth horizon, of course. 45 mpg, dont cha know.

By: gogogodzilla

gogogodzilla — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:15:45 +0000

Probably a Jeep of some sort.

Then talk about how Chrysler needs the bailout dollars to keep this “piece of American history” alive. That anyone who would deny the money would be guilty of killing the vehicle that won WWII.

By: jnik

jnik — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:09:40 +0000

“Gasp”! FALSE NOISE pointed out a pertinent news fact? That is news in itself! If he does drive it, I wonder if anyone in Congress will be smart enough to notice and point it out?

By: CommanderFish

CommanderFish — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:58:55 +0000

It’ll be one electric Town and Country. Or Wrangler. Or Lotus Europa. They don’t specify.

How do I know?

It’s mentioned in their Grand Master Plan(R)

We plan on launching additional small, fuel-efficient vehicles. ENVI is our breakthrough family of all-electric … and range – extended electric vehicles – similar to the one parked outside. Chrysler’s product plan includes the introduction of the Ram Hybrid and our first electric-drive vehicle in 2010 with three additional models by 2013.

TAAAAAAAAAAAA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

(I found this on Motortrend

By: Flashpoint

Flashpoint — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:37:33 +0000

pnnyj :
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
The Chrysler Imperial Concept car from 2006, it’s every bit as ludicrous as Chrysler’s claim that they’re still a viable business.

As a Chrysler 300 owner, you’ve really hurt my feelings.

By: TexN

TexN — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:09:02 +0000

Two guesses in no particular order:
1) a sleek John Deere lawn tractor that he bought with an “employee discount” from a previous employer or
2) some piece of shit that Chrysler manufactures

By: pnnyj

pnnyj — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:40:24 +0000

The Chrysler Imperial Concept car from 2006, it’s every bit as ludicrous as Chrysler’s claim that they’re still a viable business.

By: Stephan Wilkinson

Stephan Wilkinson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:05:01 +0000

A truly courageous, enlightened and intelligent CEO would tell the congressmen and senators that he or she flew in the corporate jet and, in no uncertain terms, why it would have been stupid not to.

Okay, so I used to drive a Citation. Cessna, not Chevy.

By: iNeon

iNeon — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:11:12 +0000

Town & Country EV

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:04:35 +0000

The Challenger’s not a bad idea, but it needs to be Orange or White (in deference to “Vanishing Point”, which in this case applies to the company’s cash reserves – they’re vanishing or they will be up in flames at the end of this movie).

By: jwolfe

jwolfe — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:42:17 +0000

Wow, what a bunch of great comments, kudos! My opinion would be to make the trek in a mega-cab cummins diesel dually. Behind this Ram truck, have a gooseneck, three car trailer hitched up toting the toyta, ford, and chevy fullsize 4×4 trucks like as the goat’s little bitches.

If he wanted to be classy, he could adhere the oversized calvin sticker against the rear glass that depicts the cartoon charater urinating on either a bowtie or blue oval, and a magnectic sticker on the side of the dodge with the message **”I’d rather be cummin, than strokin”

**cummins vs powerstroke, for those reading this with a pipe in their mouth, aimlessly hunting for threads on volvo’s safety ratings.

By: npbheights

npbheights — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:21:11 +0000

how about a product of the last Chrysler bailout, a Dodge Aries K. I wonder if he could find one that could make the drive. He would surely need a case of oil in the trunk, one quart per fill up.

By: tony-e30

tony-e30 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:19:02 +0000

He’ll drive a Chrysler 300 to demonstrate the necessity of Congress to release funds for Chrysler’s hybrid development needs. The fact that the other 2 are arriving in the hybrids all of America is clamoring to buy will help to underscore his plight.

At least that’s how I would play my hand. But of course I obviously lack the skills to be the CEO of a major company such as ~~Home Depot~~ Chrysler.

By: Adub

Adub — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:16:35 +0000

He should show up in Obama’s old 300C and say “If it was good enough for the President, it’s good enough for you.”

By: billc83

billc83 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:02:55 +0000

Fully loaded Challenger, complete with V-8.

“Mr. Nardelli, your choice of vehicle is audacious, to say the least. That thing guzzles gas.”

“Exactly, Senator. Look at how out of touch Chrysler actually is. We need that bailout money to get in better touch with our consumer base.”

I’m suspecting a signed check even if he shows up in a 1960s Imperial barely getting double digit mpg nmbers.

By: TaurusGT500

TaurusGT500 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:59:57 +0000

When Bob and I had lunch today (the caviar was delish by the way) he said he was torn between taking an AMC Gremlin or maybe an old Road Runner .. sort of a throwback nod to back in the day when men were men and cars were meant to be V8, carbon-spewing, gas-guzzling, tire-smokin’ … I’m running out of cliches here …. vehicles.

….I’ll let you know what he decides.

— Jim press

By: Edward Niedermeyer

Edward Niedermeyer — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:59:00 +0000

Thanks for the tip Ray. Dead horse it is, I guess.

By: ProfessorSlow

ProfessorSlow — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:46:07 +0000

It’s worth noting that, between an Escape hybrid, a Malibu hybrid, and a Challenger, Nardelli would be the only one to roll up in a car Americans might actually want to buy.

By: RayWert

RayWert — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:43:47 +0000

In point of fact, I believe Bob “The Builder” Nardelli is driving a soon-to-be-deceased Chrysler Aspen Hybrid.

By: John Horner

John Horner — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:38:22 +0000

A Spinter with armed guards to carry the loot back home in!

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:35:41 +0000

Lord Vader’s Tie Fighter