New Chrysler V6--nice oil filter design & location

[TallPaul]

I don't care for the intregal exhaust manifold or the chain drive camshaft (pushrods for me man!). But that filter setup is sweet! Nice power too.

 

[caravanmike]

they are also devoloping a pentestar v-8 version to replace the 4.7L the hemi(5.7L) i understand is going to stay also for a long time.

 

[1999nick]

Originally Posted By: DeeAgeaux
Originally Posted By: rudolphna
Originally Posted By: rszappa1
prophits....if any will go to FIAT....and they are in Italy...


Not true, you don't know what you are talking about. If you buy a Mazda, the profits go to MAZDA, not Ford, who owns mazda.


You don't know what you are talking about.

Ford owns about 38% of Mazda and would get about 38% of those profits.

Fiat is on schedule to own 35% of Chrysler by next summer and would get that percentage of the profit. If it meets the Feds targets eventually it will own a majority of Chrysler and get a majority of the profits.

And no, I did not consider Chrysler an American company when it was owned by Daimler either.



These companies are traded on the stock market. Anyone can buy their stock and thereby share in the profits. Any profits not given the the shareholders are reinvested in the company, increasing the value of the company and therefore the stockholders' equity.

 

[kkreit01]

That is a nice location. Cartridge from top would be nice. Cartridge from bottom = much worse than spin-on.

I'm not "feeling" the MPG benefit here. Let's see, I can drive a GC V6 around town and get 16 MPG, or drive a GC Hemi around town, and also get 16 MPG.

 

[LS2JSTS]

Originally Posted By: 1999nick


These companies are traded on the stock market. Anyone can buy their stock and thereby share in the profits.



Hmmmm....wondering to myself, what did Chrysler stock close at on Thursday? What did GM stock do last week, did it go up?

/end sarcasm.

 

[willix]

Ford's Ecoboost is online & is sure to keep it in check.

 

[1999nick]

Originally Posted By: LS2JSTS
Originally Posted By: 1999nick


These companies are traded on the stock market. Anyone can buy their stock and thereby share in the profits.



Hmmmm....wondering to myself, what did Chrysler stock close at on Thursday? What did GM stock do last week, did it go up?

/end sarcasm.


In my post above, I was referring to Honda and Toyota stock, primarily. I was referring to the complaint that profits from selling Japanese branded cars manufactured in the US were sent back to Japan. Of course, these bailed out companies ( GM and Chrysler) would not be sending any of their non-existant profit to Japan. (sarcasm)

 

[LS2JSTS]

So all of the profits get distributed to the share holders? Or you arent concerned with that part of the profit that does find it's way back to Japan?

Guess so long as you can share in the profits, it doesn't matter at what cost those profits are obtained.

 

[Greggy_D]

Originally Posted By: DeeAgeaux

Ford owns about 38% of Mazda and would get about 38% of those profits.



Prior to Nov 2008, Ford held 33.4% of Mazda. Ford then sold 20% of the stock and now holds 13.4% of Mazda.

 

[1999nick]

So all of the profits get distributed to the share holders? Or you arent concerned with that part of the profit that does find it's way back to Japan?

Guess so long as you can share in the profits, it doesn't matter at what cost those profits are obtained. [/quote)

Of course, some of the profits sent back to Japan are paid to the executives and engineers in Japan. Much of it is invested in new plants and plant maintenance.

Just what costs are you referring to when you say "it doesn't matter at what cost those profits are obtained?"

These Japanese and other foreign companies employ many thousands of American workers who assemble the cars in this country, and many more thousands in this country who make the parts. There is a Toyota engine casting plant just up I-40 from me.

 

[LS2JSTS]

The problem is that the thousands of Americans that they employ represent a mere fraction of the total workforce. In relation to their share of the total US market, Toy and Honda employ a measely number of people here.

You see the glass half full, I see the glass as half empty.....Nothing personal......lets leave it alone and let the Chrysler thread go on.....cool?

 

[labman]

Originally Posted By: 1999nick

These Japanese and other foreign companies employ many thousands of American workers who assemble the cars in this country, and many more thousands in this country who make the parts. There is a Toyota engine casting plant just up I-40 from me.


While this is true, and the foreign content of some of the domestics gets fairly high, over all, you keep more Americans working the higher the domestic content, and the American companies over all have much higher domestic content.