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Well here it is again, Chrysler whom is owned by Cerberus Capital Management, will most likely say goodbye to the Jeep Commander SUV, which was introduced in 2005 after sales on this model crashed tremendously.

Production of the the worst selling Jeep will most likely end in mid-2009. The Commander would be the 5th vehicle canceled by Cerberus in its attempt to bring life back into the automaker, which was purchased in August for….(insert Dr. evil voice here) “$7.4 billion dollars!!”. Hehe, sorry, I couldn’t resist. Chrysler has 11 SUVs, with six Jeeps in that line,and they are dumping the SUV’s that compete with each other for the same customers. I myself don’t think its a great idea to wipe them out totally, i think its a little thing called Variety, and I think its a good thing, but then who am I?

Chrysler whom is the 3rd largest U.S. automaker, chose to put the commander out to pasture rather than redesign it after the lovely gas prices caused a 43% decline in its sales this year. The large Jeep, which has 3 rows of seats can actually, comfortably seat 7 people!! For a jeep, that is huge, and with all that it averages about 17MPG with their 4.7L V-8 engine.

Now this vehicle was introduced just in ‘05 and its cancellation is coming in ‘09, talk about a short life span for a vehicle! “Mainstream models generally are allowed to make it at least through one full product cycle, or the seven or eight years between significant redesigns” said Tom Libby, a Troy, Michigan-based analyst with J.D. Power & Associates.

I guess some things work and some just don’t, thats the way the automotive market is I guess, I mean the Chevrolet Suburban for example, its been selling since 1936! Thats 72 years!!! Toyota also, they brought out their Land Cruiser back in 1954, is now in it’s 7th generation!

Sales of the Commander hit a high ‘06, which was its first complete year on the market, but unfortunately sales started dropped 29% in ‘07.

The automaker also announced that in November, that they were also going to put out to pasture the other following vehicles: Dodge Magnum(introduced in ‘05), Chrysler PT Cruiser convertible(introduced in ‘05), Chrysler Pacifica(introduced in ‘04) and Chrysler Crossfire(introduced in ‘03).

Well as we can see Cerberus is going to make a lot of changes all across the board, what is to be canceled next?? Seriously? I just hope that vehicles other established models like Wrangler, or Ram don’t fall under the chopping block with Cerberus thanks to the gas prices we have in this day and age. We Need To Find an Alternative for Fuel! But I think we all knew that already huh.

Well Ladies and Gents that’s all I have for you on this late edition of The Automotive Corner, What do you think about them Canceling the Commander? Think its a good idea as it seems or is it to early and they should give it another 2 or 3 years to see if a turn around occurs? Your comments are important to us at flytoyz, Drop us a line on something you seen that you liked or if you have something you think we should see, please let us know by clicking on the submissions button near the top right of this page, we would love to hear from you!

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