(Autoblog) Rumormill: Chrysler to sell Jeep to International? If so, it's news to Chrysler
from Autoblog...
...A report has just popped up on the website for JP Magazine that the International Trucks unit of Navistar has purchased Jeep. We've contacted Chrysler for a comment on the story and spokesman Ed Garsten told us he hasn't "...heard a thing on this." The story may turn out to be untrue – in fact, we suspect it may be an unfortunately-timed April Fool's joke that's been published online commensurate with that publication's newsstand schedule. Despite all that, International would perhaps be a fitting owner for Jeep. Back in the '60s and '70s, the International Scout was perhaps the closest competitor to the CJ and old Scouts are still popular among off-roaders. As for the fate of Jeep and the rest of Chrysler, we'll have to keep waiting...
April Fools!!
Submitted by rayzdjp1 on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 12:33.
Every year Jp magazine does a "HA-HA" article. And as usual a lot of people fall for it. I admit, I did for the first couple of years. Then I figured out what was going on. What really makes it hard to catch is the fact that the April issue comes out in Jan/Feb. You really have to think and still kinda of wonder - Hmmmm??? Could this really be true?? You gotta hand it to them, they do a great job. They do fool a lot of readers. And these topics end up in a lot of forums. So reader beware.... sometimes you never know. Well, not really!
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