After divorcing Daimler, going steady with Fiat and cutting off Nissan, Chrysler looking for Chinese partner?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/" rel="tag">Plants/Manufacturing</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler/" rel="tag">Chrysler</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/dodge-hornet-concept/#7"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/chrysler_china_again.jpg" /></a><br />
<div align="center"><em><stron g><small>2006 Dodge Hornet concept - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />Over the past couple of years, Chrysler has been in discussion with seemingly every carmaker in the world about some sort of tie-up to achieve some particular end. Before it was battling for its very survival, it was in serious talks with Chinese automaker Chery about building a car or two, including a vehicle based on the 2006 Hornet concept car (pictured) and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/14/chinese-made-dodge-badged-cars-coming-to-mexico-next-year/">A1</a>. Fast forward to today, when everything has fallen away - <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/26/breaking-nissan-and-chrysler-end-collaboration-ram-based-titan/">including its collaboration with Nissan</a> - and now news agency <em>Reuters</em> says that Chrysler and Fiat are headed back to the People's Republic.<br /><br />Neither company has any noteworthy presence in China, a situation that both companies are desperate to change. According to <em>Reuters</em>, they want to find a Chinese maker to build something on Chrysler's C Platform, which underpins the Jeep Compass and Patriot, and Dodge Caliber.<br /><br />Chrysler currently exports ten of its models to to China. Fiat has a partnership with Chinese car company Guangzhou - which, in turn, is also allied with Honda and Toyota - to build a factory where Guangzhou will build cars on Fiat platforms. Guangzhou is a company that Chrysler has already approached, and the easiest route appears to be to simply expand the partnership via Fiat. No matter how it gets done, just give us a Hornet that looks like a Hornet... and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/14/chinese-made-dodge-badged-cars-coming-to-mexico-next-year/">not an A1</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/dodge-hornet-concept/low/">Dodge Hornet Concept</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/dodge-hornet-concept/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/06/hornet_(69)_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/dodge-hornet-concept/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/06/hornet_(67)_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/dodge-hornet-concept/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/06/hornet2_(21)_thumbnail.jp g" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/dodge-hornet-concept/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/06/hornet2_(21)_450_thumbnai l.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/dodge-hornet-concept/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/06/hornet_(13)_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/reuterscomService5/idUSTRE57P54220090826?pag eNumber=1&virtualBrandCha nnel=11604">Reuters</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/after-divorcing-daimler-going-steady-with-fiat-and-cutting-off/">After divorcing Daimler, going steady with Fiat and cutting off Nissan, Chrysler looking for Chinese partner?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/reuterscomService5/idUSTRE57P54220090826?pag eNumber=1&virtualBrandCha nnel=11604>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/after-divorcing-daimler-going-steady-with-fiat-and-cutting-off/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19142067/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/after-divorcing-daimler-going-steady-with-fiat-and-cutting-off/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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