Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "Did You Know? DeSoto lasted until 1963! (or... 1984?)" video.

  1. Interesting context. The Leyland Sherpa - and her upsized Convoy derivative - and its sort-of-successor-that-wasn't have a complicated history 🤔
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  2. And yet with their UK subsidiary they failed to reuse any of its marques (unlike GMC with their Vauxhall & Bedford divisions)...and was the first of the US big three to crash out of the UK - and European - markets 😂 . (though Peugeot would fail even harder with the same Rootes & Simca assets) Chrysler isn't very good at marketing - among other things - by-in-large 🤦‍♂️ .
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  3. @davidjones332  Precisely. It's a pity too, as they probably would have sold Chrysler platformed but UK adapted cars quite well under a Hillman (regular), Humber (luxury), Sunbeam (performance) & Commer (commercials) setup 🤔 . Saying this as someone who's family had a Chrysler (Hillman) Avenger in the late-'70's / early-'80's. Not a bad car, but one who's company image had been ruined by the inept Americans not making good use of their assets. Then again it's not just the Americans. MG lost out on a fortune of promising MGF sales to the USA, because then owners BMW didn't want the MGF taking sales away from their Z3 😑 . (which makes one wonder why they outbid Ford for Austin-Rover in the first place, instead of making a deal like they later did with VW over RR-Bentley [a deal VW lost out hard on])
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