{"id":3567,"date":"2021-01-22T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2021-02-06T14:14:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T19:14:06","slug":"stellantis-stellantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3567","title":{"rendered":"Stellantis&#8230; Stellantis?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPA275.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPA275.jpg\" alt=\"Stellantis... Stellantis?\" class=\"wp-image-3568\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPA275.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JPA275-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I realize that a lot of readers may be confused and not recognize much about a cartoon about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganradio.org\/post\/stellantis-official-merger-fca-and-psa-group-completed\">merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the PSA Group<\/a> that finalized this week. But that&#8217;s kinda the point. I just thought it was remarkable that such a big, big story in the automotive world would seem to have so little resonance with Michiganders. Certainly wasn&#8217;t the case when Chrysler acquired American Motors, or when Daimler-Benz merged with Chrysler, or when they divorced later. Those were top headlines. Especially in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course it&#8217;s understandable \u2014 turns out going from insurrection to impeachment to inauguration sucks all the oxygen out of the news cycles. Plus, it&#8217;s difficult to get your head around a French company merging with an Italian company dominated by American nameplates and becoming a Dutch company with a name (Stellantis) that sounds like a prescription drug for an obscure skin condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, I do think congratulations are in order. For decades, our leaders have decried our state&#8217;s dependencies on the automotive industry and the need to diversify. Is it not a sign of progress that one of the fabled Big Three experiences such a dramatic change, and we cannot be bothered because we have bigger fish to fry? We&#8217;ve grown! We&#8217;ll always miss all those stable, high-paying jobs, but we&#8217;ve grown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I realize that a lot of readers may be confused and not recognize much about a cartoon about the merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the PSA Group that finalized this week. But that&#8217;s kinda the point. I just thought it was remarkable that such a big, big story in the automotive world would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3569,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567\/revisions\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}