I mean, look. If Fiat and Chrysler wanna combine their crumby companies into a bigger, yet still crumby company, then get another equally crumby company in on the action, I don't know how I'm supposed to feel. What sinks faster? Three sinking ships on their lonesome or three sinking ships lashed together? It's kind of surprising FCA has lasted this long and at this rate, I'm starting to think they might not go under, but if they do and drag Peugeot with them, well that's a lot of jobs and that's pretty worrying.

Subaru has stated repeatedly in the past few years they wanna stay small and lean because it's easier for them to operate. As much as I regret why it happened and how it happened, Ford and GM wouldn't still be around without their attempts to streamline things but it sucks so bad how many jobs have been lost in the process. Toyota and Honda have both been able to whether a lot of storms through product and asset diversity without going crazy out of their area of expertise like companies like General Electric.

At thus point, I'm rambling but I think you get what I'm trying to say. I rarely feel good about mergers and acquisitions, even when they make good business sense. I think smaller, more agile companies, in a diverse and competitive market is the safest way to go, economically speaking. This partnership though? Feels dumb and risky on so many levels.