Both were designed to sell for less than domestic and import rivals.
But in wireless, too, the company faces an extraordinary array of foreign and domestic rivals.
It now has a market capitalisation of more than £30bn, three times bigger that its closest domestic rival.
The company believes the approach, called "jointness," will help make it more competitive with its foreign and domestic rivals.
Chrysler is much less diversified than its domestic rivals.
Ford's earnings rose 38.9 percent, to $1.5 billion, which exceeded the combined results of its domestic rivals.
Its three big domestic rivals do not intend to cut and run either.
VW, for example, found its parts in a domestic rival's cars.
For, partly because deregulation has been so slow, they have few credible domestic rivals.
The Gremlin's body was heavier and stronger than its domestic or imported rivals.