Chrysler, which has received $4 billion in taxpayer bailout money (because God forbid we let ****ty companies go bankrupt), recently announced plans to help underwrite Terminator Salvation for an undisclosed amount.

This spring, Terminator 4 comes out and we will be one of the sponsors, Chrysler director of media Susan Thomson said in a presentation at the Automotive News World Congress. We have a following with the Terminator movies and we are going to continue with that. [Reuters]

Thomson later added, From now on, when people think post-apocalyptic wasteland, theyll think Chrysler.