No traffic on the Crossfire?

The Crossfire is just slightly out of my budget, but I would love to
drive one and try it out.

Just wondering why, on this group, there isn't more traffic on this car?
(The styling is going to be with us for a while, it seems, which to me
is a good sign!)

-FPtM

 

Some people think it is ugly. It appears that the Pacifica may be the
next Edsel. Hopefully the Crossfire does better.

 

The auto magazines I have read hasn't said anything about the Crossfire
being ugly. They like the styling. The negatives, according to them, are
that they used to much plastic in the interior, which makes it look cheap,
and seating is not comfortable. As far as driving experience, they liked it.

 

I think the Pacifica is one of the best looking of the crossover vehicles.
Not sure of the drive experience as it's too far out of my reach $$$wise to
think about. same with the Crossfire. NOt great looking but not "ugly".
Funny when something foreign comes over that's truly butt ugly people here
fall over themselves buying it and praising it.
Larry

 

Uncomfortable seating will kill the car but I don't see much to the
plastic issue. The 300M is described as having a cheap interior and
my other car, an Avalon is supposed to have an almost Lexus quality
interior according to reviews but I don't see much difference except
for the power window and door switches. The Avalon's are much nicer
and like the ones in the Pacifica though the door panel switches for
the seat in the Pacifica I drove last were loose.

 

Because this is a CHRYSLER discussion group and the Crossdresser is a
thinly disguised Mercedes? And fugly to boot?

 

Well, the crossdresser IS foriegn. You also just described the Audi TT
and NeuBeetle.

 

Nah, it's been dethroned by the Honda Elephant.

 

Nah, nah, fugly is the Pontiac Aztec..a thinly disguised whirlpool
refrigerator.

 

I'm no car designer or art major but I can't get too excited over the
Crossfire styling. For the most part it works for me but the extra wide
natural finished trim around the windshield and the shape of the back of the
vehicle don't look quite right somehow. A little less of the beachball look
on the tail, maybe a bit broader and a hint of a ducktail spoiler like on
the LH cars?

Too much like that Audi thing.

 

Don't forget under powered.

 

Personally, I think the Pacifica is OK looking, but it is absolutely
substandard when it comes to power vs weight. The crossfire is indeed butt
ugly and definitely nothing to write home about in terms of performance
either.

It's too bad that Chrysler can't come up with a decent sedan with AWD. I
finally got tired of waiting (speaking of Audi) and bought an A4 quattro to
replace my 300M. Much better driving car, AWD, better mileage, faster, and
seems more sturdily built. The downside is that it's smaller. I suspect
there are a lot of folks out there who want an AWD vehicle without buying a
15mpg pig of an SUV. Those folks currently have nowhere to go, but to
Volkswagen/Audi/Subaru. A shame.

Anyone want to buy a low mileage '99 300M?

Cheers,

C

 

not many owners yet i would guess.the 2 we got were gone in a week times

 

the new dodge magnum looks very much like a pacifica but the rear hatch goes
into the roof line oh about 2 feet and will have the hemi and awd as the
option. seen one last week

 

I kept my first and never again VW product 3 months. Hope you have
better luck. Mine was brand new and pure junk.

 

Mercedes (C240, C320, E320, E500, S430, S500), BMW (325xi, 330xi), Volvo
(S60), Jaguar (X-Type), Infiniti (G35).

 

As opposed to the Chrysler management from 1971-1999, which re-skinned old
Mitsubishi, Sunbeam, and Renault platforms and called them Chryslers?

 

A review in the UK liked the styling of the Crossfire but was unsure if it
would hack it against the Merc SLK here. (The badge, the badge.)

Maybe the Crossfire will get a retractable roof one day?

Haven't seen one for real yet -- they'll stay a rarity in Europe,
probably -- but in the picture it looked pretty good to me.

It is interesting that the Crossfire attracts a particular venom from
certain quarters in this ng (Crossdresser being a polite example). I wonder
if it's because it was conceived by FOREIGNERS... (Same could apply to the
Pacifica, which has also attracted its share of criticism, thoughof a
different sort.)

DAS

 

I wouldn't let go of it just yet... A co-worker bought a Quattro. He
gets to drive it occasionally (when it escapes from the dealer service
dept.) but usually not everything is working right.

 

I've always respected European engineering, be it in the form of Jaguar,
Mercedes, Lamborghini, or BMW. What I don't like is the dilution of
Chrysler engineering with Mercedes, especially when it is just
re-skinning an old Benz platform and calling it a new Chrysler.

This is EXACTLY the kind of crap that many of us long-time Chrysler
aficianados expected of the "merger of equals" lie that was pushed on us.