Boy howdy, sakes alive! :shock: I can not believe how disenchanted some of you folks are over a $35,000 car. You can't expect the world for this little amount of money...and from Chrysler :!:

I saw one of these beauties in a mall, :P and it was enough to get me to test drive one. Wasn't happy with the power, comfort, interior panels, and disliked the center console and had a strong dissatisfaction over the autostick's design. Everything else, I could customize: new seats, personalized interior, aftermarket performance parts, etc. The tranny I don't think I could replace with a B&M Shifter or 350Z auto trans.

I began to think about looking forward to next year's model to see how these issues were addressed. Your responses have been enough to confirm my initial reaction which was not to buy this first year production car. Thank you. 8)

I had a 1967 Pontiac Firebird. It too had several problems the first year it came out, like having a mono-leaf suspension. Many of these problems were addressed in the 1968 Firebird and following 1969 Trans Am.

I am expecting the same to happen with this model. Already, we see the performance issue being addressed with the SRT-6 model, which has a high perf suspension and brakes to assist the 330 hp. :twisted: I hope to see some of the design flaws mentioned in this thread resolved in a positive fashion as well.

As for resell value, with the introduction of the SRT-6, I believe the 2004 Coupe will lose even more value as the $45,000 Crossfire SRT-6 will have more appeal in the resale market.

By the way, nice site. Keep up the good work.