Once you get beyond the need to believe you have the fastest street racer around, you can enjoy the XFire for what it is. A high quality car. It just feels more substantial than most of the other sports cars. The car is rock solid.

And, the XFire is a heck of a price bargain, The styling sets it apart from the rest. The car just looks aggressive and the design sure isn't out of a cookie cutter mold.

It is unique now that production has stopped, and always will be. I like the idea that the design is the same for all XFire model years. Not many cars make classic design status after 20 years and the Xfire has as good a shot as any current offering.

You know, if you sit an XFire next to a same vintage MB SLK, it is readily apparent why the Daimler management team didn't stress the XFire in marketing Chryslers.