Originally Posted by arado
I believe you miss one very salient factor. The Crossfire was manufactured by Daimler Chrysler with Karmann doing the developement work and the assembly. Therefore the car should have the Chrysler, Mercedes Tri Star and the Karmann badges. That is it's pedigree. Gary
Historically almost all automobiles were singularly branded with appropriate acknowledgment to either the coachbuilder (LeBaron, Locke, Derham, Karmann, etc) or the engine supplier (Chrysler, Continental, Lycoming, etc.). In a few cases there were hyphenated automobiles that usually underscored a marketing advantage (Nash-Healey, Austin-Healey, Ford Cosworth). Granted, the Crossfire could have been sold as a DaimlerChrysler, but the last German car branded with the Daimler name was produced in 1926 and the only current name recognition of Daimler as an automobile is in the UK where Jaguar continues to market a high end XJ under the Daimler brand.
Now placing Karmann and "Powered by MB" badges on the Crossfire would be appropriate and the practice does have historical precedence. But to me, throwing on tristar emblems is akin to putting a Rolex dial on a Tudor watch....sure they are both made by Rolex Montre but only one was ever meant to wear the name and crown logo. All you'll be wearing is a Faux-lex....
