Originally Posted by houstondan
see, that's what i expect people to say, and think, about the crossfire in coming years. if it were a chrysler product then i'd wonder about them staying with the line behind small sales figures but it's so identified with mercedes that i think they'll stay with it.
dan
Dan,
The big difference is that Chevy had a conservative plan to get there. The Corvette was 10 years old by the time Chevy ever produced 20K of them in a year. It was 8 years before they even made 10K in a year. They increased production to meet the demand.
On the other hand, I'm afraid, Chrysler is doing a huge dis-service to its customers by flooding the market with Crossfires. If they only sell 5K SLKs in the U.S., why would they assume that 20K Crossfires a year will sell? The 350Z, RX-8, etc. would be expected to sell very well because they are feeding off the success of their predecessor.
I know many people here are happy with what they paid for their Crossfires and plan to drive them for a long time. But unless you're filthy rich you have to shake your head when you see new Crossfires for $22K. Chrysler didn't get to that price point by producing a legend.