Gorgeous car, bang for the buck.
I both wanted and could afford to spend a bit (but not too much!) on a well-performing, solid car, and the Crossfire seemed to fit the bill, and looks amazing to boot.
Around here, for what I paid for my 53,000 mile Crossfire I could have had a WRX with 90,000 miles and a nearly-blown turbo, a boring Honda, or an older money-pit Audi... the choice was pretty easy