Originally Posted by Gene12

Before someone bites my head off, let me say I am a great fan of the Crossfire and love the car, but there are a few items to point out as to why most people would pick a Corvette instead.

The Crossfire is sold and serviced by Chrysler, which alone keeps many people out of the showroom. For those that see the "small" sporty looking car at the dealership, many are turned off the by the MSRP. Whoever heard (up until just recently) of paying $34-35k for a Chrysler product?

Very poor marketing, most people still have no idea what a Crossfire is or how it performs.

The Crossfire is not built by MB, it is built by Karmann Coach Works and only 40% or so of the car is made up of true MB parts.

For a car that is based on the SLK320 which has been in production since the mid 90's, the TSB list is rapidly growing very long. Also a lot of car people are turned off by the so called old technology. It is well documented that MB has been suffering serious quality control issues for the past 8-10 years.

As stated elsewhere, the Crossfire is a small car and does not accommodate large people very well. A Honda Civic is roomier than the Crossfire.

The Crossfire with a 215 hp engine and 229 lb-ft torque does not do it for many folks. The added price of the SRT-6 brings the price of the car closer to the base Corvette.

People who buy a Corvette for the most part, want a piece of an American built automotive icon.

It takes a certain kind of person to purchase a Crossfire, someone that is different from all the other clones walking around out there. Remember the old sports cars of the 50's when they first started to show up here? They too took a special kind of person to own one.

I could go on but you get the idea. The Crossfire is a certain kind of car for a certain type of person. I have mine and it would not hurt my feelings at all if they stopped building them last week. I like very much being one of only a handful of people that own one.