Wanted to share an update with you. Today I sat in on the filming of 3 Chrysler managers/engineers who guided the making/building of the Crossfire from just after the concept car to production and onto the development of the Crossfire SRT6. This is being done to document the history of the car for DriveSRT.com history page. There were too many comments, stories and insight to remember but here are some random things:
-The SRT6 was know to have more HP than stated.
-On the Autobahn it was often that a Porsche had to move over as it was slower.
-An SRT can hit 180MPH (rather easily) under some conditions. (the N/A is no slouch either at 150MPH+)
- The design of the SRT6 and N/As were such that while the HP was not huge, the car was able to compete with cars that had considerably higher HP.
- A Crossfire was designed to be a high performance car. A double lane pass* at 150 MPH on a (closed oval) track was smooth and stable in an SRT6 or an N/A. This smoothness and feeling of stability was exceptional when compared to other cars they'd driven at those speeds and none of this was lost on the manufacturers of other cars in the region.
-If things hadn't gone so poorly for Chrysler the Crossfire would of had a future.
(* this is the phrase the fellow used-it's not something that I have any previous experience with)

Sorry that's about all I remember for now. I do not know when the tape will be put onto the site. When I get a date I'll pass it along to you.
Please "like" the facebook page for DriveSRT if you haven't already. My interest in any of this was to try to get a "parent" to acknowledge the Crossfire. Slowly it's starting. I understand the service departments have the Crossfire on their radar as well. To what extent I think comes down to each individual dealership and it's management. You can help by providing feed back about your experience with a dealer's service department. In my experience Chrysler and Dodge does pay attention to what is said. There has been concrete results, the 2005 Roadster soft top rear window repair, recently announced, was welcomed news.
If you have any experiences where your SRT6 surprised or out drove another car (which traditionally was expected to be better) share them on the DriveSRT facebook site.
If you want your Crossfire SRT6 to be considered a "I'd love to own one of those!" cars - help the cause. Ann