Originally Posted by john book
What made the Chrysler Crossfire a good car IMO was the quality that Mercedes brought to the table,,,It should only be reconsidered if that can be done again in a two seater. I have always liked Chrysler and Dodge vehicles over the last twenty years or so however all it takes is closing the rear hatch on a Crossfire compared to anything else in the Crysler line up. Not to mention the fact that everything I have owned from Chrysler/Dodge has always left me in the service department for something all the time. Not the Crossfire. Only if the build quality and unique looks can be replicated should the attempt be made....
I've had my Crossfire for 4-1/2 years and 18,000 miles and the only thing that's gone wrong with it is....... well, I suppose having the gas tank filled up from time to time isn't really a fault, is it?
But my other Chrysler products, having nothing at all to do with Mercedes Benz, really, have been equally reliable.
My daily driver is a 2004 PT Cruiser Turbo that I've owned since new, and it has 70,000 miles on it. It has the same problem with the gas tank, and that's it. It has never been back to the dealer and it's never had the slightest hint of a problem. And I've even got the Mopar Stage 1 upgrade to the turbo, plus a bunch suspension mods, etc.
Before that car I had a 2000 Dodge Stratus that I traded for the PT after putting 50,000 miles on the Dodge. Now that car had problems....... besides having to put gas in it regularly it actually had a fog light bulb burn out. That car might not have had the best driving dynamics in the world, but with leather seats, power everything, and Autostick gearbox, 6 disc CD, V6 and almost 30mpg it was comfortable and very reliable (burned out fog light bulb not withstanding).
So at this point I'm pretty impressed with what I've seen reliability wise from Chrysler products, whether they were assembled in Sterling Heights, MI (the Stratus), Toluca, Mexico (the PT) or Osnabruck, Germany (the Crossfire).
I've never been embarrassed for a moment that the Crossfire has Chrysler badging on it, and when someone asks me what it is, I tell them it's a Chrysler Crossfire. If they then ask "isn't that sort of like a Mercedes SLK?" I'll get into that conversation, but that's it. A few times I've even had someone remark "Wait... what? That's a Chrysler???" and I'll just leave that at "yep, it's a Chrysler" and leave them scratching their heads.