Each owner looks at it from their own perspective, here's mine. The car would probably not have seen the light of day if the original SLK platform was not used. It naturally follows that MB drive trains were the only way that Mercedes was willing to sign off on the project. To me my car is a Chrysler just as the concept was a Chrysler. It seems to me that by denying that you also deny the untold man hours that the Chrysler team put into the car. Tell the Chrysler R+D team or the design team that their contributions didn't matter. Let's also not forget the contributions that Karmann had in actually building the car. In the end it's the unique story of how the Crossfire came to be. The small sign I display at car shows reads "Designed by Chrysler, Powered by Mercedes, Built by Karmann".