I think its absolutely fair to say the Crossfire was born in the USA. I think that is one of the reasons it has had a luke warm reception in Europe - we are just not used to the concept of an American sportscar, or American cars in general. The nationality of which individuals actually penned the design is academic - they were doing it for Chrysler to their brief. As for the German connection, that only really came about in that it was the most cost effective way for Chrysler to get the Crossfire into production, it was the most convenient platform in the DCX portfolio.

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I personally believe Chrysler are one of the few manufacturers who, at least in recent years, have pushed the boundaries of design with the PT, Crossfire and 300C. Who else has put some many concept/show cars in to production, and stayed as true as possible to the original. I was completely bored with new cars, with nothing to distinguish them apart other than the badge. I always preferred to run old classics like my old 911 and 124 Spider (still do really). Then I saw the press release for the PT - here is a company daring to do something different. I had to have one! Then within months they announced the Crossfire concept - and they were going to build it! I had to have that too. The PT was a big gamble, probably more so than the Crossfire given its styling, but it paid off... the Crossfire didn't. You win some, you lose some.

Oops, I think that has well and truly jacked this thread.