Originally Posted by
Franc Rauscher
Some of the above reasonings apply. But the truth be told, the company that designed and built the Crossfire dissolved. Daimler went on with the spoils and success. Karman and the Chrysler partners never recovered.
The Chrysler Crossfire was a red headed stepchild from a messy divorce.
Eric Stoddard, the visionary who designed it, had great plans for the next generation Crossie, but moved to Hyundai.
The car itself was well priced for what it was and with Dealer support would have likely continued. But as any red headed stepchild will admit, next to impossible to succeed without parental love and support.
all great points! Wish we would have seen a Crossfire V2 concept be executed in reality. Maybe I’m just biased but I remember when the first gen SLK came out with the BMW Z3 and Audi TT at the time they were groundbreaking, super thought after vehicles. For a while there was a 3 year wait for a SLK. Today all three of the first gen cars look dated, dull and boring. Just not able to keep up with modern designs. The Crossfire on the other hand still has people turn heads. Might be due to it’s rarity but I find the curves, headlight design, taillight design, little but distinct styling features amazing to look at to this day! Still a unique vehicle. Good for us, it’s relatively inexpensive to get German engineering with American styling!