Totally and previously aware of that - but I'm not savvy enough to know if Chrysler _needed_ to keep the SKREEM system - although I'm more than willling to suppose that changing it over to the 'regular' (in the US) ignition and start mechanicals would have proven to be more difficult than I can imagine, and perhaps Mercedes refused to change it over? Anyway, given the unique and wonderful presence of the car, I'm very glad its 'unstealibility' is so high.