On the Ed's Auto Reviews channel. He just bought it for himself.

 

Not a fan of the video. It just seems like these guys misunderstand the video, have wrong expectations or just simply are too lazy to do their homework.
He does write in the comment section that after driving it for a while the car grew on him.
Comment section is full of negative comments, too calling it cheap and "Chrysler quality", which means bound to fall apart.

It amazes me that it's brother, the Mercedes SLK always received the highest praise and the Crossfire was just a piece of junk. Really interesting what a different emblem does to the thought process of people.

​​​​​​I get it, at the time of the Crossfire and before the Chrysler lineup wasn't the most sophisticated and stellar of all line ups and the old Plymouth, Neons and even Town and Countries didn't last last 100,000 miles without major damage but still...

​​​​​​AND then he compares it to his much better and much more beloved vehicle ...that ugly ugly Hyundai. 😂 Oh well, different strokes for different folks I guess!

 

Yes, all true. The saving grace is that this keeps Xfire prices considerably lower than for a comparable Mercedes.
Here's a cut & paste of the comment I left on his YOUTUBE video:

Yo Diggity Dog. I owned a 2005 Xfire Roadster from 2019 until this year, so for 4 years. Bought it at 33K miles & sold it at 45K miles and made $4,000 in the process. Gotta love our crazy car prices! Anywho, I did ALL my own maintenance so I'll throw you a couple bones. [these were in direct response to complaints he expressed]
1) The interior door pulls are wrapped (not plated) in a shiny metallic "tape", for lack of a better word. The seam runs North to South in the center of the pull facing the door, where you can't see it. Every time "you" grab the door-pull your fingers run across that seam and that gradually starts to pull it up and it begins flaking off with the ragged bits happy to give you a bleeding cut. You can remove the door-pull by prying off the front cover and removing 2 screws leaving the door-panel undisturbed. Take the pull to a plating company. Have them remove the wrap-coating and chrome-plate the entire part like they should have done in the first place.
2) Almost EVERY mechanical part is 100% the same as from a 2004 Mercedes-Benz SLK320. I advise right now to forget that the car says 'CHRYSLER' on it as they stopped carrying most of the parts in 2020 and the one mechanic who was trained to work on it at each dealership is long gone. Any independent German car repair shop will work on it.
3) If the ride is truly unacceptable to you there is an easy fix. Buy the 17" wheels that came on the SLK320 and sell your 19" Xfire wheels. The 17" tires have much more sidewall on them giving much more flex going over bumps.