I took a good look at the Sebring at the dealership while getting the Crossfire repaired (another story). It's hard to separate my feelings for the crossfire from the dud this appears to be. Its about as useless as a mini 300. One of the great things about the Xfire is how unique it is. Now it has a couple of ugly stepsisters.

 

FPM

This was the Chrysler Airflite Concept for the new Sebring.

 

OK, the Sebrings at the dealers look nothing like that.

 

All I know is, the first time one of these new Sebring owners comes up to me and says "it looks like we have the same car", I am going to **** on his tires.
I will never buy another Chrysler. They just cheapened my car.

 

He he he... they just cheapened your car, what about mine? Seriously, the way the Crossfire has been marketed, sold and serviced since day one has cheapened our cars. The new Sebring and SUV whatever it's called are just two more steps downhill for the Crossfire. But then, one could say the styling cues they took from our cars is flattery.

As for "never" buying another Chrysler... I would never have bought a Chrysler, including my Crossfire, had it not been built in Germany using MB parts.

 

Ditto.

 

I also saw the Sebring at the dealership, (Huffine's, Denton, TX) this morning. I dropped the XFire off to have new tires installed. Bought the tires from Tire Rack.

As I sat in the Sebring ($18,000+) I noticed the top of the dash is almost an exact copy of ours, right down to the center spine, leading off the hood. I also noticed it was a cheap material, that was bulking where the passenger side air bag was located. The rest of the interior was "acceptable" but just barely. When will these guys wake up and put the money into the place we live in while driving? The car itself is not a bad intermediate family car, when compared to the other offerings. I would like to see one of the $26,000 Touring Editions with the 3.5LV6 and six speed manumatic, for comparison of materials.

Oh, picked up the XFire after lunch. Everything done, no scratches or chips on the wheels. Nice work...total bill was $43.00 to R & R four tires including mounting and balancing.

 

Ouch! and you too FP Martinez. Are you guys serious? Well, for me, being built in Germany was something I had to swallow. I've spent too much of my car buying experience pushing Buy American...or at least North American. The Crossfire was the 5th Chrysler in the family. All of them have been great, compared to the other cars I've owned. My favorite was my Eagle Vision...great, fun car to drive. My most luxurious, my 300M. In fact, my son and his fiancée have recently possessed my car...I let them borrow it when I left the country, and I still haven't gotten it back...going on 2 months. Then we have 2 Sebring Convertibles. My wife's love, and my son's primary car (he put in shop for an oil leak, and thus the 300M loaner).

I will buy another Chrysler car. I became a convert in 2000, and haven't seen anything in the other North American builders that comes close to a Chrysler in styling and innovative features. Of course, the new all electric vehicles coming out from Phoenix Motorcars (as seen in SEMA 2007) show tremendous potential for the immediate future. But I'll bet they end up using a GM platform. Still, 250 miles on a 10 minute, $3 charge...with a battery pack projected to last 12 years...that's amazingly innovative. And we're talking full passenger load, highway speeds.

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To get back on subject, my wife will accept no other car than a Sebring Convertible. So if the new 2007 ragtop is a piece of crap...I'll be shopping for a 2006 Sebring...and maybe it will become a collector's item (sorry to dig that in).