At motortrend.com there is a video review of the '07 Crossfire. The narrator hopes that Chrysler will drop the Crossfire and give us something "cool" instead. What's cooler than a Crossfire? The guy obviously has not driven one, and has no taste.

 

He is an idiot.

 

Yup pretty much. So many idiots its stupid.

 

You're too kind...

 

Please Motor Trend, please...please give us a "reviewer" who knows his A$$ from a hole in the ground.

 

The review reflects the difference in the taste of people. On this forum I have experienced the wide gaps in dash preferences, the wide gaps in custom parts, styling and coupe to roadster preference. I like my red roadster with SRT wheels and Sherwood dash mod. I should worry about Motor Trend? Nope...

Gary

 

Arado, of course your correct, and I've heard the Crossfire called alot of things in the past couple of years, but I've never heard it referred to as being, "UNCOOL".

 

I'd be OK if they drop the crossfire and give us the firepower, but then again they are not in the same price range.

Top production the Crossfire is very cool. Especially now that they will stop.

 

Motor Trend is pretty much the bottom of the barrel, least credible of the "big three" car mags. (Car and Driver, Road&Track, Motor Trend) The reviews always read like so much ad flack, they have pretty much prostituted themselves into corporate mouthpieces for the car companies.

Now that I think about all of the recent and current cars in our garage were panned and slammed by the car magazines, 2006 Crossfire (slow, dated chassis, sales failure), '96 Cherokee Classic (crude, old fashioned suspension technology, rough, noisy), '97 Mercury Cougar XR7 w/4.6 SOHC V8 ( overweight, underpowered, dated styling, retiree's ride) 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD turbo diesel (ill handling, cutesy styling, noisy uneven responding diesel). Guess what, I don't care what the "experts" say. In a lot of cases they are simply wrong or off base in their opinions. As the years pass and I see for myself how inaccurate or misguided the judgments of the various car reviewers have become I have become a complete contranista !

In other words, if the car "experts" really, really just hate something I get interested in checking it out to form my own opinion. I like going against the flow and fighting the ignorant crowd of hacks parroting each other's idiot pronouncements. Let the Lemmings run off the cliff en masse, I'm heading the opposite direction folks !

Cincinnati Slim

 

This is a general opinion and not based on the Motor Trend review. We all have different likes and dislikes. This reviewer was maybe expecting something from the Crossfire that he didn't get. Maybe he was comparing the Crossfire against something in his mind that he believed the Crossfire should be. We know that the chassis is old tech; MB changed to a new one as soon as the Crossfire was produced. I don't put a lot of stock what other people say about my car. It's what I like and why I like it!

Jag

 

A good example was how he knocked the hood strakes. That is one of the most distinguishing marks on the car...

 

The Crossfire has never been treated fairly by the car mags. They're a fickle bunch, and they're job is to hock the latest and most expensive 3 second 0-60 ride out there. Everything else is crap to them.

The car is beautiful, fast, fun, and well built. Screw em.

 

Ah yes, opinions are like A__holes, everybody's got one. I like many of us on this board like to be offset from the crowd, I'm sure the Honda Civic is a fine car, I just don't want to have the 30th one on my block! I had an Isuzu VehiCROSS the 2nd year they came out, I get less comments on the Crossfire than I did with the Isuzu.

It's easy to find faults or be unimpressed with the Crossfire, especially if you just got done driving an Enzo ?!?!

 

I'm not at all a fan of SUVs, but I always thought that the VehiCROSS was a really cool, funky vehicle. Wouldn't want to have to keep its tank filled, though.

 

Not all reviews are negative.

http://car-reviews.automobile.com/Ch...road-test/863/

 

One might almost think that review was written by a Chrysler PR man. Still, with the exception of his opinion on the cupholder, I found his comments to be dead-on. I especially liked this closing excerpt...

"This is a vehicle capable of raising the pulse of the dead. Living with the Crossfire is like living with a mysterious partner, pulling you closer each day. After becoming accustomed to the Crossfires mystery and distinctive personality, I didn't want to leave it alone. Few cars are as thrilling to drive. No, its not the fastest car for the money, but its one of the most fun."

But he sure missed the mark badly with this...