Driving down I-97 towards D.C. today, I passed a car carrier full of new (protective white plastic on body panels from factory) Crossfire coupes. Whats up with this? I kind of assumed that most or all that had been made for '08 had reached wherever they were going by now. Ideas?

 

`Incentives' for passing Auto bailout legislation?

 

i thought they quit making them the end of 2007. man if there still out there they must have had a storage lot full of them somewhere. sounds like they'll be some good deals out there for some lucky few owners.

 

Yeah, something w/ the Bailout did cross my mind. I'd just love to know where they are heading and for how much.

 

My guess is that they have moved all the offshore left-hand drive cars back to North America to dump.

DB does not want them overseas to Muck-up MB sales. Actually, DB does not want anything to do with Chrysler.. They have valued their 19.9 % share they still own of Chrysler LLC at $0. (or would that be 0 Euros?)

I've seen cars built for the Belgium market in Vancouver and the Pacific NW. If you spot any of these cars, and can get at them, look at the drivers door tag. Look for the "local" certification as of date of production. It will have the intended sales market.

My big question is what did they do with the parts for the cars that they paid Karmann not to build?

Presumably DC paid Karmann 100 million Euros not to produce the remaining contracted Crossfires.

Where did all those parts go after December 17, 2007??

 

Could be the inventory of a dealer that went out of biz on the way to an auction.

 

Not with the protective white plastic on them from the factory.

 

I am glad I didn't see this truck on the highway. I would have hijacked it! So I could get all the crossfires

 

It's common for dealerships to leave the white plastic protection on their inventory until the vehicle is prepped to be sold. See the attached e-bay links with Porsche dealers advertising Boxsters in stock.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/08-Po...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/08-Po...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Baltimore was one of the ports of entry. There was a large number of cars stored there. That is probably where the carrier was from.

 

I wish they'd ship some RHD with sticks over here. That would be a hoot to drive here. (I've driven manuals in Ireland, so I know what I'm talking about.)

 

We are nowhere near the truck route from Baltimore unless the driver is about 15 - 20 miles off course. The storage lots are right on 95 by the Tunnels in Baltimore. My guess is those cars are in my garage waiting for me when I get home tonight!

 

The old Beta shoe factory parking lot in abington MD is a storage area for hundreds of Crossfires!

 

Is or was storage for hundreds of Crossfires?

 

Still being used fo storage

 

Any idea how many unsold xfires are still out there

 

I'd prefer that the unsold cars just end up being bought by parts warehouses for use as spares.

 

Any inkling what's going to happen to all those cars in Baltimore?

 

no but if you do cars.com search you will find a few new Xfires in Olathe Kansas and Spring Chrysler in Texas

can't talk those expletive (Log Cabin GOP types) down to a reasonable number