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Look for 2007 Chrysler CrossfireDon't look for a 2006 Chrysler Crossfire on U.S. dealership lots. With 2005 Crossfires still backed up on dealer lots, the Chrysler Group will not import a 2006 Crossfire into the United States. Dealers have plenty of 2005 models left, says Chrysler Group COO Eric Ridenour. "We have sufficient stock," Ridenour told Automotive News. The lack of a 2006 Crossfire here doesn't signal the demise of the car, he said. The company is selling 2006 models in Western Europe, and the Chrysler Group expects to offer a 2007 model in the United States.

 

That's very interesting news; thanks for the tip. For those of us who do not subscribe to Automotive News, was there anything else in the story, or was that the whole thing? Thanks again.

 

What sort of platform are they going to be building on for the 2007 XFire if this is true? If they can't rid stock of the 2005's, why make a 2007 unless it will be competitively priced and have the performance/trim that makes folks wanna get one. If they could get an SRT version in the 30's and have it compete with other coupe/roadsters, it would sell better. Then, buyers would choose the new Xfire over say, and Evo, BMW-3 series, or even the lesser priced but good-handling-for-a-GM-car Saturn Sky Redline with a turbo 2.4L or other vehicle in that gross realm of a performance coupe.

 

early on they said that srt 6 would require a special order for 2006. now just 2005's.

anyone know how many 05 srt 6"s were made???

Bud Nixon

 

Don't know the SRT6 mix but the Jeep SRT8 mix is at about 8,000 units of approx. 280,000 p/year. So about 3% of total volume.

 

I did an extensive search a while back on the production numbers of the srt6 and the only thing I found out was that Chrysler has not released that information. Auto experts have estimated that"less than a thousand" were made. Of that, less than a third are roadsters.

 

Guys, just to add another report on this see: http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef0e9e2

I think maybe they're trying to motivate those fencer sitters (ME!) to buy one or wait for a while.

 

Interesting; they can't even get the photos right. So, for 100 points, what is the car on the left side of the story?

 

Chrysler Firepower concept.

Viper chassis, 6.1 hemi, and a Chrysler nameplate...

Danno

 

Yep that was my guess too!

 

The E19 fan control module recall affected all SRT-6 Crossfires and they printed production numbers of 23,700 cars... So that might be a decent start.

 

There is no way that many SRT-6's were built. Can you provide the documentation on these numbers please?

 

Recall issuance is based on vin#'s which are based on chassis production and reflect all bodies. Specifics on mechanical differences are encoded in the vin. As odd as it may seem there is no srt specific code and therefore no way to know that chassis is going to be one. For instance,when the copo Camaros left the assembly line the had regular vins on them and then were sent off to have their motor put in.

In other words, that's why we can't just look at the vin and tell how many srt6's were made.

 

The eighth digit of the VIN is the engine code. Non SRT6's have an L. SRT6's have an N.

 

The E19 recall is for ALL Crossfires built in '04 and '05. Not just the SRT6's. So that total is going to be pretty close to the total number of Crossfires covering all the models.

Danno

 

Got my E19 done today... part showed up finally.

Danno

 

Way to go man! Did you put in on yourself or take it to where you bought it?

 

Actually,

You can break it down further than that. If you have the whole vin, the 6th and 7th together will tell you SRT or not, and coupe vs convert. SRT converts are 75, coupes are 79, non SRT converts are 65, and coupes are 69 IIRC.

Danno

 

Naw, we did it here where I work. We have a 2 Crossfire cert'd techs, even though we are a Dodge dealer. So they just banged it out for me... only took about 10 mins. He showed me, and its a real easy job.

The big problem, is that Chrysler won't just give you the part to do the recall yourself. They have to have proof (IE a Repair Order) that the vehicle was repaired for warranty reasons. Otherwise I would have probably done it myself.

Danno

 

OK, good deal. But I still don't understand how your store has 2 Cert. Crossfire Techs, when it's a Dodge only and not also a Chrysler store. Can you explain how that happened?