regfootball

In most cases, an entirely new interior and a front and rear reskin can revive some interest in a car. the unfortunate thing about the 300 is that the basic shapes and proportions of the car are so unique and pure, you cannot even reskin the car to change the look. There is no way to reskin the car to make it look sleek vs. brash and chunky, there is no way to make the windows larger, there is no way to put a fresh grille on it that would look right. in terms of design, it is a good one but i think what chrysler could use now is something less brash, less heavy sided, less in your face. sleeker. and there is no way to tweak the 300 to change the look to keep it fresh. so if everyone is tired of it, they are going to need to move it with incentives and cheaper pricing. What would really sell this car right now is if they had a new 300hp v6 and 6 speed to put into it. take away focus on the hemi and make a push with a more competitive v6.

nah, its an A5

that was so good i just about wet my pants!!!!!!!!!!! so much for the lifetime powertrain wty

NONO that is the remote storage lot for overproduction from the factory

if dodge redid the interior and the front end of the magnum....i would seriously consider getting one.....but that does not include the half hearted 08 refresh. that did not go far enough.

I KNOW!!! EXACTLY>! that is one niche that Jeep needs to be in! re: brew and cmg. first off, on the bling issue. A good 15-20% of the unique chargers, 300's, and magnums I see everyday have one of the following -blingy custom paint job or decals -oversized blingy dubs -window tint. keep in mind, i am not in florida or east LA. -billet grille now, no doubt part of that is because there is a chrysler dodge jeep dealer by my house. but my assessment is the cars I see on the road everyday. I like the magnum as much as anyone too (except for the cabin claustrophobia and dreadful interior). But I live dead square in suburbia with oodles and oodles of ovulating soccer moms and I gotta tell you.......they are NOT driving those Chryco products. Where I do see a few of the Chryco sedans is near the apartments in the older part of town where, shall we say, its not real affluent. I work in a large office building. That is a great cross section of what the working moms around here drive. It ain't 300's or magnums or chargers. there are a few chargers in the area here, but young guys drive them. The 300's people drove for fashion, they already traded in for other cars. I go to the malls, there are many of them around here. i do not see women in chargers or magnums or 300's. The pre 08 style caravans are popular here. Durangos were too until this new body style. I have not seen the new Caravans take off yet. I will bet the Journey does well, although I still think they swung and missed on the interior. but we'll see. The pacifica was popular at one time but is really getting killed now by the lambdas and japanese pricey models. the grand cherokees are piling up in dealer lots, but I like the GC. Hard to see. I think if the GC got better mpg.

where chrysler is in a kerfuffle is that many of its models are repellant to the typical soccer mom type of thing. your average uptight suburban middle aged woman with kids and spouse, and that lady usually controls the checkbook and what they buy. something like a charger or 300 does not appeal to them as family transport. nor would an avenger. women like that do not like bling in their vehicles. but they sure love dull Japanese vehicles. As much as you might think its nice for chrysler to contrast that, the reality is it hurts their ability to appeal to enough people to keep sales numbers up.

it only took like 7-10 years for DCX to mess up what they had. they had the 300/concorde/intrepid/LHS which sold very well to mainstream buyers across the board. their vans were top of class. they a unique sized BOF SUV, the durango, that sold like hotcakes. sebring coupe and stratus avenger coupe sold big. sebring convertible was the unquestioned sales king. the neon, cirrus, stratus all sold in big volume. the cirrus and stratus competed well. The Dakota was raping sales from undersized Ford and Chevy and japan inc pickups. Liberty and Grand Cherokee were sales stars. fast forward to today. as Oldmoboi said, those wanted the extreme out of mainstream bling of the 300/magnum/charger, already had one. Now its on fumes because their look and persona is way too bling. the avenger / sebring we get now is compromised on many fronts and is not large enough for the segment they are supposed to compete in. The new vans are messed up. Not beyond repair, but they definitely lack what the prior gen had. Caliber is nice, but has a severly compromised interior. dodge's trucks are aging. Nitro adds more out of the mainstream bling to go with a poor interior. sebring convertible is under onslaught from superior power hardtop cars. the new durango is caught in the crossfire of the crossover downsizing. Journey comes to market with a questionable interior despite other obvious good qualities. Patriot and Compass and Commander are black marks on the jeep star even though the new Liberty and 4 dr wrangler offset that. Key crossover segements like Pacifica and PT Cruiser are aging. i sure hope Cerebus has a plan.

yes, hopefully that is the case.

this sucks. i could get a g8 with auto but my interest in the car goes way down now. wayyyyyyy downnnnnnnnnn

CR bombs toyota and the camry- Oct 16 Chevy Malibu ad blitz- Oct 17 coincidence? I DOUBT IT

someone please tell me, other than Jeep, what Chrysler has in the pipe in the future to get excited about. With GM you have the lambdas, the zetas, the next vette, camaro, and all sorts of things. I think the Dodge Journey will do well, but otherwise, the new vans are lukewarm and there's not much else to get pumped about.

i just realized now that I am glad i was never an altar boy. My folks never forced me to, I am guessing they didn't push it on me for whatever reason.

Jim Press is at Chrysler, not Ford. The turd has taken big hits. Not being recommended by CR compounds the problems they have had launching the truck. I hope this thing is blackballed in a huge way. bed bounce cams exploding subpar crash performance cash on the hood and acts of desperation to move inventory I hope the effects of the Tundras mistakes (and the Camry's) adversely affect toyota in a big way.

i really want my next car to be a stick because I really enjoy sticks, but most days I would be best off with an automatic. as far as the challenger goes, i am not sure how many muscle car buyers wants sticks or if powerbraking an automatic for smoky burnouts in the parking lot is fine. If the manual offered in this car is clunky, then they should wait until they get a decent one. Its hard to know what Chrysler buyers want, Chryco stuff is always a bit off the mainstream.

the acadia's performance was nice. wow, all toyota has had to hang their hat on was reliability. now?

i think 6 speed is enough, but we could use a DSG type tranny.

a whole lot better. i haven't frequented catholic churches for like 15 years now, part of the reason is i feel the catholic clergy is far out of touch with the real world because they don't have the same personal and family relationships as everyone else.

i always wondered what a bmw style kink in the rear door of a saturn L would look like.

but the priests and nuns always told us they were celibate?

they are limiting the first year sales so they don't have so many recalls and warranty fixes to deal with. "let's get a few on the road fer sum RESEARCH"

shoulda known it would be for JEROME

har har. like honda, i guess that means people think i am the best all the time.

gee, camaro, mustang, or challenger. camaro is far superior in looks, mustang is even much better. history repeats itself over decades and decades, the chrysler is always bringing up the rear.

well, the Ion was copied by many so it doesn't surprise that Honda stole from the L series either. Honda has never really had an original thought on styling.