Intrepidation

Kudos to Honda for being the first one to bring a diesel sedan to this market...hopefully other will follow. Urea, which is an extract from urine, is also an additive for processed beef products like what you'll find at McDonald's or Burger King. It ads "color, flavor, and juiciness". Just a fun fact

Some of this surprised me, some of it didn't. Surprises: Not a signal Toyota product on the list (best surprise of them all) The Caliber won a best interior award. But, as some have mentioned, it is extremely functional and makes great use of teh space it is given. In the compact class, that counts for more than materials quality. Plus, fit `n finish is very good in these things. The Sebring won an award (I'm surprised Chrysler won awards period). The cupholders seem liek a novelty...but the idea of keeping your drink hot or cold is sweet and no one in the price range offers it besides the Avenger. The Aura won...because I think Honda has a better interior still, but I'm not upset Not Surprised The Camry lost. It has some materials you'll find in a Caliber, it also has lousy fit `n finish from the one I sat in and from some others have mentioned as well The SRX won...it looks amazing with the new interior, it's one of the best CUVs on the market...if only GM would tell the world...

Have you ever seen the Japanese Yaris commercial where they have people doing the work of the engine, wipers and so on? They put of few of those guys in there. :AH-HA_wink:

Using 2 vehicles of the same color isn't an accurate or credible means of saying they look similar..plus the 2 yellows are different hues Also, the tail lights, and exhaust pipes are a clue that you may be looking at a car's ass not it's nose. Still, if you see a Ferrari in a Saab that's not an insult to the Saab!

You could have at least bought a Civic or a Maxda3. The Ion is not a great car, everyone knows it, the Atra should be a lot better (and sexier). I do understand you plight about resale value. I've seen mid-90's Corollas command prices as much as 3 grand (which I would never pay for).

I was originally gonna go bigger, but it just looked better this size...details fit together right. :AH-HA_wink:

Thanks! You're is awesome too! What is it based off? Kinda reminds me of the Fairlane with a pickup bed and a Chevy front end. It's blocky (in a good way) and quite a different take on the Camino than I would have thought of.

Now, if you actually read the entire thing you'd see why I brought Plymouth back. To further elaborate, it would take the place of Chrysler as the alternative to Dodge, which is all it really is anymore. If Chrysler moves upmarket to compete with luxury marques, it would be leaving behind a chunk of its customer base who don't want a macho Dodge but don't want a premium car. That would be Plymouth's role. The PT was meant to be a Plymouth. If Chrysler moved upmarket the PT wold be out of place, which it kind of is already. Putting it back where it belongs only makes sense. Having a compact sedan would open more sales for Chrysler, since we all know Americans don't like hatchbacks as much as sedans, it's a historical fact. Chrysler Corp has no true midsize crossover, the Nitro and Liberty are too trucky. Give the softer vehicle to the softer brand...crossovers are all the rage...so it makes sense to have a smaller one than what Dodge is getting. Having a FWD large sedan gives buyer an alternative to the RWD LX cars..not everyone likes or wants RWD. The `Cuda can be halo. If everything were to be done right, this would open up a large amount of market share for Chrysler to gain.

Looks quite nice! I actually like those interior colors. You should hang onto it if it's working good now.

The air filtration is kinda cool, I didn't know you could get that feature in this class. The rest of it is lame and screams suckage...especially those wheels. They look like the ugly, crappy Wal-Mart hub caps turned into wheels.

Congrats! They're very nice cars inside and out. I always liked them and wouldn't mind owning one. Best of luck!

Can't be worse than last summer, when the exhaust broke can off just behind the catalytic converter, until we fixed it, i just unbolted it so it wouldn't drag. It was extremely loud

We found a dead opossum in our neighbor's backyard last week... that wasn't pretty. I've never road over a live animal, but I have misjudged a couple times and run over roadkill...ew.

Is it sad when the Camry is the best looking of the group?

It's not something that needs to be done right away right? It's a fairly mall crack and the car isn't loud..honestly if we hadn't noticed it I wouldn't have known from listening. My friend said he got one from the junkyard and it wasn't too hard to replace...looking at the repair manual it doesn't look that difficult, I'd just need to get the parts. It's just one more thing to do, oh so fun y`know?

Since everyone gets a shot at how they would fix brands/companies, I figure I'll give it a go. And no, nothing is being sold off. Dodge: The brand stands for bold, designs that don't follow the crowd, powerful, and performance oriented. Dodge isn't badly damaged IMO, and there are some easy thing that could properly repair it. Ram: Ram is up for redesign, the powertrains seem promising, as does the styling. Give it a truley great interior and it should be in good shape Charger: Give the 2.7L a 5-speed automatic, and improve the interior design/materials some. Magnum: Add 5-speed to the 2.7L Caliber: Upgrade the materials in the interior, teh design itself is fine. Ditch the base engine since the Hornet will become the new budget model (this allows to move the Caliber upscale and justfies the extra cost of a better interior). Add a 6-speed automatic as an option for the R/T model... Avenger: Drop the 2.7L since the 2.4L makes almost as much power. Make the SXT come with the 2.4L and a 6-speed automatic. Make teh R/T's suspension standard on all models, and upgrade the R/T's suspension a little further. Add an SRT-6 to the range, featuring a turbo perhaps. Interior design is fine, but upgrade the materials considerably, and add more color options. Dakota: Upgrade the interior Nitro: Upgrade he interior, make a 5-speed optional on the smaller engine, make a better performance suspension tune for the R/T models Durango: Upgrade the interior materials, colors, and design and transmissions, and put the new 4.7L V8 in it. Caravan: Doesn't need fixing (from what I can see) Add the Hornet, the new Crossover, Challenger, and the Demon Continue to offer Flex Fuel engines and create Hybrid versions of the Caliber and the Avenger Jeep: Jeep is probably the least damaged and the one that has least gone astray Grand Cherokee: Upgrade the interior further if needed, make the diesel an option on the Larado Patriot: Upgrade the interior materials and make a 6-speed automatic an option Compass: Drop it or redesign it to look like the original Compass concept and make it more liek a Rally vehicle as far as offroad performance goes Commander: Redesign it on the Durango platform, and make it look like Recue, make it a low volume model so sales don't need to be high Wrangler: Upgrade the powertrains and the interior Liberty: Upgrade the powertrains and give the interior it's own design that's not a meld of the Nitro and a Shadow, and upgrade the materials Position Jeep to offer diesels in a wide range of its products, that will be it's gas alternatives. Chrysler: Chrysler is the most damaged, with no current or clear direction to go. With Mercedes out of the picture, the answer is simple: However, Chrysler should keep it's names...something unique to the luxury market. Push it all upscale and the premium they will command will compensate for less sales. Aspen: Drop it, there's no place for it in this fuel-conscious world, the Durango is enough. 300: Drop the base model, leave the bargain hunters to the SE Magnum and Charger. When the redesign comes, push it a little further upmarket with an swooping interior and elegant but powerful lines. Make a Hybrid version to give it a powertrain differentiation from the other LX cars Sebring: Redesign the Sebring, on an either RWD platform or FWD platform with and advanced AWD standard. Style it beautifully and gracefully, the way Chryslers should look. make the interior much more upscale. Make it come with a 2.4L and 6-speed standard, the 3.5L being optional, and a range topping 24L Turbo from the SRT-4 as the Top model (almost as powerful as the 3.5L with less weight and better fuel economy). This will give the Sebring something unique. Town and Country. Push it further upscale and make it look nothing like the Caravan. Pacifica: Redesign it, pushing it more upmarket and making it more space efficient behind the 2nd row. Make the 6-speed standard across the board. Ad a new halo car, either the FirePower (with a new name perhaps) or the ME-412 since Daimler will no longer refuse it because it's better than their SLR. PT Cruiser Drop it from the Chrysler lineup Plymouth: Bring it back, it can become a more unique alternative to Dodge. Whereas Dodge is about performance and manliness...Plymouth should appeal to women and men. PT Cruiser: As it was meant to be, redesign the PT and bring to Plymouth. Offer the same Powertrains as the current Caliber, but make automatics optional, and the 6-speed of the top model. Keep it retro Neon: Bring the Neon back for Plymouth, giving buyers a sedan alternative to the hatchback PT and Caliber. It will sell well if styled right. Small Crossover: If the new Dodge crossover is going to be as big as the Lambdas, make a smaller, 5 seat crossover for Plymouth, since none of the other brands have a truly car-like small CUV Breeze: Instead of having a midsize car, Plymouth should have a larger LH sized FWD sedan (with AWD optional) to appeal to those who don't want RWD. Find a partner like ford to use a FWD platform and keep costs down. `Cuda: Give Plymouth a halo car using the LX platform, style it more modern than the Challenger (go the route of the new Camaro), and make it a hardtop (to satisfy those who are dying for one). By doing this, Plymouth can be justifiably different than the other brands, and has a unique sales opportunity. And possibly, bring Eagle back and position it as a youth-oriented division like Scion that sells small, funky cars. -- So that's what I would do to fix Chrysler. I'm not sure if it's the perfect way to go, but i think it's one of the better ideas about what to do with it. What do you guys think?

Yup, the didn't even bother to change the name.

As long as the Hornet translates from concept to production with few changes, and Chrysler keeps an eye on Chery's quality, it should be good. Slap the 2.4L in there and it will kill almost everything in the class.

But it's nowhere near as cool

Yeah, almost everything does these days. But this cost me 3 bucks (wire crimps) to do, verses a whole new stereo I played around with the setting on the Son y and got it to sound pretty good...just took some fine tuning.

I worked hard on this one for several hours...because this isn't a chop of the current Ute...hope you guys like it!

Hopefully you get it it done, they're awesome cars.

Now if they were functional...I could find a use for them in asshole-loaded traffic

It's very cool, the entire car is just awesome. balthazar, I don't think I've ever seen you're B-59...got photos?