Read between the lines, remarks like slightly under powered, or "a $35,000 sportscar from Chrysler?" are thinnly veiled ways to back out of any kind of endorsement. You have to chuckle a little... when was it that anyone touted recirculating ball steering (I think it came out in the 30s or 40s). The truth is that american buyers have never supported expensive sports cars that don't perform (GM and Ford have both tried and failed), add to it the fact that no one has trained staff to fix a Mercedes and the parts bin will be thinner than my wallet. The Chrysler sales staff has enough trouble describing a car as self evident as a PT (my salesman said that the PT had fully indipendant suspension). A stage 1 PT will also outperform the crossfire.
As well intentioned as it may have begun, this is a monumental waste of time and energy to suit corporate needs. I guess that I am a little pissed that they designed a car that I don't even fit into; at 6'2" and 220 lbs. I don't think that I am all that far from the average car buyer.
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