What's the future for PT Cruiser?

[Gary04GT]

quote:REFRESH THE CAR!

Guess the BIG QUESTION is: Will the major redesign of the PT Cruiser anticipated for 2006 be a "hit" or a "bomb"

[bobs turbo pt]

hit!! i hope, but knowing chrysler who the hell knows

[IRPT]

Well, they did an excellant job with the orginal design of the PT, hopefully the same design team will pull it off again.

[Kirby]

The same thing that allowed the VW beatle to prosper for so many years: VALUE.
After the flash wears off customers will be looking for "where's the beef"!

Solution:

PT pannel, PT convertible, PT GT-4, PT 4WD.

Keep the buzz by contributing in a significant way to the line every 6 months and proving that you have more than a passing interest in being there for the owners once they have purchased one!!!!!

[Goldenturtle02]

[8D]I've had my Dream ser 1 since Aug 2002 and my car still gets compliments, and people looking! Ha! they WISH they drove a car this kewl!

[bobs turbo pt]

i have never met anyone who doesn't like the pt everyone always has something nice to say

[Rolo]

quote:Originally posted by bobs turbo pt

i have never met anyone who doesn't like the pt everyone always has something nice to say

There are a few. You either love it or hate it. Either way, it evokes a response!
As for me, I f*****' love it!

DCX sold far more PT's than they had planned, so demand would naturally decline. Whether it is "evaporating" or just settling down to normal levels, I do not know. (I do not particularly care since I do not own, nor care to own, DCX stock, heh.)

I just got two of the PT books in from Amazon and Nesbitt had plenty of good PT ideas; DCX can keep the PT fresh for many years, as I am sure that has been their plan.

[PVO PT]

Who said anything about a re-design?

[quicksilverdon]

quote:Originally posted by PVO PT

Who said anything about a re-design?

Car magazines. I've read wher they say the next PT will be Mitsubishi-platform based. Whether that's speculation, I don't know.

I've also read that there have been over 600,000 PTs sold world-wide. I don't think they want to abandon that market, but then, I wouldnt' have given over a million to Celine Dione, either.....

[Rolo]

Since coupes seem to be trendy now, they could use the "decoy" PT Cruizer (it looked sharp!) as well as the Pronto Cruizer (which should be titled the "Prowler Cruiser", heh).

It's a shame to have such a killer design team stuck with such crummy marketing and [mis]management.