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AN OCEAN APART; Pacifica narrows the gulf between Chrysler and Mercedes.(Cover Story)

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Byline: BOB GRITZINGER

Toss a Pacifica into a narrow, undulating bend of wet pavement, feel the agile suspension at work, and you'll know that Chrysler's much-ballyhooed merger with Daimler-Benz is finally beginning to pay dividends on the road, if not recently on Wall Street.

This is no simple Chrysler as we've come to know them, those plodding everyday machines of sometimes questionable build quality for the average American looking for something not available from Ford or General Motors. If vault-like quietness, solid build quality and driving dynamics are the hallmarks of a Mercedes, Pacifica is as close to a less-expensive imitation Benz as an ...

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