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FIRE UP! After the Viper, this could be Chrysler's sportiest car ever.(News)(Product/Service Evaluation)
Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Chrysler calls the Crossfire its first sports car. We'd call it a very sporty gran turismo before we'd throw that sports car moniker on it, but then we're mighty picky about what we call a sports car. And when the company makes that claim, it's clearly not counting the Chrysler-badged Vipers sold overseas and campaigned at Le Mans-that's just a marketing dodge, er, Dodge.
In any case, the Crossfire is loaded with performance we haven't seen in Chrysler-brand cars in a generation. And it bodes well for this whole Daimler and Chrysler merger thing. Good things can come from shotgun weddings or seemingly nonhostile takeovers or however ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, FIRE UP! After the Viper, this could be Chrysler's sportiest car...