Posted on 07/30/2014 10:18:17 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Back in the day, I had a Renault Alliance. It was a decent car that got 44mpg. Aside from the CV joints and tie rods wearing out, I had no major problems with it. The engine was sound, but underpowered.
Well, they forced the 500 on dealers - the one in our town built a separate showroom for it - and they have them stacked up over there. In our case, I suspect that it was one of the reasons that the dealership was sold.
Chrysler gets beat up on reliability, but the one I had, a 1996 Chrysler Sebring Convertible JXi that I bought used in 2000 ran like a champ until I got rid of it in 2009. had over 170,000 miles on it when it finally was time for it to go and the only repair I had to do to it beyond routine maintenance was replace the head gasket at about 120k.
And that was a first model year car. I can’t speak for every car they built, but my experience was a relatively positive one. I replaced it with a used 2004 model and that car was indeed junkier and far poorer designed, rattled constantly, engine was notorious for coolant leaking etc.
I was disappointed to hear that they will no longer make a convertible version of the 200 (what replaced the sebring). I was planning on looking into a hardtop convertible of that model in a few years.
My brother still raves about his.
Yeah, I remember the Chrysler/Mercedes deal. I remember thinking at the time “I thought Germans were smart”.
This is our third Town and Country and we’ve been happy with them for the most part. But the sporadically jerky transmission on this one is annoying.
I wouldn’t rave about it. It was a decent car for a modest price.
Well you know.. that is just what the world needs for the entry level market but I do not get the idea that this sort of car will save the planet, and I sure as hell aint paying 20K for a little efficient underpowered thing.
Mind you I drove VW for 20 years.
They didn’t invent and own that entire segment for no reason... IF you are going to go for a top of the line mini van you really have 2 choices, the T&C or the Odyssey decked out.
I was surprised that Honda, not Chrysler, was first to put AWD in a mini, but given how poorly Chrysler was being run by its previous owners it wasn’t shocking.
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