Posted on 04/10/2007 10:40:14 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
or stationwagen
I rented one of these on a recent business trip. I am not an overly large person, but not exactly a little guy either. The steering wheel is so low, I had trouble getting in and out of it ( kept hitting my knees on the steering wheel ) once you got in it, it was not too bad, but for 20 grand, I want to get in and out without pain.
The steering wheel doesn’t adjust?
They have a lot of potential, but seem to lack in delivering on it.
The performance of Dodge and Chrysler has gotten dramatically better and the designs are infinitely more attractive than the last 25 years. But they still use the cheapest plastic parts inside the cabin and they just can’t figure out how to make dashboards and knob designs which look like they were created AFTER 1985. The Japs still make a car which is far more fun to ride in.
Not the one I had...........seems strange, every car I own, even the kids cars, have adjustable steering wheels. This one did not.
It’s hard to root for the American car companies when they keep producing more and more garbage like this. For the last 30 years, American car companies have invested their money lawyers and lobbyists to fight higher fuel efficiency standards, while the Japanese car manufacturers put their money into engineers and scientists.
Now that we’ve got gas at $3.50 per gallon in some places, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see why the American car industry is dying a slow and painful death.
The mid-90s models were great-looking cars but underpowered and with quality problems. But they had some nice styling that Chrysler could have worked with rather than go with their typical 4-door icebox look.
Is Daimler-Chrysler American??
If you give the people what they want then they will buy it. If the big three can’t sit down and figure out why they are getting their @$$’s kicked by imported comparable models and build something people will buy then I am through feeling sorry for them.
Fugly...but not the chick.
I love my 2000 Dodge Intrepid.
I went to the dealership last summer to see the new ones, and was bummed when I learned that the Intrepid was discontinued.
They think Gramma and Grampa are going to go for a Charger?
We decided to have it detailed out, and are keeping it for another few years.
Good question. Chrysler used to be one of the ‘big 3’, but now the merged Daimler-Chrysler is only 16.5% American owned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler-Chrysler
Its not in the original article.
The bottom line of the article is: "It's an open question if Honda or Nissan shoppers will visit Dodge showrooms to check out the Avenger, but they really should."
I dont want it unless it comes with the big hemi.
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