[sittnick]

The sad thing is that if Chrysler made a good car, the World would beat a path to their door.

Chrysler has made plenty of good cars. Ever hear of the Viper, the Dodge Caravan, Jeeps?

When Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler they took a decent company with some good stuff just out (the Dodge Intrepid, Neon, and the most successful Dodge truck line ever) with some fun stuff on the drawing board (new 300, Plymouth PT Cruiser) and immediately went to work messing up the company. They ditched Plymouth and bastardized the formerly semi-upscale Chrysler badge by selling Chrysler Neons.

Sure, lots of crap came from Chrysler during the '70s and '80s, but Daimler bought a healthy company and ruined it, just as AT&T did with their NCR buy out, and Unisys did with the Sperry/Burroughs merger.

There are plenty of good cars that didn't sell well, (Corvair, AMC Javelin, Oldsmobile Aurora), and plenty of crummy cars that sold fairly well (Pontiac Fiero, any GM with a Quad-4 engine, Ford Windstar, Toyota Previa minivan (1st version))

Marketing and perceived value and proper pricing (the Aurora and new T-bird were too dang expensive) are part of the equation, too.

[ImpBill]

I now own my second Town and Country LS and can’t seem me driving any other vehilce again. And at age 61 I have owned many vehicles. It is by far the best all around vehicle I have ever driven/owned.

[Past Your Eyes]

"There are plenty of good cars that didn't sell well, (Corvair...."

The Corvair was a good car???? Good grief, Charlie Brown. That POS wouldn't even stay in the road at over 40 MPH.

[elmer fudd]

Chrysler has made plenty of good cars. Ever hear of the Viper, the Dodge Caravan, Jeeps?

A limited production sports car, bread box styled minivan with transmissions that self destructed and a QC plagued series of SUV's? If those are their good cars they deserve to be out of business.

[gridlock]

Chysler has managed to mess up the Caravan, which used to be a pretty nice car. We just got one at work with the Stow and Go seating. Unfortunately, to make that work they had to raise the floor about six inches and stick the spare tire under the driver’s seat. Now you can’t fit under the roofline.

I have to drive this thing on a daily basis, and I can’t get into or out of the thing. Once I am inside, I can’t see out the front unless I recline the seat, but if I recline the seat, my head hits the bump caused by the driver’s side sliding door mechanism. The only way I can drive this thing is with the seat reclined and leaning on the right armrest to clear the bump.

If the car wasn’t free, I would give it back. Even so, I am having second thoughts. I wonder if those front airbags would protect me in the event of an “unplanned” collision into a telephone pole...

The previous generation Pymouth Voyager was a great vehicle. I would take the old one back in a heartbeat.