You were lucky then. The Intrepid was by-and-large a POS, especially the four cylinder. The 300 series employed D-B engineering and it almost saved the company. Jeep was also doing fine until it watered down the line with the Patriot and that other little crackerbox. Also, doing away with the straight six demeaned the Wrangler.
i have an 09 patriot and I love it. tho the interior is no where near as nice, I didnt buy it to go mudding so its only a 4x2