Posts Tagged ‘pt cruiser’
click above to view more high-res shots of the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10According to Jalopnik, yes. We reported yesterday that as a part of Project Genesis, Chrysler was planning to cut more models in addition to the PT Cruiser Convertible, Pacifica, Crossfire and Magnum. Jalopnik is reporting that, ac......
Chrysler’s Project Genesis: Trim models, consolidate dealers
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Chrysler's previous consolidation strategy, dubbed "Project Alpha," was implemented in 2004 to trim and combine dealers. All told, Chrysler was able to cut its dealer network down from 4,000 to 3,600. Not nearly enough to get outlets on par with demand. So Chrysler's co-pres, Jim Press, announced to......
Buh-bye: Chrysler PT Cruiser Convertible ends production
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
There were no eulogies. No bagpipes were played or honor-guard gunshots fired. Few paid any notice, but on December 21, the Chrysler PT Cruiser Convertible passed quietly into the night and was buried. And we doubt many will miss it.The axing of the ragtop PT is part of the phasing-out of several Ch......
Goodbye, Chrysler Crossfire
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
The Chrysler Crossfire was one of those unfortunate exercises in style-over-substance. What's worse is that its style was somewhat questionable, garnering reactions from "oh, that's interesting" to "make it stop, please make it stop". Well, Chrysler finally listened to the latter, and here at Autobl......
2008 Chrysler minivans being sold with incentives already
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Perhaps the rhetoric coming from Chrysler that the market for minivans is alive and well is just that: rhetoric. The automaker's year end Event of a Lifetime sale happens to include its brand new minivans, the Town & Country and the Dodge Caravan, which can be had until December 3rd with $1,000 ......
Auto Art: little cars meet their little ends at little trees
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
So we've told you about slow motion car crashes, a Warhol painting of pictures of a car crash that sold for $71 million, and of course there's always Lindsay Lohan creating her own life-sized crash-themed art. Now we present John Rooney, a Boston artist who creates set pieces of small, intricately d......
Dead Again: WSJ says PT Cruiser indeed short lived
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
PT Cruiser fans who were relieved to hear only the convertible version would no longer be built may, after all, have reason to mourn. The Wall Street Journal, quoting a Chrysler dealership owner, says the retro-styled wagon-like CUV is again on the company's hit list.No word on why Chrysler brass ch......
Chrysler offering new rebates; four defunct models priced to go
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
It looks like Chrysler is going to give car shoppers a holiday gift as incentive to signing on the dotted line. After a rough year that saw the automaker break away from its Daimler overlords, Chrysler wants to end 2007 on a high note. To that end it will be offering rebates on virtually every vehic......
Chrysler said to be planning wake for Magnum, Pacifica, PT Cruiser
Friday, August 24th, 2007
According to The Detroit News, Chrysler's product-cutting plan is all but official. The first three models on the chopping block, according to the newspaper's unnamed sources, are the Magnum, Pacifica and the PT Cruiser. The next round could include the Jeep Commander if it doesn't get its act toget......
Enthusiast starts petition to save the PT Cruiser
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Scott Kissinger knows a thing or two about Chrysler's PT Cruiser. In fact, he knows enough about it to have started ptenthusiasts.org in 1999, before the the PT was even for sale.So as one who loves the PT Cruiser and who also has an investment of time and money in the nameplate, we imagine Kissinge......