West Peterson Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I have used this car only for cross-country trips. Rarely driven around town and rarely in winter. It has never been in an accident. It no longer has the SRT wheels seen in photos. The original wheels were taken off when the car had 7,000 miles, and just put back on. They are almost new looking, but left front has one slight area of curb rash. Currently 43,000 miles, and in excellent to like-new condition.I've never had any problems other than dead battery, and the fail-start syndrome, which was solved by re-flowing the solder in the circuit board.A few upgrades:Like-new leather seatsNew headlinerOEM fog lightsOEM garage door openerNew windshieldCar is in Dayton, Ohio$10,500StelvioGT att yahooo dot commNine three 7 four 7 eight 6613 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I love Chrysler's front-end design for that car.Wasn't the Crossfire based on a Mercedes-Benz model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) 100% Mercedes, except it has a 6-speed manual transmission. The body was built by Karmann on the Mercedes SLK320 platform. So, in a way, it's a custom-bodied Mercedes.Fast, and gets almost 30mpg at 75mph. Edited January 21, 2015 by West Peterson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Neat little cars. It'll be interesting to see if they become collectable in the future. I liked that Chrysler was taking chances like this and the Prowler, because we'll never see that kind of risk-taking again from a major auto maker. Cool car for not a lot of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkazmer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The prototype had a ridge giving the appearance of a split windshield, then over the roof and dividing the rear glass. Interesting car indeed - I think Daimler doomed it when new by pricing it relative to German competition (Audi TT) and failing to consider the price/performance of the Japanese.I think this will definitely be a collector interest car as it ages.The other Mercedes rework was more commercially successful (Chrysler 300) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30 Hupp Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Last year when my wife retired I bought her a like new '05, yellow, Limited roadster w/31 thousand miles........She absolutely loves it! .......& wanted the six-speed instead of the automatic! ( I love driving it, too!)30 Hupp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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