Originally Posted by
kapone
Actually its funny you say close minded... I love all cars. All my teenage friends drove and modified Chevy's and that's what I learned my mechanic skill on for a while till I started with Toyota and then worked my way to Honda eventually. (the car in my sig is my first Honda) After the first Chrysler bail out in the early 80s they did innovate for about 8 yeas and then in the 90s they fell off again with quality and designs, and now its biting them in the ass. As stated above they were about 8-10 years late on the v8/hemi movement. Hell I still saw the redneck "Hemi" commercials when gas was $4.10 a gallon and not a single Caliber commercial on tv during the nfl season. They were behind the times unfortunately and still could not get a clue ...
You still didn't disprove anything I claimed as innovative in your counter-list. Everything I cited still stands. Did you just site "F&F" as a major stepping stone in car development?
I don't think so. Noting but a blip on the radar screen. Come on man....give credit where it's due. You don't have to like what Chrysler has done, but you can't discount it's innovations.
And yes, the SRT line IS certainly innovative. Sure there is Sti and TRD, and SVT, but none of them make the performance increases that SRT can claim from their cars. That and the fact that they are still street-able is truly revolutionary and innovative and that's why I listed it.
Why can't people let go of the stigma of the past product flops by the Big 3? I don't blame Nissan for making the Axxess, or Toyota for making the overwhelmingly slow Echo. Mitsubishi's new Galant looks like a bad origami project, what about the original Honda Passport that was a re-badged Isuzu, that was an abortion.
Everyone forgets that even the Japanese makes have some dark moments in their portfolio as well. Not one car maker is perfect.