Fiat Chief Shuffles Chrysler Exec Lineup

When I told my brother in law I bought a 300M he almost freaked out.
He thought it was a 300 which he also hates the look of.
When I clarified the difference he said what a difference, a lovely
looking car.
I had a '95 LH, definitely not equal to the 300M mechanically, although
the LH2 cars are closer. But after all they weren't sports sedans, so
no comparison.
Unfortunately the LH2 Intrepid is too squashed looking in the front,
it's a Sebring test styling.
The LH2 Concorde is too long and not as good a handling car.

I agree the 300 is a solid vehicle, but it looks it's part with a truck
like front end and very shallow windows. Of course it's additional
weight of several hundred lbs. drags down the 3.5L engine, which is more
than adequate in the 300M.
One day a 300C was parked beside my LH Concorde, as I approached from
the front I couldn't believe how ugly the 2008 300C looked beside my
lovely looking oldie '95 Concorde.
Even if the 300 was FWD which I need, I would never buy it.
Lets face it, there those who like a macho boxy car design, there are
more who want a smooth graceful design. The pimps agree with you, as
I'm sure you've noticed.

BTW I've rented the LH2 Intrepid several times for about 6 weeks total
and a Magnum for 2 weeks. The Intrepid I could live with, but sorry the
Magnum was not even close to my desires.

As for the large gas burning hulking over chromed heavy monster cars of
the 50s/70s, I was never interested in them. Just not my thing. the
European sport sedan approach to design is what interests me.

I find it interesting that so many popular cars of the last several
years have adopted the 300M styling profile. Obviously it's well liked
and Chrysler set the trend way back in the late 90s when they were still
running their business themselves.

 

they are planning some design changes for 2010 or 2011 i think for the 300
wonder what it will look like then.......

 

It looks like some entrepreneur would make an aftermarket hood for the
Sebring without the grooves. I figure - yeah - Sebring owners typically
aren't into spending money for mod'ing, but you'd think there should be
enough owners willing to spend the money to make it worthwhile to someone.

 

if its advertised enough, it would raise interest. like the Chrysler aspen,
people wont buy what they don't know exists..

 

Not only ugly, but very impractical when you get snow freezing on it.
Those hood slots could make washing more difficult, but I wasn't going
that far with it.
That hood and the inability to hold a full size tire in the spare
compartment, ended my consideration of that Sebring as my next car.
I believe the dumb hood is changed this year.

It's mainly Chrysler, they must have dumped all their car designers.
Looks to me like Ford hired them, Ford's cars are getting better with
every model these days.

 

Most people don't buy a new car that needs expensive body mods to please
them. Perhaps if there was some other standout reason, but that doesn't
exist with the Sebring.

 

Like I said: "I figure - yeah - Sebring owners typically aren't into
spending money for mod'ing, but you'd think there should be enough
owners willing to spend the money to make it worthwhile to someone."

How many would you need to sell to recover the up front costs and start
making money? What percentage of Sebrings sold would that represent?