Will the Chrysler Crossfire have a retractable hard-top like my SLK?!?!?!

[charliebrown]

The new Chevy SSR (half pickup, half roadster) also has a retractable hardtop... and it was sure attracting a lot of attention at the LA Auto Show yesterday.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Techie333
THEY NEED TO STOP COPYING MY MERCEDES SLK!!!!! It already looks pretty close to an SLK and now it is going to have a retractable hard-top like the SLK??? Is this true?!?!!??!?!?!??! Please don't let it be true!!!!!! Looks like the days SLKs dominated because of hard top/ convertible switch are getting to be at an end.....:frown:

You do realize that Chrysler is owned by Daimler-Benz, no? If they want to copy their own car, who cares?

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Techie333
the only one sold in america that is hardtop.....which i didn't know.....is SC430, which i am alright with, but in an american manufactured car?? CMON!

There is already an American car with a retractable hardtop: the Cadillac XLR.

And I hate to break it to you, but Pontiac is set to produce a hardtop convertible of the new G6 that might cost less than $30K, although it probably won't come out until '06.

The Chevrolet SLR also has a retractable hardtop and the Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder had a retractable hardtop before the SLK. I think that was the first "modern" production retractable hardtop.

Oh yeah, I always forget about the Spyder. You don't see many of them around.

Actually I was always under the impression that the Spyder version of the 3000GT and Eclipse were only offered as soft top.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: mugsywwiii
Clever - you posted a thread about an entirely different car just so you could remind us that you own an SLK.

Yea, he's a badge whore. His SLK sucks - if it didn't have the badge on the front, it probably wouldn't be in his garage.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

I think everybody else did a thorough job of making you look an idiot. I'm just going to interject my opinion that the SLK looks like an ugly piece of crap, and there are a number of other roadsters, hardtop or not, that I would rather have.

 

[sillymofo]

I've never seen a more detached and cheap interior in a $$$ car before.

 

[GoingUp]

crossfire is pure sex

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Techie333
the only one sold in america that is hardtop.....which i didn't know.....is SC430, which i am alright with, but in an american manufactured car?? CMON!

There is already an American car with a retractable hardtop: the Cadillac XLR.

And I hate to break it to you, but Pontiac is set to produce a hardtop convertible of the new G6 that might cost less than $30K, although it probably won't come out until '06.

The Chevrolet SLR also has a retractable hardtop and the Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder had a retractable hardtop before the SLK. I think that was the first "modern" production retractable hardtop.

Civic DelSol/CRX also had an electric retractable Hardtop 'bit'.

Techie333 got pwned by the car nuts.

 

[sillymofo]

BTW, the first RETRACTABLE hard top.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
<a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.firsttraderegistry.com/forsale/pre80/ford/itm00082.htm" target=blank>BTW, the first RETRACTABLE hard top.</A>

Hey bunghole, look at the posts above - already posted.

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="[L=http://www.firsttraderegistry.com/forsale/pre80/ford/itm00082.htm" target=blank ]http: www.firsttraderegistry.com forsale pre80 ford itm00082.htm?[ L]>BTW, the first RETRACTABLE hard top.</A>

Hey bunghole, look at the posts above - already posted.

Ok, now I'm gonna have to ask you to put that c0ck down, and WTF are you talking about, Mr. President of the I'll-never-get-over-something-cuz-Imma-biotch-like-that club?

 

[Ryan]

As I said, look above.

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Techie333
the only one sold in america that is hardtop.....which i didn't know.....is SC430, which i am alright with, but in an american manufactured car?? CMON!

Read it and weep BOY!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/ford5705.htm

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Techie333
the only one sold in america that is hardtop.....which i didn't know.....is SC430, which i am alright with, but in an american manufactured car?? CMON!

There is already an American car with a retractable hardtop: the Cadillac XLR.

And I hate to break it to you, but Pontiac is set to produce a hardtop convertible of the new G6 that might cost less than $30K, although it probably won't come out until '06.

The Chevrolet SLR also has a retractable hardtop and the Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder had a retractable hardtop before the SLK. I think that was the first "modern" production retractable hardtop.

Oh yeah, I always forget about the Spyder. You don't see many of them around.

Actually I was always under the impression that the Spyder version of the 3000GT and Eclipse were only offered as soft top.

For a few years (I think around '95-96) the 3000GT was offered with a retractable hardtop. I don't think that many were sold during that time hence the relative rarity of seeing one on the road. The Eclipse has always been a soft top AFAIK.