Crossfire benefits from engineering by Mercedes-Benz
at http://www.washtimes.com/autoweekend...5635-6603r.htm

Mike wrote:
Crossfire is nothing else than a differently clothed
first-generation MB SLK, the R170.

Crossfire sales are _very_ low so production
most likely will be stopped still this summer.

Chrysle itself will be sold soon as Chrysler and
MB management failed to keep the brand alive -
as of today it seems as if Cerberus, a private
equity firm, will buy them.

Chrysler, another traditional US carmaker's name
to disappear?


Juergen

"...the only real caveat is its requirement for high-grade gasoline. "

I found this a curious comment in the review.

That would be 91 US octane presumably. A US buyer of such a car would
complain about a fairly standard grade of fuel? Or is this octane rating
'high' in the US?

DAS

For direct replies replace nospam with schmetterling
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On May 14, 8:21 am, "Dori A Schmetterling" <i... (AT) nospam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
91 is consiered "premium" grade, thus about 30 cents a gallon higher.

In article <17idnXSs-ML77dXbnZ2dnUVZ8qminZ2d (AT) pipex (DOT) net>,
"Dori A Schmetterling" <info (AT) nospam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

The standard is 87.
Their higher octane requirements is a hidden additional cost of driving
many imports.

On May 14, 12:51 pm, Just Facts <J... (AT) intnet (DOT) wrld> wrote:
hardly hidden

On Mon, 14 May 2007 06:48:20 +0200, "Juergen ." <jaguare (AT) bigfoot (DOT) com>
wrote:


Yea, like why bother with it.



Why would they do that?

On 14 May 2007 18:53:46 -0700, robrjt <rob.tansey (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:



Really?

Does it typcially say "premium required" anyplace other than inside
the gas filler door? Does the gas mileage sticker say "premium
required"?

(Don't know, but I don't recall this information being displayed in a
place conspicuous to a potential buyer.)

In article <1179194026.303887.237730 (AT) n59g2000hsh (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
robrjt <rob.tansey (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Toyota is particularly sneaky in that their 3.5L V6 in the Camry is
specified as a regular fuel requirement, but Toyota HO admitted to me
it requires premium fuel to deliver the full specs.

In article <kqbi43lbq0g7e98p9a3d8nvsj67374aalg (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>,
edward ohare <edward_ohare (AT) nospam (DOT) yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

I'll bet not.
It's probably going to be good for Chrysler.
MB (DC) used Chrysler for high volume lower cost parts which they shared.
D didn't get along with C.
DC tried taking Chrysler into large expensive high horsepower RWD cars,
which did well for a few years, but higher gas prices caught up with
them and they lost many of their traditional customers.