New Cars for 2005

Vipers always sport more horseys than the vettes (V10 vs V8), but they are also $30k more.  The Venom versions have some 650hp and are 10-second cars.  :eek:  And they sound grrrrreat!

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i know this thread was being pushed down some but i have a quick question kinda off topic..mercedes is a german built car but chrysler owns them right?

p.s. thanks for the info thx!

Originally posted by clips
i know this thread was being pushed down some but i have a quick question kinda off topic..mercedes is a german built car but chrysler owns them right?

Haha, it\'s quite the other way around. Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler.

I was under the impression Daimler-Chrysler is one entity, though Daimler has a 51% share of the company, meaning they hold control.  Things may have changed since then though.

Originally posted by THX
I was under the impression Daimler-Chrysler is one entity, though Daimler has a 51% share of the company, meaning they hold control.  Things may have changed since then though.

Actually I think you\'re correct. I couldn\'t quite remember the details, but I know the people in Stuttgart are wearing the pants in that relationship if you know what I mean.

Originally posted by Samwise
Actually I think you\'re correct. I couldn\'t quite remember the details, but I know the people in Stuttgart are wearing the pants in that relationship if you know what I mean.

And thank god for that.  It means we will be seeing cars with good german drivetrains but lousy american styling, like the Chrysler Crossfire.  I was still trying to figure out where Celine Dion fit into the forumula, when they thankfully pulled the plug on that ad campaign.  Chrysler is a useless company.  They should just sell rebadged Mercedes and be done with it.

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Isn\'t the Maybach a Chrysler?  Not a benz?

Originally posted by videoholic
Sam, one of the hosts of my show, gets media cars all of the time.  He had an SSR a couple months ago.  He wasn\'t impressed at all.  And the price tag is way up there.  Like 50 something thousand for a truck.

I don\'t know, I had mixed feelings.  It looked good from some angles but overall it is kind of ugly.  It does get a lot attention though.  He parks in the handicap spots so as everybody walked up they were looking at it, foggin\' up the windows peaking inside.

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i went to chevy.com for some pics of ssr. just to check it out but the pics look weird. i mean is it a drop top pick-up truck or what?

Yes it is.

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ohhh! well alrighty then! heh chevy got that off! very nice!:)

Here\'s the deal on the Mustang GT.

0-60 5.2Sec

1/4 mile 13.90 @ 104.00

Base Price $26,900

I wish it were a bit less money but still a lot for the price.

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Originally posted by Ace
Here\'s the deal on the Mustang GT.

0-60 5.2Sec

1/4 mile 13.90 @ 104.00

Base Price $26,900

I wish it were a bit less money but still a lot for the price.

 i\'d say at least somewhere in the 22-23 thousand range. but what i can\'t understand is why some of these 4 cyl cars are like 20 something thou. like the matrix? it\'s a nice little whip but over twenty for that thing?

oh one more thing. is the gt a v-6 or 8? that could be why it\'s kinda high

V8

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not to turn this into a stang thread but my friend has this stang i forget what year & he modded the crap out of it. i don\'t even think it\'s street legal it had small tires in front & big ones in the back. he stated it was barley street legal, i didn\'t think so but anyway it was a 5.0. now that\'s not what\'s in the new mustang now right? back then i\'m guessing the 5.0\'s were v8\'s as well.

i know i\'m asking alot of questions but you seem to be the amercan car ethusiast (spell)