15 Cars Fueling the Auto Recovery

I own a 2005 Chrysler 300C. It has been running very smoothly without any problems in spite of what Consumer Reports says vis-a-vis Chrysler products. The only shortcoming is the windshield should have an additional 4 inches of h so you can see the overhead traffic lights. Chrysler! Are you listening?

Dean Gage of NY 10:33PM February 13, 2010

I've owned Chrysler products since 1958 plus a Studebaker, Ford, and two Hondas.

I've owned five Caravans/Town and Country, five Jeep Cherokees, three Jeep Wranglers and a couple of Dodge Aspens plus a Dodge Dakota. Were they perfect? No. Did they go? Yes. Were they recalled? No. Did they last and were they of good value? Yes. Could they be fixed? Yes. Were parts available? Yes. My Mitsubitsi Eclipse's engine collapsed at 100,000 miles. Would I buy another Jeep or Chrysler Town and Country? Yes. They are not ranked high by Consumer's Report, but they have been serviceable, fun to drive. Except for the Mercede's debacle they were American owned and made in North America. Unlike Mercede's, Chrysler never used prisoners or slave labor (during WWII) in their factories to build its products.

Bart Gage of CT 7:54PM January 30, 2010

"American owned,not owned by America" God bless America.

MIKER of TX 6:33PM January 30, 2010

Working on everything from jet aircraft to bicycles. I was raised on GM products and have worked on them all. Where American auto makers were about dollars today the Japanese were busy giving people virtual perfection and correcting problems well in advance of any recall thats why they have so few. I've seen them buy parts for cars 5x out of warranty if it was their flaw in the first place. You couple that with the fuel sipping issue,throw in a little sportiness and style you've carved a serious notch out of the US Auto market. US Auto makers refused to produce gas sipping cars with style on comfort. Not to mention the fortune made selling pure junk from about 79-89 just put quality in a few name plate specials and they made a fortune. GM blew a fortune experimenting with Saturn when they could have simply built the cars in their regular lineup. Saturn was a great product but it lacked sufficient styling which is so not GM. Then GM took every indirect route to make Saturn work and squandered billions on the Rings of Saturn when the direct approach would have worked like gangbusters. The Big Three in Japan build bullet proof products I've seen it first hand the US Auto Industry may be catching up but their still 10yrs behind the Fuel Companies made suckers out of all of us. Yet we refuse to change. There is little doubt in my mind that the first Oil Crisis was a pure hoax.

Turbonator of DE 11:39PM January 15, 2010