Here is a thread that started small and got down and dirty.
Don't you just love those AMG labels stuck on these cars?
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Lots of misinformation so do not take what is said as gospel. SRTs and NAs came down the line together.

 

How anyone can get that upset about it I just don't know... I wouldn't put one on my car, NA or SRT6, but good lord that's a lot of vitriol... Oddly though I view the "powered by" logos completely differently.

 

Well, to be fair, we don't get any respect from Chrysler either. At a local Mopar show, they were trying to sign up every Challenger they could find for membership in the Mopar club. I was talking to one Challenger owner parked in front of me, when he was approached and asked to join. He said he was already a member and suggested that they sign me up. The Mopar guy said, "That's not a Mopar....it's a Benz." (I didn't have the heart to tell him that the Challengers were really old Benz E cars).

Well, at any rate, I've been busy whipping Challenger SRT8s, 300C SRT8s, and Charger SRT8s every chance I get. (I've yet to lose to one).

Oh, and my C63AMG 507 and CLK 63 AMG Black have yet to lose to one either.

 

I feel the same on the "powered by" labels as it is true. The AMG labels, no way José.

 

You know, that gives me an idea. I've been thinking about putting something on that piece of body under the rear spoiler that you can see when it's up.... I was thinking "Gone To Plaid" but now maybe I'll go with "Bast@rd Benz" haha

 

I am comfortable with the SRT 6's being an AMG just as much as the AMG32 is.

In years gone by it was common to see coach built automobiles. Rolls Royce, Dusenberg, Packard, Mercedes, etc would sell their cars sans body and interior to coach builders. Those cars were still called by the chassis maufacturers' name with a "by Fisher" or "by (insert the builders name). Karmann is a coach builder. By the way, those special coach built cars are generally held in higher regard than the manufacturers' own bodied cars.

 

My NA 2004 Coupe has an "SRT-6" badge on the back as well as the SRT wing (I didn,t put 'em there, it had 'em already when I got it)... I don't really like it. I have been asked "That one is supercharged right?", then I just say "No, it's not really an SRT".

 

After reading the test in 180's link, I have come to the conclusion that they did recalibrate the suspension settings after getting some feedback. Both this test of 4 convertibles and Car and Drivers test of the SRT6 mention stiff as a board rides and that is definitely not the case with mine and I'm sure many others. I even saw one test that stated the ride was better than the NA.

 

If I owned an SRT6, I think I'd be installing some "HELI" emblems on it, and if anybody asked I'd say, "Yeah, it's got a HELI".
The 3.2-liter helical-supercharged, intercooled, aluminum SOHC V-6 used in both Crossfire SRT-6s last saw duty in the 2002-04 Mercedes-Benz C32 and SLK32 AMG

Going by what 32 Krazy said,


My Crossfire must really be a Crossfire/AMX because it says "AMX" right on the "Original" title.

 

I never got the AMX connection at all, please explain as I cannot see any.

 

I see it more as a Modern Marlin!

 

Dave if you have never ridden in an AMX before, or even driven one, it may be hard for one to see the connection. Because both cars are so close "statistically", they accelerate identically to 100 mph, and stop side by side from sixty. Not bad for a car built 35 years earlier.
As I discoverd on my very first test drive in a Crossfire Automatic, the "feel" of the Crossfire is so reminiscent of the AMX (at least it was for me) it's hard for me to not think it's a reincarnated AMX.
Of course the handling isn't exactly the same what with the AMX not having IRS. But with identical tires on both cars, and sharing the very best shocks, I think the AMX would surprise more than a few unsuspecting XF drivers on a road course. I'd still bet on the Crossfire as the eventual winner, but it wouldn't be a blood bath for the AMX by any means.
Where the car really shines is it's manuverability, which is quite XF-ish
Still, I've never said they looked alike, only that the Crossfire seemed to sport a very similar roofline to another AMC. Which the Creator says was simply a coincidence.

Using Fords playbook on Corporate acquisitions in it's old TV ads, If they purchase another car company, they get to absorb that companies heritage and then later imply that it's there own. I once saw a Ford commercial not long after they aquired Jaguar in 1989, where they actually included an XKE .
That being said, not long after Chrysler purchased AMC (to get the Jeep) they also had the stones to show the ****** Jeep during WWII in one of their ads.
So Dave just going by that logic alone, there is an AMX skeleton in Chryslers closet.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...es-2-cars.html

 

OK, but someone on here said they were genetically linked which is a stretch.

 

If I remember correctly, at least in the first year, the AMX had it's build # on the dash (I'm thinking above the radio?). It's been several years since I've looked at an AMX.

If we're talking about the Crossfire as being somewhat of a "******* child", what about a Sunbeam Tiger. I owned a '67 Tiger for 18 yrs. Ford engine and transmission, salisbury rear end out of a Studebaker, AC (GM) air box and filter and a Chyrsler Pentastar emblem on the lower right fender. Definitely a car with an identity crisis.