Chrysler offers a nice choice of interior colors, with the Dark Slate Grey and Cedar (red) two-tone in one of my testers being a personal favorite next to its Graphite Metallic exterior paint scheme. Its six additional color choices include Aero Blue, Alabaster, Black, Blaze Red and Sapphire Silver Blue, with Classic Yellow being all-new for 2005 and only available on the Roadster. Other than the Dark Slate Grey and Cedar two-tone interior treatment, other
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| Classic Yellow is an all-new color for 2005 and only available on the Roadster. (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press) |
color schemes include Dark Slate Grey, Dark Slate Grey and Vanilla two-tone, and Dark Slate Grey and Medium Slate Grey two-tone. Options and colors aside, more roadster rivals compete directly with the convertible Crossfire than the coupe, but Chrysler's premium Roadster still is priced to undercut the competition. The list includes BMW's $51,800 to $72,020 Z4, and Porsche's $60,650 to $143,425 Boxster (the Boxster offers many more options than any of its rivals hence its much higher fully loaded price). Not to forget the
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| The SRT6 Crossfire Coupe and Convertible will arrive for the 2005 lineup in the fall. (Photo: DaimlerChrysler Canada) |
Crossfire's kissing cousin Mercedes-Benz SLK, it starts at $55,950 and ends up at $84,842 in 349-hp SLK32 AMG trim. Does that SLK32 AMG horsepower sound enticing? Chrysler thought so too. New for 2005 will also be an SRT6 Crossfire Coupe and Roadster, featuring a hand-built supercharged 330-hp 3.2-liter V6 engine mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission with AutoStick manual mode, good for sub-five second runs to 100 km/h. More on the SRT6 in a future review.
