Chrysler to put ME Four-Twelve Supercar into Production

Chrysler's Return to Financial Health seen behind Decision to Consider Production ME

According to an article in a recent issue of the Detroit News, Chrysler will "more likely than not" produce its stunning ME

Chrysler's stunning 12-cylinder mid-engined ME Four-Twelve supercar will "more likely than not" be built. (Photo: DaimlerChrysler)

Four-Twelve, an outlandish 12-cylinder, mid-engined supercar that it stunned the automotive press with during January's Detroit Motor Show.

Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Chrysler Group told the newspaper that, "We are in talks with partners who are interested in building it." The company is currently considering the economic implications. The biggest problems on the table right now concern the number of vehicles to produce, and a pricing strategy. The Chrysler CEO hopes to have these details completely sorted by the end of this year.

Names such as Roush, Pagani and Metalcrafters are among the companies on the list to build the auto giant's supercar, each bringing

Chrysler is currently shopping around for a notable company to build the ME, with production numbers being a major consideration. (Photo: DaimlerChrysler)

their own reputation for building high-quality, low volume vehicles to the equation.

Before Chrysler is a decision whether to opt for sophisticated high-tech/low manual labor production methods or a more hands-on manufacturing approach.

Regardless of the assembly method, the optimal price tag appears to be one of two cases; either seven per year with a purchase price of one million dollars per unit, or a production run of 1,000 cars per year with a more reasonable cost. So far, Chrysler is leaning towards the latter; following in the tracks of Ford's new GT40 "replicar," the GT.