Unfortunately, I'm with Albeeno on this all the way. I mean I remember posts from people who were stating that the bragging rights doesn't come from what's slapped on the car after it's been tuned, it's what the car comes with straight out of the box. We have a car that produces 125 more hp then the Mustang, yet can only keep up with it. We have an engine coming out with 80 more hp and it will probably drop behind the Mustang a bit. What happened to those bragging rights? "My car has 125 more hp, but can't beat your car." I don't get it.

Ford puts a truck engine into a car and calls it a sports car, Chrysler drops a race car engine, in my opinion, in a truck and calls it a truck engine Hemi, though tq and hp ratings are just way to high when towing. They drop it in a car and call it a Hemi. To me that Hemi pulled my truck around quite well, where I'm baffled at is why won't it make this car more like a monster? Why doesn't it any of the cars? Is it because we haven't had a Hemi with a stick in it yet? Will that make it move better with the right gear ratio and driver, or not really?

Why am I paying $5-$10k more for a vehicle that can't beat or keep up with the Mustang? Really, the only two things I ask for is unique interior, even if it's all plastic, and something that keeps up with the Mustang. That would make me happy. I would still have a hard time paying the extra money for a comparable performing vehicle, but I would be more apt to do it. I'm mean honestly, if the performance doesn't matter that much to people, as I've heard on here, if the interior doesn't matter to people, as I've heard on here, why not just slap a Challenger body on the underpinnings of a Focus. It wouldn't fit, but work with me here. That's what I felt what happened. To me this car has lost value and should be at the same price as the Mustang. I would be more then happy to pay for that, but Chrysler seems to put this car above the Mustang, and probably above the Camaro, price wise, with lower standards then those two on performance and interior.

In reality I love Chrsyler and hate Ford, I hate everything that they stand for and support if you know what I mean, but when I saw the Mustang I had to have it. The only Ford I will ever own unless they give one to me. I know it doesn't sound like that, but I have pretty much owned Chrysler all my life, Plymouth Sundance, 3 Dakotas, 2 Rams, Plymouth Breeze, and I've been happy. This though has let me down.

I work hard for my money and I love the muscle cars even though I wasn't around, but I thought this was going to be a war like in the old days and that performance and styling was going to be a factor. Seems price and flash is what Chrysler is going for these days. Sell what you can so we, the new company, can get rid of this Chrysler to a foreign operator.

I can't wait to go back to Chrysler, but they have to give me a decent reason to. The Avenger is close, but doesn't cut it. The Charger would have, but no stick. The Ram may be the way to do it, but gas is a huge factor so I may not. I may have to sit and wait this one out and I'm very disappointed. I hope that I have a chance to change that soon.