Agreed! (BTW, I like your new picture under your user name.) I miss seeing some sleekness in Dodge's line-up. Don't get me wrong I like the Charger and Challenger, but the Caliber, Nitro, Grand Caravan, and somewhat the Avenger are overdoing the boxy theme. The issue is Chrysler made the PT Cruiser far before GM got the designers of the Cruiser and made the HHR, so Chrysler already has that. Dodge doing retro is found in cars like the Challenger. Honestly, I think Chrysler should stay away from the 50s because if they bring back fins, they will manage to top the Aztek as having one of the tackiest models in current history.

Chrysler has used retro potentially too long and needs to consider making more futuristic looking cars (not weird futuristic like the Insight but fun looking futuristic). The fact of the matter is you can't live in the past. You can visit it occasionally but not stay there.

MrKrisSullivan, in response to your reference to the Prowler being made for ten years, I believe what you are referring to is the fact that the PT Cruiser used the styling of the Prowler because the Prowler was only made for 5 models years 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, & 2002. The two cars share nothing beyond similar looks. The Prowler was LH based (Intrepid, Concorde, 300M, LHS) with having a 3.5L H.O. engine (same as used in the Charger, 300, Magnum, and upcoming base level Challenger) and had been modified to be RWD unlike the other LH cars. The PT Cruiser was Neon based using NA 2.4L I4 and two different output levels of a turbocharged version of the same 2.4L engine. It was always FWD and unlike the Prowler had a manual available.

BootCamp, the lack of a Hemi V8 was more due to the lack of such an engine being produced at the time as the Hemi Magnum was not released until year after the Prowler went out of production. On top of this, I doubt it would have worked without having to do some expensive adjustments to the engine compartment to make it work. Even if they did, it still might not have been enough. The Thunderbird and SSR both had V8s available and they were both flops. On top of this, it would have pushed the price even higher. The Prowler did probably the best it could with the technology the company had available to them at the time (minus not having a manual available).