Comments on: Death knell for the PT Cruiser

By: Cap'n Rusty

Cap'n Rusty — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:17:45 +0000

And here's the PT's Swan song.

By: Glenn Mark Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Ret.

Glenn Mark Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Ret. — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:03:15 +0000

It does have issues when the odometer gets around 125K and up. The electrical system circuit for the radiator fan motor has major issues. I have the burn scars on my left arm to prove it.
After a radiator/hoses/thermostat R and R, it was a direct wiring to the battery via a toggle switch. I live in the Mojave Desert. The fan needs to be on, ALL THE TIME.
Not Chrysler’s best engineering at all. Cute is all. The Missus went back to work to buy it ten years ago. It soldiers on as I was in and out of work for a couple of years. Now working. Civil Service.

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:19:35 +0000

The PT Cruiser was cute. That’s not a compliment unless you are two years old.

By: Wm Lawrence

Wm Lawrence — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:47:36 +0000

I never really cared much for the “retro” cars. It just seems like automobile stylists run out of ideas from time to time and have to go back to the well. That Chevy thing was the worst example. If I get the bug to drive a car that looks like a 34 Ford or a 50 Chevy pickup I’ll buy or build one.

By: They’re Going to Kill It Tomorrow? | Little Miss Attila

They’re Going to Kill It Tomorrow? | Little Miss Attila — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:17:13 +0000

[…] I were rich, I’d get extra Cruisers as parts […]

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:39:36 +0000

I kind of liked it. Looked like cars did when I was very small. My grandfather had a 36 Dodge that had to last through the war years. PT reminded me of that. If it blew a tire, or overheated a couple of times whenever you tried to take a 200 mile trip it would be perfect. It was really fun on a July trip crammed in the back with brother and a well padded great-Aunt or two.

Sometime just before or very early in WWII my Mother and Dad took the train to Detroit and picked up two Pontiac sedans for a dealer friend. They were the first of the “streamlined” look and Mom drove one with two tone paint. Allegedly the first ever in Florida. She said people all along the way just went crazy when they saw it. She was Queen of the Road, and loved it.

By: ed in texas

ed in texas — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:12:47 +0000

You do understand that the PT Cruiser was simply the Dodge Neon as a station wagon, don’t you? Same chassis, same parts stream, all identical.
You have to remember that they’re in the business of selling something new.

By: James Drake

James Drake — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:51:18 +0000

My wife likes how it looks too but a woman who has one told me it’s not well made. I’ve heard it was designed out of Geo parts. You don’t see many of those on the road these days, even used ones.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:27:53 +0000

And it got designer Bryan Nesbitt a higher-profile gig at General Motors, too. (If the Chevy HHR looks rather PT-ish, now you know why.)

By: IlÃon

IlÃon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:25:39 +0000

“Hey, Chrysler, did it have something to do with my post?”

Let’s test the hypothesis — say something nice about the Chevy Corvette.