You know, I've owned some legendarily unreliable cars in my time: Renault LeCar, Lancia Beta, Peugeot 405, Jaguar XJS and the Isuzu Trooper with the head built by Heaven's Gate-trained lemmings are just a few.

I bought my VW Type 34 from a Texan while living in Oklahoma. This is essentially importing from another country.

Those dash HVAC vents aren't from a Maserati, not from any Jeep I know of - could that be the bones of the actual Alfa interior?

You can talk trash about that Pacifica all ya want, but it held together amazingly well considering all the damage it wreaked

While not strictly camouflage, the wildest mule I"ve ever heard of was for the Plymouth Prowler.

actually, Chrysler does make both he 8 speed and 9 speed ZF transmissions in house. They started out buying them, but as Kokomo got up to speed, have built the majority in house.

9/10. Who knew my knowledge of captive Mitsubishi imports would ever be valuable?

Nooooooooooo! It really should be from Chrysler, as craigslist is already full of Cryshlr LeBron's for sale.

Wow, I really can't believe you're still on this.

Chrysler (meaning Chrysler Corporation) had a very competitive line up before the acquisition. Intrepid was class leading. Sebring (JA/JR) was the best selling convertible in the country. Viper, Neon SRT = self explanatory.

What do you find so difficult to believe? Daimler didn't buy Chrysler as an investment, they bought them as a resource to mine and discard.

A car company is more than just one platform. It's the complete decontenting of every model, cheapening them until they were uncompetitive. Those Mercedes parts? They forced Chrysler to reengineer the LX to include them, then charged them royalties for using them, as well as "engineering fees" for forcing them to use…

No, sadly not Burbank. Oklahoma, if you can believe that.

Yeah, whatever. Rear wheel drive is over rated.

Remember that part of the SAT where they say "apples are to oranges as Proust is to...."? Well, that's sort of what I'm doing here, except it's saying "Fiats rust crazy bad, ya know, which is true because I know that Cutlass Supremems rock and BMWs drive wicked good" in the voice of someone who still thinks in terms…

You're kidding, right? Do I really need a "/sarcasm" flag?

It's an interesting approach. I guess Fiat is gambling that the Alfa connection is going to bring in a higher end clientele to the Studios who won't be willing to trundle next door to the Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep minivanandHellcat barn to check the Renegade's monroney.

Oh, what? Rational, logical thought applied to the "fix it again tony" syndrome? How dare you!

I see AMC Eagles frequently on Craigslist. This one has been for sale for quite a while and truly qualifies as rare: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/486341…

I nominate the entire cast of Diamond Star Motors. Galant, Eclipse, Laser, Talon and the derivatives such as first gen Sebring and Avenger coupes.