SLK vs Chrysler Crossfire

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Scottiemcd - 22 Feb 2006 17:30 GMT

I have been test-driving some slks and a bunch of other behicles lately.
when i test-drove a chrysler crossfire and mentioned the slk he told me that
both cars have almost identical parts, including the engine. I found this a
little hard to believe but apparently they are built in the same factory?
Can anybody confirm/deny this?

i mention b/c i'm now looking at crossfires more closely. i found this one
online and am thinking seriously about it:

www.autoextra.com/vehicledetail/adid-32248577/2005/chrysler/crossfire/chesterfie
ld/va/do-basic?CMP=OTC-Fms&a=31

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Dori A Schmetterling - 22 Feb 2006 19:02 GMT

Karmann Osnabrück.

http://www.karmann.com/__C1256DF700512B86.nsf/html/en_a6ae900191216561c1256dc500
3287fb.html

I could not immediately see the Crossfire listed but I saw it come off the
assembly line a couple of years ago and be driven round the factory.

SLK has a (steel) drop-top; Crossfire doesn't.

DAS

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>I have been test-driving some slks and a bunch of other behicles lately.
> when i test-drove a chrysler crossfire and mentioned the slk he told me
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> www.autoextra.com/vehicledetail/adid-32248577/2005/chrysler/crossfire/chesterfie
ld/va/do-basic?CMP=OTC-Fms&a=31

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Keith Baird - 23 Feb 2006 17:37 GMT

> I have been test-driving some slks and a bunch of other behicles lately.
> when i test-drove a chrysler crossfire and mentioned the slk he told me that
> both cars have almost identical parts, including the engine. I found this a
> little hard to believe but apparently they are built in the same factory?
> Can anybody confirm/deny this?

The Crossfire is based on the previous (not current) SLK platform. I've
only ever read that the engine is Mercedes built, more or less the one
that was in the SLK 320 (but it is reasonable to guess the rest of the
drivetrain is MB-sourced); I believe the chassis is Chrysler's,
patterned after the old SLK.

--/<eith

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Paul Wylie - 23 Feb 2006 18:17 GMT

> I have been test-driving some slks and a bunch of other behicles
> lately. when i test-drove a chrysler crossfire and mentioned the slk he
> told me that both cars have almost identical parts, including the
> engine. I found this a little hard to believe but apparently they are
> built in the same factory?
> Can anybody confirm/deny this?

[...]

As others have pointed out, the Crossfire is based on the previous-
generation SLK, but there are some important differences. Many of the
Crossfire's parts are from the previous-generation SLK, but the body is
all new and Crossfire-specific. The SLK had a retractable hardtop roof,
while the Crossfire has either a fixed hardtop or a retractable softtop.
There is no option for a retractable hardtop on the Crossfire.

According to Chrysler's own press releases when then Crossfire hit the
market, the car contains about 39% Mercedes parts, including suspension
pieces, engine and transmission.

The Crossfire is built by Karmann, so unless Mercedes was using Karmann to
build the previous-gen SLK, that claim is flat out wrong.

--Paul
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