The 126 was rear-engined. The 127/128 is what the Yugo, or Zastava Koral, is based on.

Zastava is STILL building a car based on the 127/128. And, as I recall, Lada is still building the Riva, which was based on the 124.

@TomF, the Crossfire is nothing more than a turn of the century S-class w/ a Chry parts bin grill and UGLY, in words of J.Clarkson “dog bending over to #2″ rear hatch.

I remember when the PT first came out, it was bigger than jesus (and better than HHR…which has rental car written all over it!), too bad that Chry just let it die. $15k-$20k cars cannot last on the market 7 years without a major overhaul, the mild face lift just wasn’t enough.

Maybe it’ll live on in third-world markets, like when Fiat sold their used 128 dies to Lada and faux fiats continued to roam the Soviet Union for years to come.

When I turned 16 that was my first car, and I don’t consider myself ugly. It was at the time the only small wagon you could buy at a decent price, I bought one new for a heavy discount in 2002 but only kept it for six months. It was built to a high standard, very nice interior with soft to touch pieces everywhere. But the redesign in 05/06 actually took many of those quality parts and replaced them with cheaper, more rental car plastics. Too bad, because the original was a good, quality, small car. I traded it in for a 03 Protege5 which I still miss to this day.

The Crossfre was one car I still want a used version of. That was one of the classiest looking cars ever built and will look stunning years from now.

Call me crazy, but the only story I’ve seen regarding their future is that the Newark, DE plant is closing later this year, as of a 10/23 LLN article. But is that the only plant that produces the Durango and Aspen?

It seems kind of silly to me that Chrysler would end production of those two vehicles, since they were JUST introduced with Hybrid models a few months ago. Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

Can someone confirm?

Way overdue Chrysler. Way overdue.