WTF wheel drive?

****. Come on, Chrysler, don’t make the mistakes that almost destroyed GM..

What good are lower production costs if nobody buys the car without incentives?

Nooooo!!! Why, oh why do they have to shoot themselves in the foot?!?

I know the enthusiasts here are ticked, but how many of these car buyers aren’t really gonna know/care about the difference?

Everyone is going to make jokes that it’s built on a Chery platform. Don’t care. Everyone is going to lament that it’s front wheel drive. Don’t care.

Why? The Giants just beat the Cowboys. That’s why. Who’d have thunk it would only be the other Manning playing next weekend?

- El Aleman
Exactly! Wasn’t there an article recently about how much money Ford saved by not producing ****ty cars in the first place?! Come on! It’s not rocket science!

- Brendino
Roadsters are a pretty niche market. Unless they market this towards girls, I don’t see any reason why this car will sell in [relatively] large numbers. Enthusiasts have so many RWD roadsters to choose from.

Front wheel drive! Can I drive it backwards?

-F451
HAHA. hopefully theyll put in option so you could turn the seats and steering wheel around and drive it like a 911

Please tell me its April !st because I really hope they aren’t serious. Why make a car that does not have the main feature of every other car in the segment. Completely pointless.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

dammit….

Lotus a while back sold a FWD convertible (the Elan?).

Gotta agree with Bendino, Most people today wouldn’t know how to properly drive a RWD to its limits anyway. 99.9% of the people who buy this won’t care.

Oh well. There’s still the Kappa cars.

The shape isnt very appealing.
Very Mercury Capri-ish

WRD. WRONG wheel drive. Saw that on a sticker once. Hilarious.

WHAT????????????????????

Wow, this is the final proof to everyone who said Cerberus control would magically revive Chrysler. Chrysler is DEAD.

I guess the Solstice/Sky still get to relax with no real competition in the affordable roadster segment.

FWD…the kiss of DEATH. Bon Voyage, Chrysler, it’s been nice knowin ya.

this ruins everything. EVERYTHING.

Chrysler/Dodge- You are not going to save and build the company with bean counters making the calls. You are not better than GM and GM needed guys like Lutz to bring ‘em back. Don’t tease the public with a little beast and then remove the mountain oysters (for all of you in the accounting department – that means castrate their balls).

I don’t know CA36. My ‘95 Neon coupe weighs about 2400lbs with 150 horse. 2600lbs and 172 horse should be pretty close in a straight line. Now put 300 horse and keep the weight close to that figure and it should be a hoot to drive. Have you ever driven an SRT-4 Neon? That’s only 235 horse and now the Caliber SRT-4 is up to 285/300 (depending on which report you believe) and I can’t wait to drive one.

Price is going to be the key here. As Brendino and global point out, most in this market probably couldn’t tell you what a wheel bearing does never mind discuss the merits of FWD vs. RWD. If it’s fun to drive, looks good, and comes in thousands less than the Solstice/Sky/Miata they’ll sell ‘em by the bucket.

FWD on a Chinese platform?
Chrysler has one foot in the grave and idiots in charge.

and it is Chinese to boot assclowns, morons, imbeciles. you have to be the largest group of automotive morons why don’t you name it the dodge crap because that is what it is , i bet this will torque steer worse like my old turd monster 93 topaz.what a stupid company, you suck, you suck you suck… the end

a small sporty convertible two-seater, not an enthusiast car? If it doesn’t please the core audience, the secretaries and hairdressers aren’t going to buy a car with poor reviews.

441Zuke – Dodge’s reliability sucks anyways. Maybe the Chinese will actually be able to teach em a thing or two.

I mean I wouldn’t count on it, but I know that Chrysler doesn’t have the track record that the other companies have.

My dodge has 108,000 miles, not one problem. Sure, I forcibly broke the visor’s little plastic clip when slamming it into place once. But, other than tires, fluid changes, brakes (wear/maintenance items)… NOTHING. I drive it hard, too.

You are lucky, My co-worker and I had mid and late 90’s Dodge product.

His cooked the oil and fried the engine…2.7L anyone ? The car doors ate the windows often, and on the freeway the car would run badly if the A/C wasn’t turned on.

Mine ate transmissions and waterpumps. It also ate many other parts I don’t have time or desire to remember.

You don’t put the name “Demon” on a FWD car. It’s just so wrong… but what do you expect from Dodge?

Dead on arrival.

LOL Ecky69-but yea i preety much agree with every one here, big mistake.wrong wheel drive haa

ROFL FWD roadster!! why don’t u just put the engine in the back as well making it world’s first rear engine/front wheel drive!!!

Built on CHERY Platform, A DEMON indeed. Pleeeeseeeee Chrysler NO.

why?

Holy crap, is this like the first time we all ever agree on something???

One more worthless car coming to a Dodge dealership near you! This is an outright shame.

What. Are. They. Thinking.

Actually, flaming anal jizz can, I do love the look … much better than the Miata. But that’s all it’s got going for it. So, essentially, I do agree with the majority. And I’m sure the majority agree with me … you are a living sack of horse manure … your only value is to fertilize the earth after you die.

I doubt it will see the lite of day, regardless of drive wheel configuration. There is no money in Chrysler to produce low volume convertible. Somebody at Chrysler knows it.

The fact that you can’t boast about anything, let alone a kolbassa, only serves to confirm your worthlessness here and in life.

ROFL FWD roadster!! why don’t u just put the engine in the back as well making it world’s first rear engine/front wheel drive!!!
Comment by e46Ne90, posted on January14 at 9:57 am

Remember the Pontiac Fiero? Based on the Chevy Citation which was FWD.

LASORDA, YOUR FIRED!!!!

LOLOLOL Just when you think Chrysler can’t f*ck **** up some more …Bwahahaha is a blind-folded 5 year old making decisions for them?

Is this a 2 seater? Wy not make it a coupe/3 door-4 seater, like the Scion tC? If they would that, with 172HP..yeah, I’d consider it.

Chrysler just screwed themselves over. I own a Solstice GXP and I guarantee I would never have bought it if it was FWD. It ruins the entire purpose of the car, to be a sports car and to be fun to drive.

way to screw this one up, I got excited for a minute.

This is a serious mistake. As someone said earlier, it’s not like the public won’t care, since most of the public isn’t made up of car enthusiasts, because the only people buying this car will be enthusiasts most likely, and they’ll want RWD, and they’ll have lots of other options to choose from. Damn. They could have had a winner.

Nothing to see here. No need to look back. Keep moving.

Well I must say I am a little disappointed to hear that they are making this FWD instead of RWD. I was also hoping that this would make a worthing rival to the Sky, Solstice and Miata.

However Dodge has something here instead to dominate the sport FWD segment. and If they can keep it’s curb weight low, and as Johnnycanuk said be able to sell it a few grand cheaper than the Sky, Solstice and Miata then Dodge indeed will have a winner on its hands. And oh boy watch out when they do offer a Demon SRT-4 with that 2.4L Turbocharged engine. I’m going to have to get a faster car…

Drive it and buy it yourself, Tom LaSorda, dumb ass!

Thank you, SS4LIFE: I was beginning to feel like a leper.

I would have preferred to see the Demon produced as a rear wheel drive roadster. Although this is a little disappointing, it is not my biggest concern. I am more concerned with the fact that it will be sitting on a Chery platform. I hope they get involved in the engineering and keep a detailed check on quality control. What goes over o.k. in China, may not necessarily fly in other parts of the world. The last thing Chrysler needs now is more bad press.

The only other concern is the company’s priorities. With so many other pressing concerns that the company seems to have at the moment, why are they worrying about bringing a low volume affordable roadster to market? It seems like money and resources should be focused on fixing the mainstream, high volume products first.

No problemo Johnnycanuck, I got you on this.

I know what you mean mazdaman, but from LLN’s article I believe that they’ll only use the chassis from Chery. I bet it will still be engineered by Chrysler and be produced stateside. Although yeah alot of money will be saved just by not having to engineer and develop a new chassis and even more would be saved if it was manufactured in China. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

All I know is if they could offer the base 172hp 2.4L model of this in like the 18-20k range. That alone would put it at a major advantage. And offer the SRT-4 model with the 300hp 2.4l in the mid to high 20’s then the next thing I’ll be asking is where do I sign up and put my deposit?

I’d buy a Dodge Razor today, I don’t understand why that didn’t make it into production. I think it was much better looking then the Demon.
http://seriouswheels.com/cars/top-2002-Dodge-Razor-Concept.htm

last year it was on teh cover of Motor Trend with the title of “Dodge Convertable for under ten grand?”. If they can keep the price of the demon low I really dont give a ****

Chrysler should talk to the Archer brothers as they proved rear wheel drive is faster when they raced Dodge Daytonas in the eighties.Chrysler get a clue please I need to trade in my 05 Mustang…