Enjoy yur ride bro!!Welcome to the SRT family!!I just got a JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE SRT-8 off tha lot last week and I'm very happy with it!Don't pay these haters any mind,those SRT engineers know what they're doing.

 

Exactly!

 

The SRT/AMG engines are hand built. At least, more than the Gs engines.

 

Oh, don't be a brand snob. The Infiniti is a Nissan with a different name for snobs. When you look under the hood in an infiniti, you see Nissan all over the place. When you look under the hood of my "Chrysler" you see the triple pointed Mercedes star everywhere.

 

Thanks man, wasn't trying to do anything but say thanks for the good info on the site. Picking up a G Sedan for the lady of the house next week. Black with Black interior. Of course I expected some hating because this IS a G35 forum after all. Trust me, you go to another car forum like BMW or similar and you will find G35 haters all over the place calling them doctored up Nissans and etc. The fact is, no car is perfect. I've had issues with Infiniti and every other car I've ever owned. I'm sure I'll have issues with the SRT, but damn is it quick. Scary quick actually. No car is an investment. Only a large depreciating asset (unless you get a collector car). To me, the SRT-6 Crossfire is classy, interesting to look at, beautiful, fast, well-engineered in Germany, and is one of the best performance and quality bargains of the century. Those Cherokee SRT-8s are awesome! Enjoy it!

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=1985

 

Kind of expecting this with any models with Daimler-Benz underpinnings. Since the divorce, I can't see Chrysler continuing with "new" models that rely heavily on the German parts - which they probably don't have a lot of access to any more, or at least not in a preferred relationship. Wonder where you go for a Chrysler 300C's parts considering much of the underpinnings minus the engine are from Mercedes S-Class. How can Chrysler continue to build 300C's when a large part of the car was sources from Daimler?

Looks aside, my only beef with the Crossfire is it's smaller inside than even my 350Z, and that's not exactly cargo-friendly. I don't mind not carrying passengers, but when 2 people's luggage barely fits, that's kind of useless to me.

Sorry to hear you had so many problems with the G, I really haven't had anything more than minor annoyances. A big part of the appeal of the G to me in addition to the driving, performance, etc. is the utility of the car. I can actually take my wife and 2 kids somewhere, instead of leaving it in the garage any weekend we all go somewhere.

Drove the G35S Sedan, it really drives well, it's fast, smooth 6MT, it will definitely take some G37 would-be buyers away where the old Sedan would not. The new G37 is also just too heavy and the performance not there for the large additional HP bump over my '04 Coupe and the Sedan - the new sedan in S trim and maybe even X trim is just as fast, or so close it doesn't matter.

I'm not thrilled to see that replacing the V35 model, I won't buy a 3700 lb coupe that barely outperforms my current Coupe, does worse on the skidpad, and has 300 extra lbs to haul through corners...

 

What a crock! Woo Hoo! Wth does "more handbuilt" mean? Sounds like someone still has an axe to grind with Nissan...

 

That's a fantastic vehicle. My neighbor down the road bought one, all black, looks mean as hell. He followed me through some twisty roads one morning - I had my B13 (former SCC Project Car, handling about as dialed in as it gets by Dave Coleman).

I could gap him just a little into the corners (for example, by carrying 55 mph in a corner marked 20 mph), and by braking later going in, have a little higher entrance and mid-corner speed, which was then completely obliterated by his exit speed. 400+ hp vs. 170 whp even with a sub-2400 lb track day car, no contest. The really impressive feat the SRT team pulled off with that vehicle is the handling - I wouldn't even put my G up against it on a backroad, the thing just sticks (and has HP to spare).

Have fun, I was looking at one myself, but to get one I'd have to ditch my '03 RAM 1500 which I really still need for other use - w/5 cars already, only so much room in the corral...enjoy!

 

*Ugh* That car defines the word ugly.

I "test" drove one a couple months back at some event Chrysler was having. I didn't get to drive it hard, but it was quite evident it didn't have the kind of power a base 350z does. I think it costs more and has less power than the Nissan. Further, the interior was just plain cheap and nasty to me.\\

 

Yeh man this thing is truly AMAZING,it just wanna run!I have to get used to the power,it's just RAW and as you stated the handling is incredible for a 4,800 pig!Iam really satisfied with this suv.I think yur RAM is more practical than the srt..LOL If you decide to get rid of it in the future,I highly recommend one of these BEASTS

 

Ha! Don't know what you're talking about, maybe a base Crossfire with 215hp. Read the article I posted above. It's a comparo between the Crossfire SRT-6, Boxter S, and the NISMO 350Z. The Crossfire destroyed the other two.

The 350Z has 298HP, the Crossfire SRT-6 has 330hp, 310lbs/ft of torque. The car only weighs a little over 3000lbs. Show me a stock 350Z that runs 0-60 in under 5 seconds. As for the interior, the interior is very nice and elegant, easily on par with the Infiniti, especially the pre-2005 models. This car makes my 6MT feel like a heavy slug in comparison.

 

Good post! After reading dozens of great reviews on the Crossfire SRT-6, I would not mind owning one. The only negative point about the car is the looks. For the money I think it's a great value compared to the G35 and 335i.

P.S. I actually test drove the base model which was not up to par.

 

The base Crossfire is a slug IMO. D/C should have come out with the SRT-6 first. Unfortunately though, it came at too steep a price and too late to improve the sales of the XFire. Actually, I'm glad because I got one of the performance bargains of the century!

As for being ugly, it does have a lot going on, but I've had twice the positive comments about it than I did with the G. People actually make a point to follow me to ask about it. Not bad for a design that came out over 3 years ago! The G is beautiful, but is becoming very common like the 3 series.