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Re: Mercedes and Chrysler was never a winning combination

I also owned a 1987 Lebaron GTS 2.2L Turbo 4 Door Sedan. It was a blast to drive, handled unbelievably, and got great mileage too. The electronics it contained were way ahead of their time.

If Chrysler would simply bring that type of inexpensive performance vehicle back out of mothballs and just update the body styling slightly to make it more contemporary, I think they would have potential to rise from the grave again.

Bob

And, let me mention, I owned a 1987 Le Baron turbo coupe for a long > time, and it was a lovely little car.
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Bob Shuman
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From all I read, it seems their 4-cylinder engines then were smoother and quieter than the ones now too. And a K-car was roomy; the H-cars (Lancer, LeBaron hatchbacks) were roomy and good handling. You're right -- Chrysler should do retro, and do it right!

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Lloyd

That saving grace was part of Chrysler's engine problems. Has Mitsubishi ever made a good engine? Their 2.5 4 cyl and 3.0 V6 in friends Chrysler cars weren't even close to my Chrysler engines that replaced them.

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Some O

I agree. I had the 2.5L version of the GTS for 10 years. It was an excellent package and would be lovely with todays drive train enhancements. I still see quite a few of them in the road, the body styling still looks very good. It smokes the boxy 300's looks.

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Some O

Was there a 2.5 Mitsu? The really infamouse Mitsu engine was the 2.6; the 2.5 I remember was a bored Chrysler 2.2 with balance shafts.

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Joe Pfeiffer

There was a Mitsubishi 2.5L SIX cylinder in the late 90s, used mostly in the "cloud" cars. It was ever-so-slightly less pathetic than the Mitsubishi 3.0, and was replaced by the poorest Chrysler engine in modern memory- but still better than any Mitsu- th 2.7L v6.

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Steve

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