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My son is into cars and just got his license. Hes been looking for a car has found one he really likes..an 05 Crysler Crossfire. I had too think about this as this car is a sports car and hes only 16. I know the insurance could probly be a bit higher..but he's mature and takes good care of things. What do you think.crossfire or not?

Here',s the thing about a Crossfire. The Crossfire was the 1st try of Chrysler and Mercedes engineers to work together. Mercedes gave Chrysler their old technology to apply Chrysler',s new design. It wasn',t too successful because the competition already caught up to Mercedes old tech and Chrysler had to cripple its design to fit what they were given. Now with that said, the Crossfire was a pretty dependable, if cramped coupe. it's costly to fix if something does break same as Mercedes, BMW, or Audi . The performance is on par with a Mazda Miata or Honda S2000. Tires are costly if you do purchase it, check the tires rear tires wear out 1st . be sure your get two keys costly keys . Good luck.

Why not if he',s as good a kid as you and you may be able to pay for the insurance. But the car never sold well. But that doesn't mean it's a bad car. It',s now out of production. People for whatever reason just never paid attention to it.Look online of info.



I can tell you a full set of tires are $1,500.00 per set. If not more by now, that price was over a year ago.



Definitely NOT a good winter car. No traction on snow or ice. The tires are way to large for that.

i have one. v6 3.2. come on, be serious, not for a 16 year old., you have to have more money than sense. the car is far to powerful for someone with no driving experience. start him off in a 106 or 206 or whatever but not a crossfire.

Great car, shares its frame,drivetrain, and some interior bits with Mercedes SL.