April
3, 2015
Hello, world. It is now the first
week of April as I write this, and I must say that I miss keeping thus blog. Until
I write for a business blog someday, this is temporarily quite satisfying—sort of
like the effect that French fries have on most American diets, haha. Filling
for a while, but good.
I have seen a lot of Chryslers lately, and
today I bring forth an editorial. Alas, I am not an editor of any publication,
however I feel the duty to bring about an important point to Chrysler and their
new for 2015 200, the re-designed version of a very broken automobile.
Now that Dodge has essentially
severed its ties with regular cars, as the struggling Avenger sedan was set out
to pasture after ’14, Fiat-Chrysler Association has now let Chrysler build
regular, if a bit “upscale,” sedans that Dodge used to make. Thus, the
continuing big-car 300, the forthcoming Town & Country van, and the 200:
the car that I am writing about.
Except of course for the old-school
Dodge Viper, I am not a big fan of many American cars, generally speaking. Yes,
Mustangs are cool, but they’re not something many would drive every day. Chrysler
has added some very interesting looking design to the new 200, even to me.
New wheels, a brand new non-Chrysler
looking interior that looks like it came over from another country. Yes, like
an import, perhaps comparable to an Infiniti or an Acura.
Next is something a bit more technical:
all new, standard 9-speed automatic transmissions with the both the base and
the optional engines. Although probably not feeling very sporty, this would
hypothetically increase fuel mileage to very competitive standards and probably
making for quicker launch as well. In terms of what makes cars go, this alone
has more gears than any other gas-powered car in America with the exception of
one other Chrysler product.
To me, that is pretty impressive
that the makers of the car would shoot for such high standards. Why? The old
200 (and the equally bad Sebring that preceded it) was kind of one of those
automotive jokes. It goes something like this: in terms of transportation, one
can walk, ride the bike, or drive a 200. Even the Chevy Cruze was more
appealing than the old 200. The styling, the ride, more or less everything
about it was either pretty bad (the looks) or downright awful (the outgoing car’s
harsh transmission).
Although much of this is just my
thoughts through blogging prompts, I really hope that Chrysler can fine-tune
anything that may go wrong or that is currently wrong with the car. I say this
because I have driven the old Dodge Avenger/Chrysler 200, and they were just
horrible.
Now, they have created something
that no one was really expecting.
Now, if only the results will come
in for how the car’s quality will turn out…
