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| Okay, I'll try that the next time. I use Netscape at both home and work, and it looked pretty good. How's this then???? Now, if we can only drag a .jpg image onto this we'd really have a ball. | |
| The 5,500 reportedly made and warehoused awaiting delivery, are not being warehoused. They have been re-badged as Hyundai Amanti's [sp] and are on sale right now at your local Hyundai dealer. lol | |
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There very well may be 5500 300s being held from shipping, but I think not for reason of advertizing purpose. At the moment, there is a Canadian rail strike, with Ford CAW workers refusing to unload boxcars. It is also affecting GM and Ford's ability to ship out vehicles. According to the article, Mopar doesn't ship vehicles out by rail, but their parts, and engines, like the 5.7 Hemi, are shipped north from Mexico. However, from yet another article, the 300C isn't affected, and I quote: `It's not an issue,'' Elshoff said. ``We've got engines stockpiled because they're in a launch curve.'' http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0402/27/d01-73895.htm http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm18600_20040225.htm |
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So far I've seen two of these on the road already. The first was a Satin Jade heading westbound from Detroit in mid-January (I was heading into Detroit for the Auto Show). Also passed a flat-black Dodge Magnum (semi-disguised - most logos were blacked out) heading into Detroit a few minutes later. I assumed they were out road-testing at the time. Just this past weekend I saw another 300, over in Kalamazoo, MI. I don't think this was the same car I'd seen previously, as it looked too dark to be the Satin Jade, but it still had a greenish tint. Possibly the Magnesium Pearl Coat paint? |
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From the Detroit news: "DaimlerChrysler’s Chrysler Group does not ship finished vehicles via rail, according to spokesman David Elshoff, but does transport its popular 5.7 liter Hemi engine from Santillo, Mexico, by rail to its Brampton, Ontario, assembly plant for installation in the Dodge Magnum" Wait a minute, Chrysler doesn't ship finished cars by train? So they need to ship 5500 cars to their destinations with nothing but trucks!?! I'm in Arizona, my car is in Ontario. 2300 miles. Can I just come get it? |
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"I'm in Arizona, my car is in Ontario. 2300 miles. Can I just come get it?" Yes. Just pick a number from 1 to 5500. If you guess the right number, you can have your car early. |
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| According to the Detroit News sales are set to begin in late April. They also have a review in todays paper. Should be online by tomorrow. | |
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tibbune, that's interesting about shipping vehicles on trains. when i ordered a '96 intrepid it was shipped via rail to minneapolis...then trucked to where i live. i wonder if det news has that screwed up?? especially since the intrepid was built in the same factory that the 300 and magnum are being built in. |
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Another excellent review (it is on the front web page today, 3/3)! Given the range from the base model to the 300C, it will be interesting to see if the car magazines and web sites correctly realize that they need to test the different 300 models against the cars each version of 300 competes with, based on both size and price. |
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| Unfortunately, if past performance is any indication, the magazines will concentrate on the 300C and ignor the others. This would be unfortunate. As an example, all of the magazines have reviewed the SRX, but I've never seen a review of the V6 version, even though, apparently, it outsells the V8. | |
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