Originally Posted by Cristobal09

So I stepped out of work early today to go test drive an evo with my friend cause hes really wanted one for awhile. I have to say, those are pretty quick, definitely quicker than the 370 if you ask me. The guy said he would give me 40 for my nissan as is, even though I had no intention of buying one, he wantd to sell it to me that bad. I wont lie, I was REALLY tempted, (my wife would have left me however considering I get a new car every year almost) and I knew I wasnt but I figure what the hell, lets see what they can get my payments to IF I were to buy one.

Then they ran the credit...691 which isnt sooo bad, but they saw my debt to income ratio (ive got a loooooooottttt of debt) and they said the best they could do is a 7 percent rate....That is when I politely said hell no, and left. My dumb azz friend on the other hand had a 498 and expected to get the car, one bank approved him and it was a 14 percent rate and he had to put like 5 grand down. So needless to say, we both left with the same cars we came in.

Originally Posted by ZCarMan

What is interesting to note is that Ralph Gilles who designed the 300 and made it their most successful sedan in years, was moved over as the head of Dodge to become the head of the newly created SRT brand. He is a huge performance car fan. He loves the Viper and now he has been instrumental in helping get the new SRT Viper to the market which unveils next week. Anyhow, FIAT moved him there from the head of Dodge which many thought was a demotion. In fact it was the best thing FIAT could have done was to put him as head. FIAT/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchione has been all about quality. The new Dodge Dart gets 40MPG, looks agressive and next year we'll get to see the U.S. built Alpha Romeo!