Seriously, who can tell anymore? Is there a sad robot somewhere that is programmed to lavish praise on used Sebrings? Surely, in this economy, Tacoma Dodge could find a human being desperate enough for cash to talk up a nice silver ’bring for the camera. Then again, even the robot sounds like it deals with a lot of professional self-loathing. Moving on, GMAC doesn’t really want to spend $5B of its $6B bailout on “subprime auto lending,” does it? That’s got to be a joke, right? And is Carl Levin for real when he tells the DetN that the mere discussion of Chapter 11 for Chrysler and GM is “self-defeating”? Or is the Senator from Michigan in posession of a sharper sense of humor than he is typically given credit for? Now I’m seeing that Automotive News [sub] is running a headline that reads “Wagoner Gets Pension, But That Is All.” Because he somehow deserved more than $20 million? What a bunch of kidders. Yikes! What’s gotten into people? Did the CAW just really tell GM to go NSFW itself? Is Obama’s new Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers’ actually comfortable with openly telling Michigan that he will be a devoted stimulus wetnurse to that great state? Humor just doesn’t need this kind of competition from reality.
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That was too funny. I kept waiting for her to say, “Make a left turn in 500 feet”. At least it’s a convertible, but it has the 4. Don’t forget the alloy wheels!
Actually, I feel bad for the robots that weld the Sebring… birthing the Jersey Devil so to speak.
The joke is on us taxpayers when it comes to GMAC. I guess after screwing GM dealers out of business all over the country (including my local dealer)they found a little conscious. (NOT) When are Al ($11 million in compensation)de Molina, Bill Muir, Barbara Stokel, et. al and all of the Board of Directors going to get fired? They should be. President Obama shouldn’t stop with Rick Wagoner. Time to clean out GMAC’s house of incompetent overpaid executives and Board of Directors now!
“This convertible has been equipped with the following special features:
Alloy wheels.”
Hysterical!
I live in NYC
As far as I’m concerned, “a Sebring is better than walking”.
Chrysler articles attract me because I bought a 300 and an S550 before Chrysler broke up with MBenz. I never understood why people hate Sebrings.
#1 I don’t think its ugly.
#2 I’ve seen people driving them and thought it was a nice car – they liked it after all.
#3 Its spacious. I’m 6’7 and I can sit in it. Its cheapness is part of the reason its spacious.
#4 Its affordable.
If I was in a low income bracket I wouldn’t hesitate to buy one. With newer cars out however, I probably wouldn’t. Fusion/Taurus 2010
amadorgmowner :
“conscience”
Actually all humans in Tacoma sound like that. Something about the Aroma of Tacoma.
–chuck
Only in America!
First we ship all of our well-paying, middle class jobs to Mumbai.
Then we screw them over when we replace them with an automated system to simulate a human voice.
What will be next? A simulated puppy that doesn’t soil the carpet or bark in the middle of the night.
Time for a virtual reality check!
Car and Driver ended up yanking their April Fool’s joke as far too many news outlets and people took it seriously. It went something like this: Obama ordered GM and Chrysler out of NASCAR, with a picture of a COT with Hyundai Genesis styling and painted in Dale Earnhardt/Goodwrench black.
C&D’s April Fool’s joke is a good enough reason to keep them in business.
Last year’s joke was good when they reported that Toyota bought the naming rights to Oldsmobile when GM let the trademark lapse for a day.
I testdrove one of this generation Sebrings shortly after it came out. It was 4-cylinder automatic. It seemed like the engine and transmission were just distantly related, and not on good speaking terms. The steering felt light yet ponderous at the same time. There was something just not right about the interior. I was planning on taking the car on my usual test drive loop. I ended up taking it about a mile, and turning around to take it back to the dealer. I sold my Chrysler stock immediately. The Sebring might go down in history as the “Car that Killed Chrysler.” That’s not totally fair, the Sebring was the symptom, not the disease, but still . . . .
The Hyundai Sonata came out about the same time as the Sebring, with basically the same engine. In the Hyundai, it actually felt modestly peppy. The interior of the Sonata wasn’t perfect, but it was better than the Sebring. Since then, the Hyundai has gone through a major refreshening. I haven’t driven the new one yet, but the pictures seem to indicate that they cured many of the previous model’s faults. The Sebring? You tell me.
Flashpoint
The people that I’ve talked to that have bought one of Chrysler’s new small cars (Sebring, Avenger, Caliber, Compass, or Patriot) all seem to love and enjoy their purchases. Do we know something we don’t? Do they know something we don’t?
I’d consider one very specific Chrysler small car, a Patriot 4×4 with a stick shift. That’s it. Otherwise, there’s better to be had.
Because any human couldn’t possibly keep from laughing saying those things about a Sebring…
Commanderfish
I’ve heard people call the Sebring ugly. Considering the stuff some of these companies are putting out, I disagree.
Sebrings look feminine, yes, but I wouldn’t mind driving a Black model if I were a college student. Of course I’d have to have it loaded with Navigation and moonroof,etc.
Maybe more power and rear wheel drive woulda helped it? Maybe an SRT4? LOL or an SRT8 Sebring with 430HP?
Wow. They couldn’t seriously get the voice lady from the beginning and end of the commercial to voice-over the Sebring? That’s almost past funny…
@Flashpoint: everyone’s entitled to their own opinion…the Sebring doesn’t look horrific in person (in pictures…that’s another story), but the proportions are so dumpy and the details so ill-conceived it’s far from attractive either. The rear end is pleasant enough, I’ll give you that.
I’ve ridden in an Avenger and it was alright, but I think any car is fine at transporting passengers these days. I didn’t get to drive it but the engine made some embarrassing sounds.
Attention customers:
This vehicle has been equipped with the following special features – alloy wheels. That is all.
Comedy gold. Anyone who likes their Sebring and actually bought one on purpose has either never driven anything else, or utterly hates cars/themselves.
“safety and added control of front wheel drive”
lol?
I’ve actually driven right past this dealership on my way from the MINImart to the VW Haus. It……
uh…..
yep, that’s how memorable it and Chrysler were.
I never understood why people hate Sebrings.
#1 I don’t think its ugly.
I concur.
There´s an Art Deco flamboyance I love in the styling of this car (specially in metalized grey). I have seen it in the flesh because at Chrysler they managed to move a handful of units in Spain.
I am out of the closet now regarding the esthetics of the Sebring.
Flashpoint & A Is A: Count me in as well. I love the retro aspects of it.I have never understood the unhinged hatred of it.
And if I am the one paying for it, my opinion is the only one that counts.
What I found interesting in the ad (after the hilarious ‘alloy wheels’) was ‘reliable automatic transmission’…..
This sort of implies that perhaps some Chrysler automatic transmissions aren’t reliable. Hmmmmm…
Conslaw:
“I sold my Chrysler stock immediately.”
Chrysler is privately owned. You couldn’t sell it stock if you’re life depended on it because there isn’t any.
On the Sebrings looks:
The first time I saw one on the road, it passed me in the left lane, so I didn’t notice it until I could see the tailights. I had seen pics of the car before but all from the front and 3/4 view. I thought it was a new Toyota Avalon, I kid you not. The back end had that anonymous boring Toyota design language. Then I noticed the Chrysler badge.
I’ve looked at the sedan and the convertible in person. The sedan is horrid. It’s not that any one thing is bad, it’s just the pieces don’t mesh well together. The front end just by itself is ok but when you combine it with the rest of the car something doesn’t work. The convertible however is not that bad. Maybe it’s because I like convertibles (who doesn’t?).
The Avenger looks much better, just blocky for my tastes. I’ve heard that the optional V6 with the 6 speed auto is much nicer to drive. If you’re gonna get stuck with one for a rental see if they will upgrade you to that to make the experience bearable.
“a reliable automatic transmission”
Please, somebody stop the voice… I’m laughing too hard.
I always though the Sebring, rather than having the abrupt ending to it’s roof, should simply extend it to the back and make it some sort of liftback. It would look better, and be more practical.
That was simply laughably bad. “reliable” transmission? How much for the unreliable one?