SUPERCHARGED Chrysler Crossfire SRT6 Review! The Weirdest Mercedes Sleeper in Disguise
**A Ride with a Unique Car: The Chrysler SRT-6 Crossfire**
As I sat behind the wheel of the Chrysler SRT-6 Crossfire, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and curiosity. This car was unlike any other, with its unique features and quirks that set it apart from more common vehicles on the road. My friend had reached out to me about borrowing his car for the day, and I jumped at the opportunity to see what all the fuss was about.
**A Brief History of the SRT-6 Crossfire**
The SRT-6 Crossfire is a high-performance version of the Crossfire, a compact car that was produced by Chrysler from 2004 to 2007. The SRT-6 model was designed to be more powerful and aggressive than its standard counterpart, with a boost in engine power and some notable modifications to the exterior and interior design. But what really sets this car apart is its unique sound and driving experience - it's not uncommon for owners to describe it as having "horns" or being able to feel the rumble of the engine through the seats.
**Driving the SRT-6 Crossfire**
As I started the car, I was immediately struck by its distinctive sound. The exhaust notes were deep and throaty, with a low-pitched growl that seemed almost menacing. I put it in gear and pulled out of the driveway, feeling a sudden surge of power as the engine roared to life. The shifter felt smooth and precise, but the added weight of the SRT-6 model made it feel slightly more aggressive than usual. On the road, the car handled well, with responsive steering and a comfortable ride that belied its performance credentials.
**A Little Bit of Racer Culture**
As I drove around town, I noticed that my friend had left a note on the dashboard about the car's history. Apparently, it was part of a unique culture in Puerto Rico, where the SRT-6 Crossfire is particularly popular among enthusiasts. The writer mentioned that there were more SRT-6s on the island than anywhere else in the world, per square mile - a fact that made me raise an eyebrow in surprise. It seemed like this car had become something of a local icon, and I felt honored to have the opportunity to experience it firsthand.
**A Quirky Driving Experience**
As we drove around, my friend started playing with some of the car's features, including its aftermarket exhaust system and modified shifter. The result was a driving experience that was both exhilarating and slightly disorienting - it was like driving a sports car that was also slightly eccentric. I have to admit, it took some getting used to, but eventually I found myself enjoying the unique sound and feel of the SRT-6 Crossfire.
**A Fun Fact**
Interestingly, my friend mentioned that the SRT-6 Crossfire is more popular on Puerto Rico than anywhere else in the world - a fact that made me curious. Apparently, it's not just the performance credentials or distinctive sound that have won over enthusiasts, but also its cult following and relatively low profile compared to some of Chrysler's other models.
**The Car's Personality**
As I continued driving, I started to feel like I was getting a glimpse into the personality of this car - quirky, individualistic, and perhaps a little bit mischievous. It seemed like it had a mind of its own, with a distinct tone and attitude that set it apart from more conventional vehicles on the road. Whether you're looking for something unique or just want to experience the thrill of driving something truly special, the Chrysler SRT-6 Crossfire is definitely worth checking out.
**The Future of the SRT-6 Crossfire**
As I brought the car back to its owner, I couldn't help but wonder about the future of this unusual model. With its limited aftermarket support and relatively low profile compared to some of Chrysler's other models, it seemed like the SRT-6 Crossfire might be a car that's destined for cult status rather than mainstream success. But as I reflected on my driving experience, I realized that sometimes it's not about being the best or most popular - but about embracing what makes you unique and having fun with it.
**Conclusion**
Driving the Chrysler SRT-6 Crossfire was an unforgettable experience that left me feeling exhilarated and inspired. Whether you're a car enthusiast or just someone who appreciates the quirks of life, this unusual model is definitely worth considering. With its distinctive sound, responsive handling, and unique driving experience, it's a car that will leave you with memories to last a lifetime - and maybe even inspire you to seek out something new and exciting in your own driving adventures.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enOh what's up ladies and gentlemen today I am back in Puerto Rico I'm extremely excited to be here and today I'm in a very very unique car that I never thought I would get the chance to review and that is the freaking srt-6 crossfire the normal crossfire I consider a dud because it just didn't really do much for me the looks of it didn't do much for me and the motor only made something like 200 horsepower this one makes a little bit over 300 horsepower that's a huge jump a hundred horsepower fixes a lot of things in a car that I don't like which sounds kind of like horsepower reliant not all cars need a bunch of horsepower but this feels completely different cuz the motors different the motor in this is actually a Mercedes engine it's an AMG engine that it's the same one you would find in the SL K which is super strange but when you look at the body shape of the crossfire you go oh yeah I can kind of see it because if you look at the S okay it's kind of similar the Chrysler always seems to find a way to partner up with other brands so if you look back at dsm you look back at the talons and all that it's the same exact thing just this time around it was with Mercedes and with this the interior is very Chrysler you know the steering wheel and everything is similar it's not the same but it's similar to the 300 the center console is this kind of brushed aluminum look in the center the inside of the car feels very viper ish gives a low roofline small windshield small windows but the owner of this car being so gracious he's so cool man he told me this whole story about why he had it so the crossfire the reason he had one was because his mom wanted one she ended up getting the SRT six because of his recommendation and then later he wanted to keep driving it he got a gt500 she said no you can't keep driving it so he just went out and bought his own so now they have to so they have a stock one and this one is modified and what's also cool about this one is that the model year of this SRT 6 there's only 47 of them it's probably one of the only modified cross fires I've ever seen it's very rare to see these cars modified like they are this is actually a supercharged v-6 it's not a four-cylinder it's not at the 8b 6 so when you see the blower hidden under all the intakes hidden under everything you're like oh I see it I see the little ridges of the supercharger but it actually drives surprisingly smooth it's not going to like rock your socks off of the interior but he did diamond stitching in the seats and in the door panels and that really cleans it up this time around it looks factory and that's the benefit of it is that it doesn't look out of place sometimes when you see people do like VIP cars and they diamond stitching everything it's kind of overbearing because it's like wow they really like diamond stitching but in this the colors go with the - they go with the gauges everything one of my favorite things about this though is it's called a crossfire right well it says it's a modified supercharged crossfire he calls it the Hellfire has this little tiny demon logo on the side with a little tiny top hat basically to tell you I got sent to humor one - I know I'm not a demon but it's fun to try to be and it's like a baby demon that's the that's the mindset Chrysler Dodge have been doing such a great job with the Challenger the Hellcat the demon that if you kind of look into their past they make kind of some weird stuff and this is one of those cars so if you think about it in retrospect or in hindsight this was the first supercharged SRT ever made think about it SRT for whether it was the neon or the caliber or whatever all turbo four cylinders and those are similar like Mitsubishi engines essentially that's so funny to me that the v6 was the first supercharged one and working with Mercedes which he'd never seen them do that again it's not that raspy which is nice like I expected it to be kind of raspy and kind of be Jewish if that makes sense like 350z 370z Mustang v6 all of those make that very raspy noise but the exhaust on this sounds great and you can tell there's so much love in this things you have the carbon splitter in the front you have a carbon diffuser in the back he has the wing on the back but the Crossfire's body shape is so strange to me it has the long hood and then it just all of a sudden goes like an egg in the back one of my favorite things about the car is that the brake calipers have an insight joke on them that's only in Spanish I actually got a really funny explanation so here's that clip about what the joke means exactly you got it you got it let's repeat that repeat after us k Broan k broke a promise like though so here it means two things okay it can either mean friend everyone here calls each other how you say it might be your friend okay we call it each other you see and your cabron is a but okay if some if you're like driving around and someone you know when that woman did that jumped in front of the new camera wrong means that the person got cheated on and he's developed horns the male with a ball so he's a cabron or a cabrona which is the on the other side for the females okay why I have them like this it's if you're in a rally right and I'm driving and you're driving here with your girlfriend on the side and you read it it's for you because that's the male side but if you're on the other side she's the one that gets to read it because she's on the so that's why that one's gonna and this one's covered on I figured it'd be better described by him himself if you're wondering why the owner fell above the crossfire of all the sports cars in the entire world he used to have a Shelby GT and the Shelby GT was essentially the four six retro Mustang and Hertz had them as well he was driving around and he saw this beautiful woman get in this albino crossfire right and he's like oh yeah crossfire or whatever I'll start playing around cuz you know pretty girl in the sports car let's see what happens he thinks I got a v8 it's gonna happen I'm gonna just blow their doors off she blows this poor man a kiss and then blows his own doors off in the crossfire and at that moment he saw and said I had to have the crossfire all started with a really solid memory and then it became this really fun thing I keep reaching over here to put down the window and I keep messing up like The Terminator for example the Terminator you get a little bit of supercharger whine in the car but you get a lot of it out of the car but it is unfortunate that these cars weren't produce as much as they were because if I were to see a crossfire at the drag strip even if you don't like them you have to admit it it would be cool to see these at the track more often because it's so rare and when you see them run a decent time that's even cooler to me because it's a very unexpected car compared to the normal crossfire they should even be named the same car and they're that different they feel that different it's just bizarre you know saying srt-6 is weird if you're not used to saying it that's what got me confused about the caliber for example I'd be wait is that the SRT for is that the six I could never remember because of the weird body shapes of both the crossfire and the Dodge so most of the time it was SRT for jhump28 Nesser t8 it makes sense the jeeps the Challenger the charger but then this came along it was like god it's it's the Chrysler and it's a Chrysler badge with the SRT on it that's another weird thing it's almost all dodge with SRT so the car also has upgraded ejectors or two then takes a straight pipe exhaust but believe it or not yet like I said there's a straight pipe but I did not expect this to be streamlined it doesn't that loud it's not annoying it's not raspy resonators he also modified the shifter the interior has been buttoned up a lot there's just a lot of little tiny things because I'm sure the aftermarket support for this is kind of bizarre it's very limited so people get creative I think that's the best way to put that statement the last time I saw a modified crossfire was all the way in Arizona that was the last one I saw it was next to an S okay ironically so when I came to PR and I got this email he sent me a few cars and I was like crossfire I've never driven one I want to see what it's like the entire letter e looks good on a crossfire I never expected that either all right you guys we did it we drove a chrysler crossfire srt-6 very unique very strange car fun fact before we go this is the most s thirty Six's are on Puerto Rico the like the per square mile there's the most crossfire srt-6 s so I thought that was very crazy and that's why he decided to drive the car as well because it was part of this culture here so what do you guys think of it Chrysler srt-6 I actually had a good time driving it it was pretty interesting very quirky car very interesting very different on that note I upload every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and I will see you guys next time and take it easy have a good one bye byeOh what's up ladies and gentlemen today I am back in Puerto Rico I'm extremely excited to be here and today I'm in a very very unique car that I never thought I would get the chance to review and that is the freaking srt-6 crossfire the normal crossfire I consider a dud because it just didn't really do much for me the looks of it didn't do much for me and the motor only made something like 200 horsepower this one makes a little bit over 300 horsepower that's a huge jump a hundred horsepower fixes a lot of things in a car that I don't like which sounds kind of like horsepower reliant not all cars need a bunch of horsepower but this feels completely different cuz the motors different the motor in this is actually a Mercedes engine it's an AMG engine that it's the same one you would find in the SL K which is super strange but when you look at the body shape of the crossfire you go oh yeah I can kind of see it because if you look at the S okay it's kind of similar the Chrysler always seems to find a way to partner up with other brands so if you look back at dsm you look back at the talons and all that it's the same exact thing just this time around it was with Mercedes and with this the interior is very Chrysler you know the steering wheel and everything is similar it's not the same but it's similar to the 300 the center console is this kind of brushed aluminum look in the center the inside of the car feels very viper ish gives a low roofline small windshield small windows but the owner of this car being so gracious he's so cool man he told me this whole story about why he had it so the crossfire the reason he had one was because his mom wanted one she ended up getting the SRT six because of his recommendation and then later he wanted to keep driving it he got a gt500 she said no you can't keep driving it so he just went out and bought his own so now they have to so they have a stock one and this one is modified and what's also cool about this one is that the model year of this SRT 6 there's only 47 of them it's probably one of the only modified cross fires I've ever seen it's very rare to see these cars modified like they are this is actually a supercharged v-6 it's not a four-cylinder it's not at the 8b 6 so when you see the blower hidden under all the intakes hidden under everything you're like oh I see it I see the little ridges of the supercharger but it actually drives surprisingly smooth it's not going to like rock your socks off of the interior but he did diamond stitching in the seats and in the door panels and that really cleans it up this time around it looks factory and that's the benefit of it is that it doesn't look out of place sometimes when you see people do like VIP cars and they diamond stitching everything it's kind of overbearing because it's like wow they really like diamond stitching but in this the colors go with the - they go with the gauges everything one of my favorite things about this though is it's called a crossfire right well it says it's a modified supercharged crossfire he calls it the Hellfire has this little tiny demon logo on the side with a little tiny top hat basically to tell you I got sent to humor one - I know I'm not a demon but it's fun to try to be and it's like a baby demon that's the that's the mindset Chrysler Dodge have been doing such a great job with the Challenger the Hellcat the demon that if you kind of look into their past they make kind of some weird stuff and this is one of those cars so if you think about it in retrospect or in hindsight this was the first supercharged SRT ever made think about it SRT for whether it was the neon or the caliber or whatever all turbo four cylinders and those are similar like Mitsubishi engines essentially that's so funny to me that the v6 was the first supercharged one and working with Mercedes which he'd never seen them do that again it's not that raspy which is nice like I expected it to be kind of raspy and kind of be Jewish if that makes sense like 350z 370z Mustang v6 all of those make that very raspy noise but the exhaust on this sounds great and you can tell there's so much love in this things you have the carbon splitter in the front you have a carbon diffuser in the back he has the wing on the back but the Crossfire's body shape is so strange to me it has the long hood and then it just all of a sudden goes like an egg in the back one of my favorite things about the car is that the brake calipers have an insight joke on them that's only in Spanish I actually got a really funny explanation so here's that clip about what the joke means exactly you got it you got it let's repeat that repeat after us k Broan k broke a promise like though so here it means two things okay it can either mean friend everyone here calls each other how you say it might be your friend okay we call it each other you see and your cabron is a but okay if some if you're like driving around and someone you know when that woman did that jumped in front of the new camera wrong means that the person got cheated on and he's developed horns the male with a ball so he's a cabron or a cabrona which is the on the other side for the females okay why I have them like this it's if you're in a rally right and I'm driving and you're driving here with your girlfriend on the side and you read it it's for you because that's the male side but if you're on the other side she's the one that gets to read it because she's on the so that's why that one's gonna and this one's covered on I figured it'd be better described by him himself if you're wondering why the owner fell above the crossfire of all the sports cars in the entire world he used to have a Shelby GT and the Shelby GT was essentially the four six retro Mustang and Hertz had them as well he was driving around and he saw this beautiful woman get in this albino crossfire right and he's like oh yeah crossfire or whatever I'll start playing around cuz you know pretty girl in the sports car let's see what happens he thinks I got a v8 it's gonna happen I'm gonna just blow their doors off she blows this poor man a kiss and then blows his own doors off in the crossfire and at that moment he saw and said I had to have the crossfire all started with a really solid memory and then it became this really fun thing I keep reaching over here to put down the window and I keep messing up like The Terminator for example the Terminator you get a little bit of supercharger whine in the car but you get a lot of it out of the car but it is unfortunate that these cars weren't produce as much as they were because if I were to see a crossfire at the drag strip even if you don't like them you have to admit it it would be cool to see these at the track more often because it's so rare and when you see them run a decent time that's even cooler to me because it's a very unexpected car compared to the normal crossfire they should even be named the same car and they're that different they feel that different it's just bizarre you know saying srt-6 is weird if you're not used to saying it that's what got me confused about the caliber for example I'd be wait is that the SRT for is that the six I could never remember because of the weird body shapes of both the crossfire and the Dodge so most of the time it was SRT for jhump28 Nesser t8 it makes sense the jeeps the Challenger the charger but then this came along it was like god it's it's the Chrysler and it's a Chrysler badge with the SRT on it that's another weird thing it's almost all dodge with SRT so the car also has upgraded ejectors or two then takes a straight pipe exhaust but believe it or not yet like I said there's a straight pipe but I did not expect this to be streamlined it doesn't that loud it's not annoying it's not raspy resonators he also modified the shifter the interior has been buttoned up a lot there's just a lot of little tiny things because I'm sure the aftermarket support for this is kind of bizarre it's very limited so people get creative I think that's the best way to put that statement the last time I saw a modified crossfire was all the way in Arizona that was the last one I saw it was next to an S okay ironically so when I came to PR and I got this email he sent me a few cars and I was like crossfire I've never driven one I want to see what it's like the entire letter e looks good on a crossfire I never expected that either all right you guys we did it we drove a chrysler crossfire srt-6 very unique very strange car fun fact before we go this is the most s thirty Six's are on Puerto Rico the like the per square mile there's the most crossfire srt-6 s so I thought that was very crazy and that's why he decided to drive the car as well because it was part of this culture here so what do you guys think of it Chrysler srt-6 I actually had a good time driving it it was pretty interesting very quirky car very interesting very different on that note I upload every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and I will see you guys next time and take it easy have a good one bye byeOh what's up ladies and gentlemen today I am back in Puerto Rico I'm extremely excited to be here and today I'm in a very very unique car that I never thought I would get the chance to review and that is the freaking srt-6 crossfire the normal crossfire I consider a dud because it just didn't really do much for me the looks of it didn't do much for me and the motor only made something like 200 horsepower this one makes a little bit over 300 horsepower that's a huge jump a hundred horsepower fixes a lot of things in a car that I don't like which sounds kind of like horsepower reliant not all cars need a bunch of horsepower but this feels completely different cuz the motors different the motor in this is actually a Mercedes engine it's an AMG engine that it's the same one you would find in the SL K which is super strange but when you look at the body shape of the crossfire you go oh yeah I can kind of see it because if you look at the S okay it's kind of similar the Chrysler always seems to find a way to partner up with other brands so if you look back at dsm you look back at the talons and all that it's the same exact thing just this time around it was with Mercedes and with this the interior is very Chrysler you know the steering wheel and everything is similar it's not the same but it's similar to the 300 the center console is this kind of brushed aluminum look in the center the inside of the car feels very viper ish gives a low roofline small windshield small windows but the owner of this car being so gracious he's so cool man he told me this whole story about why he had it so the crossfire the reason he had one was because his mom wanted one she ended up getting the SRT six because of his recommendation and then later he wanted to keep driving it he got a gt500 she said no you can't keep driving it so he just went out and bought his own so now they have to so they have a stock one and this one is modified and what's also cool about this one is that the model year of this SRT 6 there's only 47 of them it's probably one of the only modified cross fires I've ever seen it's very rare to see these cars modified like they are this is actually a supercharged v-6 it's not a four-cylinder it's not at the 8b 6 so when you see the blower hidden under all the intakes hidden under everything you're like oh I see it I see the little ridges of the supercharger but it actually drives surprisingly smooth it's not going to like rock your socks off of the interior but he did diamond stitching in the seats and in the door panels and that really cleans it up this time around it looks factory and that's the benefit of it is that it doesn't look out of place sometimes when you see people do like VIP cars and they diamond stitching everything it's kind of overbearing because it's like wow they really like diamond stitching but in this the colors go with the - they go with the gauges everything one of my favorite things about this though is it's called a crossfire right well it says it's a modified supercharged crossfire he calls it the Hellfire has this little tiny demon logo on the side with a little tiny top hat basically to tell you I got sent to humor one - I know I'm not a demon but it's fun to try to be and it's like a baby demon that's the that's the mindset Chrysler Dodge have been doing such a great job with the Challenger the Hellcat the demon that if you kind of look into their past they make kind of some weird stuff and this is one of those cars so if you think about it in retrospect or in hindsight this was the first supercharged SRT ever made think about it SRT for whether it was the neon or the caliber or whatever all turbo four cylinders and those are similar like Mitsubishi engines essentially that's so funny to me that the v6 was the first supercharged one and working with Mercedes which he'd never seen them do that again it's not that raspy which is nice like I expected it to be kind of raspy and kind of be Jewish if that makes sense like 350z 370z Mustang v6 all of those make that very raspy noise but the exhaust on this sounds great and you can tell there's so much love in this things you have the carbon splitter in the front you have a carbon diffuser in the back he has the wing on the back but the Crossfire's body shape is so strange to me it has the long hood and then it just all of a sudden goes like an egg in the back one of my favorite things about the car is that the brake calipers have an insight joke on them that's only in Spanish I actually got a really funny explanation so here's that clip about what the joke means exactly you got it you got it let's repeat that repeat after us k Broan k broke a promise like though so here it means two things okay it can either mean friend everyone here calls each other how you say it might be your friend okay we call it each other you see and your cabron is a but okay if some if you're like driving around and someone you know when that woman did that jumped in front of the new camera wrong means that the person got cheated on and he's developed horns the male with a ball so he's a cabron or a cabrona which is the on the other side for the females okay why I have them like this it's if you're in a rally right and I'm driving and you're driving here with your girlfriend on the side and you read it it's for you because that's the male side but if you're on the other side she's the one that gets to read it because she's on the so that's why that one's gonna and this one's covered on I figured it'd be better described by him himself if you're wondering why the owner fell above the crossfire of all the sports cars in the entire world he used to have a Shelby GT and the Shelby GT was essentially the four six retro Mustang and Hertz had them as well he was driving around and he saw this beautiful woman get in this albino crossfire right and he's like oh yeah crossfire or whatever I'll start playing around cuz you know pretty girl in the sports car let's see what happens he thinks I got a v8 it's gonna happen I'm gonna just blow their doors off she blows this poor man a kiss and then blows his own doors off in the crossfire and at that moment he saw and said I had to have the crossfire all started with a really solid memory and then it became this really fun thing I keep reaching over here to put down the window and I keep messing up like The Terminator for example the Terminator you get a little bit of supercharger whine in the car but you get a lot of it out of the car but it is unfortunate that these cars weren't produce as much as they were because if I were to see a crossfire at the drag strip even if you don't like them you have to admit it it would be cool to see these at the track more often because it's so rare and when you see them run a decent time that's even cooler to me because it's a very unexpected car compared to the normal crossfire they should even be named the same car and they're that different they feel that different it's just bizarre you know saying srt-6 is weird if you're not used to saying it that's what got me confused about the caliber for example I'd be wait is that the SRT for is that the six I could never remember because of the weird body shapes of both the crossfire and the Dodge so most of the time it was SRT for jhump28 Nesser t8 it makes sense the jeeps the Challenger the charger but then this came along it was like god it's it's the Chrysler and it's a Chrysler badge with the SRT on it that's another weird thing it's almost all dodge with SRT so the car also has upgraded ejectors or two then takes a straight pipe exhaust but believe it or not yet like I said there's a straight pipe but I did not expect this to be streamlined it doesn't that loud it's not annoying it's not raspy resonators he also modified the shifter the interior has been buttoned up a lot there's just a lot of little tiny things because I'm sure the aftermarket support for this is kind of bizarre it's very limited so people get creative I think that's the best way to put that statement the last time I saw a modified crossfire was all the way in Arizona that was the last one I saw it was next to an S okay ironically so when I came to PR and I got this email he sent me a few cars and I was like crossfire I've never driven one I want to see what it's like the entire letter e looks good on a crossfire I never expected that either all right you guys we did it we drove a chrysler crossfire srt-6 very unique very strange car fun fact before we go this is the most s thirty Six's are on Puerto Rico the like the per square mile there's the most crossfire srt-6 s so I thought that was very crazy and that's why he decided to drive the car as well because it was part of this culture here so what do you guys think of it Chrysler srt-6 I actually had a good time driving it it was pretty interesting very quirky car very interesting very different on that note I upload every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and I will see you guys next time and take it easy have a good one bye bye\n"