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In some ways the Chrysler Crossfire was way ahead of its time. It had a cartoonish profile, massive wheels, over-sculpted styling and brash, sometimes lurid detailing. At its 2002 launch it was labelled ‘divisive,’ but if it was launched today it would attract no more attention than a sports car by any European or Far Eastern manufacturer. We live in a new age of automotive garishness.

The Crossfire entered the world as a concept at the 2001 North American Auto Show in Detroit. One year later the production version debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but this all-American automobile had very international

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