Most companies prefer customers with money. Seriously... there is no money to be made by NA or EU based companies at the low end. I don't expect the key to be one of the things changed from the base model, but I would not be surprized.
Wouldn't that be "ALL" companies prefer customers with money, well, except maybe banks looking to make loans? Companies often find a market niche they fit, and then can move to a new niche, which means losing customers and gaining new ones.
Or it could just be the economy, the march of progress, etc... Chrysler has to raise prices on their vehicles, and like all the manufacturers, they are trying to maximize the price structure to get more money but keep the highest sales. Logically, you can do that by offering base models at the lowest price possible and try to make the low profit or loss with greater profit on the high end vehicles. No one likes it, but you have to admitt, thats life and reality.
"NA or EU"? I'm guessing EU means Europe, but what is NA? North Asia, that doesn't make sense to me, its more East Asia or NorthEast Asia.
The Toyota Torcell has been the most popular selling car in America, that is NOT exactly high end, nor is it the very low end either. I "think" its assembled in America, maybe that changes what you're saying.
Everytime there is a gas crunch, Asian and European manufacturers have fresher, small economical car models available, that often can be used for the U.S. market. Thats more politics, where those countries politics keep the price of fuel much higher than in the U.S., so they are better equipped to respond to a gas price fluactions than U.S. manufacturers.
Back in the day "Viper" replacemen keys were quite popular with the Neon crowd.
:woot: Yea, I couldn't resist sniping about another frustation I have with new Chrysler Vehicles. I hate being that "guy" on the forum, that is always a downer, making negative comments in the posts, etc.... I've just found myself incredibly frustrated with my new Chrysler, and NOT with the Vehicle, but the Corporate Policies that result in some really unfair things IMO, I can't help myself and let that frustration bleed over. Like $450 for a spare key, unless you jump through hoops to find some alternative source that is total PIA to get a hold of over weeks. Or everythig I've done other than drain and refill a fluid, has required me to bring the vehicle back to the dealer and pay them to wait in their waiting room for an hour and half, just for them to get to the 5 minutes to hook up the starscan and press a button. Luckily, my closest dealer switched management and is being run better, in the past, just to pull the vehicle into the service bay was at least $100, now I can get simple starscan done for $50, and hour and half of my time wasted, which is still $50 too much and none of my time should be wasted.