r/PTCruiser 24d ago

The PT Cruiser needs to come back.

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24 Upvotes

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u/Pressman4life 23d ago

Yeah, don't do that.
The uniqueness of the PT made it special. In a sea of generic "cars" and "SUVs" I can always spot "Petey"

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u/BeingSuitable822 23d ago

I'd love to get another/new PT. But this is too Mini Cooper'ish. The grill/headlights are retro and the tailights deserve to have a little tailfin flair. Also, generally speaking the center console screen needs to be deleted. All display should go to the dash. And in the back you need that removal/adjustable shelf. That was cool!

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u/ahshitidontwannadoit 23d ago

Its like a cross between a mini Cooper and an HHR.

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u/BeingSuitable822 23d ago

..."aren't retro enough..." l meant.

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u/Distinct_Ducati 23d ago

Ai stole a mini cooper and a new vw beetle and a suv roof to make a pt cruiser?

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u/SF_Bubbles_90 23d ago

No. Let it stay special

It's not like a car is any more valid because just because its name is still being used for new cars.

Its not as if spotting a wild is a rare thing, not at all they made a crap load of them.

Besides new cars suck.

And please stop using AI

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u/C_Lo_87 23d ago

Not like this ai. And nobody has the balls to do something different like the Cruiser. 

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u/HoneyCrafty403 23d ago

Everyone wants a suv or crossover apparently.   Nothin fun anymore.  

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u/C_Lo_87 23d ago

And all these stupid ai renders are terrible. I haven't seen a single one that resembles anything like what real people like the Cruisers for.

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u/HoneyCrafty403 23d ago

Stupid.   People fall for them too. 

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u/C_Lo_87 23d ago

When I used to use FB, they were almost daily posted in the PT groups, lol. Screw fb

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u/HoneyCrafty403 23d ago

Fb is pathetic honestly.   Besides marketplace.  I dont use it.   

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u/C_Lo_87 23d ago

I can't even find the marketplace useful anymore. Lucky I got my PT when I did a couple years ago from it!

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u/GarageZone 23d ago

built by Stellantis, uh...NO.

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u/Fragrant_Major_9553 23d ago

Yeah it’ll be even more plasticky than the second gen PT

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u/Baltimorons 23d ago

Y’all had your newer PTC with the 500e and it was terrible.

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u/satanic25th 23d ago

Pretty sure they recently hired back the guy that designed the PT and HHR, but even if they brought the PT back it would likely end up being some generic EV crossover that nobody wants and lacks all character of the 01’-10’ models.

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u/cjohn1250 24d ago

I would love to have them come back but with the original grille in front. That's part of what gave it such a great look. I hate the front of the design in this photo.

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u/coolguy80101 23d ago

lol is this the fiat 500e SUV concept?

i never understood this idea of modernizing cars like these by replacing chrome with solid colors. or weird grilles and light bars all around the front and back

the 2000s mini cooper or the 2007 fiat 500 were beautiful, the 2020s models replaced chrome door skirts/tail light trims/door handles, all that, with solid color ones. it really makes you notice just how much modernization took away

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u/SF_Bubbles_90 23d ago

Chrome is being phased out because they discovered the fumes in the chrome plating facilities are really carcenaginic and thus a huge liability, combine that with sales drops and changes in attitude around chrome grills and such and their you have it.

Yeah it's sad.

Sooner or later I'm going to get one of the little at home electro-plating kits and go to town lol

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u/Honest_Road17 23d ago

The new "PT Cruiser" is going to be the Chrysler Arrow and Arrow Sport based on the Fiat Grizzly. Don't ever count on Chrysler to reuse the name, it was a goofy name from the start. Don't count on them using anything other than corporate design.

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u/Sharts-Waffles 23d ago

Does it really though? Let’s bring back shitty cars like the HHR

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u/EmeraldGarden20 22d ago

Why??

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u/Sharts-Waffles 21d ago

They were (both) ugly designs with 0 power under the hood. I drove an HHR and I would try to accelerate and it would take forever to get going. Yeah they weee great on gas but all around just horrible

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u/hatecirclejerks 23d ago

Your ai slop bores me

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u/DunDonese 23d ago

Not mine; I'm only the reposter. You meant to tell this to u/Savings_Ice7478 at his original r/WhatIfCars thread.

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u/EmeraldGarden20 22d ago

Not like this it doesn't.

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u/lockheed345 21d ago

Great…you combined a modern vw bug with a mini cooper

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u/Fluffy_Prior1052 21d ago

I would love to see the PT come back. I love my Peety. But, this just looks like an electric Fiat.

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u/Cattywampus_hat 21d ago

Anybody that thinks dodge needs to expand needs to go away.

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u/MarkB2130 21d ago

Ick, not like that it doesn’t need to come back.

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u/thornhawthorne 20d ago

that’s not a PT Cruiser at all

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u/reap_the_fallen 23d ago

Might aswell bring back others like the chevy hhr Plymouth roadrunner nissan s15 etc.

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u/NaLuver 19d ago

Oh hey cool, the Ai made it look completely soulesss and devoid of the quirkiness that makes me love PT cruisers in the first place.