2000 Chrysler PT Cruiser from UK and Ireland - Comments

I didn't keep it long enough to find out.

I won the car and I hated it.

It's ugly, uncomfortable, tacky and cheap looking.

Luckily I kept my beamer, so I flogged the PT Cruiser.

Only had it for a week, couldn't stand the sight of it, it looked like we had a 1950's car parked on the drive.

You are right, ugly, tacky and cheap looking. I hate the buggers!

Everybody has their own tastes. Some people love the PT cruiser and some don't. I love the PT Cruiser.

UPDATE!! 09/01/2002.

Just seen the car for sale at a local garage, obviously the second owner didn't like it either. I'm very surprised.

We Love our PT Cruiser and have great fun with it. It is not the most exciting drive but with a family we are not looking for a Lamborghini performance at the moment anyway. Enjoy all you PT afficionados.

I agree, they look extremely ugly. What were Chrysler thinking?

I love the way it looks. I'm not looking for the same old same old. I'm not too happy to hear that it has a cheaply made interior. The cost is to high for the word cheap to be used as often as I've seen it used. Other than that it seems to be all they say it is.

The PT cruiser isn't exactly in the same class as the BMW so yeah, you're likely to notice the car doesn't measure up. I don't mind the look of the car though I don't think I would buy one because they are a little too on the feminine side. They are great for advertising businesses (ie. logo on side of car) as they are eye catching.

Why bother with the retro-rubbish?Get a REAL Chrysler Airflow or even a 1950 Ford Prefect...

I'm thinking of buying one on the grounds that its different! I don't expect it to be a BMW, but then there's a lot of suburban snobbery attached to them and their owners. I'm looking at the new diesel which has the Mercedes 2.2 engine and certainly provides much needed performance. Getting jealous beamer owners? I'm going to have fun because I'll stand out from the crowd and that's really what the PT is all about.

I disagree with the original review. PT Cruisers are fabulous looking cars that are also taut and responsive to drive. It is just amazing that someone prefers a BMW 7-series to a car like this, I mean what is wrong with people? The 7 series is a plutocrats posing machine that like a Nissan Primera, does everything competently, but fun, style and character have been totally forgotten. Cruisers are just brilliant cars.

Whoever thinks a bmw is a better car than this must be a very sad lonely person and proberly over the age off 60.Its bmw's that are old hat and 10 years behind everyone else. This car is surperb and dares to be different.

A BMW 7-series is better than a PT Cruiser, ha! When I see BMW 7-series (new model 2002- exception) I think, 1987 Toyota Carina. The 7-series has lacks style, the shape is utterly bland and forgettable (typically germanic).

How can you say the cruiser is a bad car, it's fantastic even if the build quality isn't upto the Japanese.

It looks brilliant, drives well and has panache, style and character. Chrysler say there is no room to fit a bigger engine under the bonnet, so why don't they make a 1.9i or 2.0iV6 turbo? Also, they should keep the original 2.0i unit and diesel as cheaper options. DTL.

I myself have just bought a PT Cruiser... and I LOVE it, having only had the car 3 weeks..... I have YET to meet anyone who does not like it.

Everybody you meet comment about the car, people come up to you and ask about it, just the colour alone attracts loads of interest... my limited is aquamarine.

BMW... you can keep them, they are the typical run of the mill 'like any other car on the road'.

What was Chrysler thinking of building the PT, by my thinking it was a fantastic move... they dared to be different and there is NO other car quite like them.

I happen to love 1950s American muscle cars, and the PT has all the accents which complements that very 'era.

BMW a pose... think again, the PT would win that hands down.

I own a 2003 Cruiser and I have enjoyed the feeling of being "back in time" as far as looks go. The only problem I've had is with the acceleration between 40 -55 mph: the car seems a little sluggish. Overall, I have loved everything else about it!

I think a negative personal taste review is not useful to a) write b) publish, I'm not keen on Van Gogh, but I would not slate him as a artist. I have just bought a 2.2 CRD because I personally think it looks great, yes it does look like a 1950's car that the point! It may not have the high quality of a BMW, but it also does not have the high price of a BMW. What you do get however is good well built car that has a unusual styling and lots of standard equipment at a competitive price.