{"id":2105,"date":"2021-01-10T00:41:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2021-01-10T21:11:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T21:11:11","slug":"report-final-pt-cruiser-to-roll-off-chrysler-assembly-line-on-july-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=2105","title":{"rendered":"Report: Final PT Cruiser to roll off Chrysler assembly line on July 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser \u2013 Click above for high-res image gallery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/chrysler\/\">Chrysler&#x27;s<\/a> long-lived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/pt+cruiser\">PT Cruiser<\/a> will finally roll off into the sunset next month after a decade in production. According to the <em>Detroit Free Press<\/em>, when the 2010 model year winds down at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/chrysler\/\">Chrysler&#x27;s<\/a> Toluca, Mexico plant on July 9, the final Cruisers will be produced. The retro-styled five door hatchback was a sensation when it debuted and inspired customers to pay a premium over the sticker price to get one. Over the years, the styling was tweaked only slightly its competitiveness declined significantly as DaimlerChrysler steadfastly refused to invest in it.<\/p>\n<p>The Cruiser was originally earmarked for discontinuation a year ago, but when Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy, it needed product, so the automaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/07\/31\/officially-official-chrysler-pt-cruiser-to-live-on\/\">kept it alive<\/a> for another 12 months. The Toluca factory will now be re-tooled for production of another retro-design small car, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/fiat\/\">Fiat<\/a> 500 which joins the Chrysler lineup later this year.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.aolcdn.com\/dims-global\/dims3\/GLOB\/legacy_thumbnail\/1049x590\/quality\/80\/http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/09\/ptcruiser---03.jpg\" alt=\"ptcruiser---03\"><\/figure>\n<p>https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/06\/29\/report-final-pt-cruiser-to-roll-off-chrysler-assembly-line-on-j\/<\/p>\n<p>2010-06-29T10:39:00+00:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser \u2013 Click above for high-res image gallery<br \/>\nChrysler&#x27;s long-lived PT Cruiser will finally roll off into the sunset next month after a decade in production. According to the Detroit Free Press, when the 2010 model year winds down\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autoblog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14698,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/14698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}