Chrysler PT Cruisers also got an updated instrument panel for 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe changes didn\u2019t stop for 2006, when it received its only design update. The grille got shorter and headlights were restyled. The cabin received a makeover as well. But for some reason, the revisions weren\u2019t as widely loved, and sales started to decline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help stoke interest, there were any number of special edition models offered, such as the 2006 Street Cruiser Route 66 Edition and the 2007 Street Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The car would last through 2010, and Chrysler wouldn\u2019t replace it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it faced competition from a similar vehicle created for 2006 by General Motors. Dubbed the Chevrolet HHR, for Heritage High Roof, its design was based on an old Suburban. Unlike the PT Cruiser\u2019s Ford-like knockoff, few could relate to the HHR. It failed after five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the man who designed it? Brian Nesbitt \u00ad\u2014\u00a0proving that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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