And it wasn't some Hellcat-swapped PT Cruiser with a track-tuned suspension and rear-wheel drive, either. In fact, it was a poorly kept diesel PT Cruiser, although it did have a manual transmission.

By now, you've probably seen the video where I use a Hummer to crush a Chrysler PT Cruiser. If you haven't, then boy, that was a hell of a spoiler.

Chrysler is confident the PT Cruiser convertible will fulfill its owners’ rational and emotional expectations. Except for the taillights, everything on the convertible from the A-pillar back is new.

The Chrysler PT Cruiser is a profoundly uncool car, but a Hemi V8 and rear-wheel-drive conversion will silence the haters.

Read about The Lexani Chrysler PT Cruiser, featured in Truckin Magazine in the July 2002 issue.

Priced at $22,880 to start (the base Cruiser is $17,185), we figure this turbo should keep the PT pot boiling for a good long while.

Thankfully, a rear-wheel-drive conversion happens to send all of that power to the rear wheels. Imagine the torque steer in a 450 hp FWD PT Cruiser. But the weirdness is far from over.

And it wasn't some Hellcat-swapped PT Cruiser with a track-tuned suspension and rear-wheel drive, either. In fact, it was a poorly kept diesel PT Cruiser, although it did have a manual transmission.

What Chrysler didn't show was the upcoming turbocharged GT Cruiser. Our mole got a look at a prototype, though. The GT comes with four-wheel disc brakes, larger-than-standard wheels and tires, and ...