What makes Mopar stand out ?

Great thread. The posts folks have made make the argument. I too believe the "lore" around quality engines from slant six to 383, 340 and hemi in particular as well as the wild engineering Chrysler did set them apart. Who else had a vacuum operated Air Grabber door that popped out your hood, put a wing on a Charger/ road runner, slapped truck strength axles (dana) under four speed big blocks, created electronic ignition and the famed 727 transmission. That's all on top of kicking butt on the drag strip (Big daddy, Ronnie sox, dick landy, etc), kicking butt again in NASCAR ...the King among others and the slant six was so indestructible they put that engine in large farm machinery! Pretty good story to me!

Oh...and generally cheaper too...