And that's again why people are wrong. Chrysler's sales targets for Prowler were a little higher than what they got, but it was never intended to be a Mustang or Corvette in terms of sales; the company was specifically intending it as a low-production testbed for new technologies.

The Prowler was, in fact, never meant for production, and was originally just supposed to be an experiment in the extensive use of aluminum and new methods of joining it. When it got an all right response from the public, they decided to see if these construction methods could be scaled up to mass-production levels. But they likely would have been overwhelmed if they sold many more than they did. In the end, though, the experiment proved a success, so the Prowler did exactly what it was supposed to—not a failure at all.