What the hell were the designers at Chrysler thinking

Well I was an engineer that worked for Chrysler on packaging for almost ten years, lets just say it was challenging! No Don't blame me I had nothing to do with those cars but I know some of the battery locations and servicing them really suck. But there are some good reasons for putting them down low. The primary one is in a front impact, the battery doesn't crush or collapse and its big. Moving it out of the way made the car a lot safer, it was hard to argue with that. So ten years later we find out its a pain to replace the battery, I hate to tell you but thats not a problem for the guys that made the decsion to put it there.