2011 Chrysler 300C

[jry]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal

Yeeowch! That looks like a Maybach with the Pimp Classic Package.

Does it jump up and down?

If its real, it can jump into my garage.

[nferr]

I like it.

[cad1cts]

I'll take one too jry. I always liked the 300 and would like to own one.

[King Riffle]

Originally Posted by igor

but it is a crappy engine ... I drove all the pentastar V6 and all of them were god awful!!! simply undrivable .. And I am not even shooting that high .. they were worse than Ford's Cyclone/Duratec which is a very low mark. I never got a chance to drive the HF3.6

Igor

Unless they horribly screwed up the redesigned post-'99 3.5, then with all due respect sir, you are on crack.

Or you are confusing the 3.5 and the 2.7.

That 300 photo is a little underwhelming. Perhaps some Chrysler photos will help.

[jry]

Originally Posted by cad1cts

I'll take one too jry. I always liked the 300 and would like to own one.

I've been holding off on an new sedan. I want to see if this is for real.

[princecharmless]

Originally Posted by KITT222

When the 300C came out the first and only thing that came to mind was "Yet another gangters-mobile that is going to appear in every music video on MTV next to the Escalade for years to come" I really dont think that there is a real need for a car like that.

so i guess if a car is a hit with a certain crowd you should kill it? dumb. a hits a hit. you think Toyota is ever gonna ditch the Camry because it gave them a rep as a boring brand? NO! Was GM aiming at rappers when the first escalade came out. I doubt it. do you think Chrysler was going for rappers with the 300. no.it just appealed to them (as well as middle America). so you adapt and eveolve the car to cater to that market's need.

[jry]

Originally Posted by princecharmless

so i guess if a car is a hit with a certain crowd you should kill it? dumb. a hits a hit. you think Toyota is ever gonna ditch the Camry because it gave them a rep as a boring brand? NO! Was GM aiming at rappers when the first escalade came out. I doubt it. do you think Chrysler was going for rappers with the 300. no.it just appealed to them (as well as middle America). so you adapt and eveolve the car to cater to that market's need.

I believe that the 300's designer was going for that, in you face, "bad" look.
It worked.

[A Clue]

That pic is a chopped Nassau concept (look at the reflection on the hood). People who have seen the new 300 say that isn't it and that the real deal looks better.

[importhater]

CAW leaders got a sneak peek of the new 300 that will be introduced next year as a 2011 model. The all-new sedan has undergone additional changes since Marchionne's team took over.

Lewenza was not at liberty to elaborate, but a source said the car is lower and sleeker with a new grille and LED headlights.

[Neanderthal]

Originally Posted by King Riffle

Unless they horribly screwed up the redesigned post-'99 3.5, then with all due respect sir, you are on crack.

Or you are confusing the 3.5 and the 2.7.

That 300 photo is a little underwhelming. Perhaps some Chrysler photos will help.

Both the 3.5 and 2.7 (before it blows up, anyway) are quite driveable mills.

I believe the new gen/redesign 3.5 appeared in 99 in the M and LHS.

I also had a 1st gen 3.5 which also was quite driveable and had decent torque, not as much as the new 3.5 but OK.

I owned a 2.7 for about 12,000 miles, other than the typical pre-vvt small-ohc problem of no pull until 3500-4000, it was fine.
I even got 30 MPG on my last tank, when I traded it in on a VW TDi.

AND the 3.3 was also a good mill. Probably the best and longest-lived of all, from what I read at LH sites. We owned three of those.

The 4.0 6-speed Pacifica drivetrain should be the mill of choice in this car. Otherwise maybe Chrysler will borrow the 3.8 Mitsu/5-speed, that would work too.

[bmwboy2007]

The Chrysler 300 HEMI C does have a distinct retro look; It wouldn't look out of place in an old Warner Brothers gangster movie from the 30's.. I could imagine Humphrey Bogart or Edward G. Robinson wheeling around in one of these.

[FoMoCo man]

I'm warmin up to this car... to be honest I never liked it when it first came out but im warming up my buddy has a SRT-8 version of it... let me tell you that thing is fast!!