[bmwboy2007]

Chrysler 300C returns for 2023 with SRT power and more

Chrysler will revive the SRT formula for a special 2023 300C model equipped with the snarling 6.4-liter Hemi V8. While the badge itself won't return, the 2023 300C will offer everything the old 300 SRT had and more, including a limited-slip differential, big brakes, a sport exhaust and active dampers. Chrysler 300 Scat Pack, here we come — but you'd better act fast, as only 2,000 of them will be produced for the U.S. market (plus another 200 for Canada). And after 2023, the whole Chrysler 300 lineup will be gone for good.

"We’re celebrating the Chrysler 300 and it’s iconic legacy in the automotive world," said Chrysler brand chief Chris Feuell. "The Chrysler 300 changed the automotive world in so many ways, and we will carry that spirit of ingenuity forward as we transform Chrysler with a fully electrified future and breakthrough customer experiences."

more at the link Chrysler 300C returns for 2023 with SRT power and more - Autoblog

 

[09W]

'We're celebrating it's iconic legacy by announcing we're killing it'.

 

[bmwboy2007]

Sad to see yet another icon go the way of the dodo bird. Between the GM small block and the Chrysler HEMI, the US auto industry owned affordable high performance for decades.

 

[Stéphane Dumas]

Don't know what you got 'ttil it's gone as the rock band Cinderella once said.

 

[09W]

Between the GM small block and the Chrysler HEMI, the US auto industry owned affordable high performance for decades.

While completely true; you didn't post a pic of a GM small block vehicle there.

 

[bmwboy2007]

While completely true; you didn't post a pic of a GM small block vehicle there.

Details... lol

 

[09W]

Actually, you literally cannot post a pic of a 1957 GM small block vehicle. 😜

 

[sedanseville]

'We're celebrating it's iconic legacy by announcing we're killing it'.

I mean they did say that they were going to make an EV version similar to the 300 so..

 

[ehaase]

This is old news.

 

[ChrisNJ]

This is old news.

very old, i heard about it a few days after it was announced and went to order one. All gone. I learned later they were all gone in a few hours I heard. How about making more than 2000.

 

[BlackGTP]

It's cool they are doing this, but I was already tired of the 300c a decade ago.... They left this one on the vine to long, even with the refreshes.

 

[1958carnut]

It's cool they are doing this, but I was already tired of the 300c a decade ago.... They left this one on the vine to long, even with the refreshes.

Yeah, but you got to admit, it did have a certain presence about it or staying power. It was just one of those looks that a lot of folks went for and find appealing. I'm one of them myself too... .

 

[Greg Burr]

It's cool they are doing this, but I was already tired of the 300c a decade ago.... They left this one on the vine to long, even with the refreshes.

I think it was a prior generation, hand-me-down E class platform from the Daimler Benz days. Not that it was a bad thing

 

[ehaase]

I think it was a prior generation, hand-me-down E class platform from the Daimler Benz days. Not that it was a bad thing

I have read that LX platform had some Mercedes components but was primarily a Chrysler developed platform and not the prior generation E class platform.

 

[Greg Burr]

I have read that LX platform had some Mercedes components but was primarily a Chrysler developed platform and not the prior generation E class platform.
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You are correct, but they did raid the MB parts bin big time

 

[YesImOld]

They were good cars but now they are outdated. They were originally built around the HEMI. It was good in 2005 but this is a handicap in 2022. The HEMI is massive and takes up too much space for its performance, especially when compared to the LS.

 

[nsap]

I’ll be glad when I never have to see another LX car on the road. They have not aged well.

 

[09W]

I have read that LX platform had some Mercedes components but was primarily a Chrysler developed platform and not the prior generation E class platform.

Also what I have read: Chrysler developed the platform in-house & from the start as RWD. Daimler forced some rear suspension hard points off on Chrysler, which required re-engineering, then charged them royalties and engineering fees for something already fully amortized.

 

[ryannel2003]

Also what I have read: Chrysler developed the platform in-house & from the start as RWD. Daimler forced some rear suspension hard points off on Chrysler, which required re-engineering, then charged them royalties and engineering fees for something already fully amortized.

The original LH platform, underpinning the Intrepid, Concorde and Vision was adaptable as a FWD/AWD/RWD platform. Originally the chassis was a design leftover from the AMC days before Chrysler purchased them in '87. By the time Chrysler got their hands on it they ended up with the original Cab Forward cars which were a big deal. In the late 90's they decided they wanted to switch to RWD and at that point were DaimlerChrysler so while they did have some influence on the platform... it's all Chrysler/Dodge. LH -> LX

If anyone goes back and reads the articles from 2004... The first generation sedan Charger in 2006 was originally going to be named Intrepid.

 

[bmwboy2007]

If anyone goes back and reads the articles from 2004... The first generation sedan Charger in 2006 was originally going to be named Intrepid.

As I understand it, the Intrepid name had too much of a FWD association with the buying public, and the Charger name still had equity as unmistakenly RWD, even though historically the Charger had always been a two door..

I suppose they could have resurrected the Polara or Monaco names, which might have made more sense, but I wasn't consulted..