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4893 messages, Last post on Jun 14, 2009 at 10:28 PM
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It's roomy looking and ought to be faster than the GM/CV twins with a hemi underhood. The menacing look is a bonus. |
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"is just a dressed up Chyrysler Concorde/Intrepid/LHS with a slightly better engine. Chrysler was whoring the heritage of the 300 series be reviving it for this car. I personally think the 300C is more deserving of the legacy of the 300 series." The 300M was Motor Trend's Car of the Year for 1999. Any bets on the 300C? BTW, the LHS had the same engine. |
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| that have won COTY awards, Chrysler had better hope MT passes over the 300C. | |
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I know you guys like your 300M's but we are talking about a car that never had any drivetrain improvements over it's entire run (exhaust changes don't count). Not any quicker than my 21K DOHC Intrigue was. Also a vehicle that has an incredibly inefficient automatic transmission that saps hp. It is an attractive enough car, but it doesn't have class leading performance in any category. Except for styling(subjective), the 300C will offer advantages over the 300M in EVERY category. |
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I think you guys should wait to see these cars in person before you make final judgement . I have seen them and sat in the 300 . At first when I saw pics I was like HHHMMM. But after touching and seeing them , out of this world . My next car will be a LX . Maybe I will wait till the release the 6.1 HEMI another story on the LX http://www.cars.com/news/stories/100703_storya_cc.jhtml?page=stor- - - y&aff=national the silver 300 is a beauty . |
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They're finally making progress on the 300C's webpage. Everyday I stop there for a "look-see", eagerly awaiting any information on it. The link is: http://www.chrysler.com/300series/index.html?context=homepage&- ;type=promo2 I do hope, (maybe pray also), that Chrysler does a better advertizing blitz on the the 300C, that they failed to do on the Pacifica. |
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would claim that the 300M has "class leading performance in any category". What it offered was a combination of style, size, luxury, performance and value that was not available in any other vehicle at the time. With the exception of possibly styling and value, the rest of the configuration was not class leading. With the weight and boxy styling of the 300C, it will not "offer advantages over the 300M in EVERY category." - especially with a base 2.7 litre engine. In fact, it doesn't even appeal to a 300M owner. BTW, my "vehicle that has an incredibly inefficient automatic transmission that saps hp." achieves extraordinary high end (50 to 80 mph) acceleration times and yields 26.5 MPG Is it a perfect car? - no. Has it been improved since the first year? - no, at least not performance wise. But with the 2.7 and 3.5 litre engines and its 4000 lbs. of bulk, the 300C is a step backward. And the hemi option will just make it a faster boat. |
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If anything with the belt tightening it may actually be less. As for handling the M held it't own against BMW's and Corvette's. in thing like emerg lane change and slomn. It is the strip that it hurt. If Chrysler is going to try to go upscale they should drop the 2.7 and 3.5L engines and only have the 4.7 and the 5.7 in it. Or it will be nothing more then a larger Cirrus. It will hurt handling (heavy front end) but should help it in other areas. I wish MB would use thier latest crop of trannys in the 300, insted of the ones they are giving to Chrysler. Watch out for some of those M's on the road they will be packing as much hp as the Hemi only in a 3.5L package. |
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| I'm sick of reading the messages from the cry babies on how DC is changing their beloved 300m. You are the same people that whined while the 300m was in development, complained about how it looked and cursed the use of the "300" name. I'm just hoping the door seals work the trunk mat fits unlike your beloved 300m... Go DC! | |
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"I'm sick of reading the messages from the cry babies on how DC is changing their beloved 300m." Nobody here is "crying" about DC changing their "beloved" 300M. There is no change. DC is abandoning it - period! It's a different car!. I (and other 300M owners) have merely expressed our opinions on the new 300C. I thought that was the purpose of this forum. If DC hadn't called it a 300, I wouldn't have even bothered with comparisons with the 300M. Because they chose to call it a 300, it invites comparisons. If you are sick of reading the opinions (and perhaps vehicle comparisons) of current 300M owners, maybe you should skip our comments. It's a free world! BTW, "You are the same people that whined while the 300m was in development, complained about how it looked and cursed the use of the "300" name." What forum did you see this in? |
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