Posted by In 1955, Chrysler made a step that could effectively be taken into consideration the predecessor to the Musclecar Era: take the two-door Chrysler Windsor hardtop body, dump in a dual-carb 331ci Hemi into the engine bay, slap the Imperial nose onto the front, tart it up a bit with some additional trim and also watch as Dad’s Chrysler suddenly ended up being something to properly worry about. For the next fifteen years, the 300, whether or not it lugged a letter that signified which generation it was, ended up being the “banker’s hot rod”, a full-size Mopar that knew how to celebration. After the culmination of the first run with the 1970 Hurst cars, the 300 name appeared twice extra: in 1979 as a final farewall to the B-body line (and, some hypothesize, as a possible send-off for Chrysler duration if points had actually gone truly southern for the business) in the type of a Spinnaker White Cordoba with the options book tossed at it, then in 2005 as a magnificent return to rear-drive, V8 power after years of front-drive torment.
Yet, somehow, in the process, the firms that have actually regulated the Chrysler nameplate have actually permitted the 300 to wither on the creeping plant as Dodge has not only prospered, yet produced far past assumption with the exact same auto. As the Hellcat Charger became, the Chrysler SRT-8 was ceased for the residential market and also entrusted to the Middle East and Australians. When the Scat Pack Widebody Charger came around, the only way any person was thrilled to see a Chrysler 300 was as an upgrade at the airport terminal rental auto desk. You can still get a 5.7 L Hemi-powered Chrysler, if you can discover one, but the pleased 300 name has actually mainly been neglected.
Well, if you are like me and also want that Chrysler had actually maintained the SRT variation around longer than 2014, below’s your opportunity to possess the auto they should have been cranking out like mad. The 2023 Chrysler 300C will certainly be a limited-production last send-off for the rear-drive sedan. It’ll have the 485-horse 6.4 L V8, it’ll catch the quarter in 12.4 seconds, it’ll have the choices checklist thrown at it, it’ll have the Brembos, it’ll have everything.
The drawback? There will be 2,000 made, you require to put in an appointment to purchase one, and also great cash states that dealers will certainly do everything in their power to upcharge the heck out of them once they hit the lot. You recognize, the “I’ve obtained a man willing to pay twice that today and also I can call him if you can not” way of thinking that most dealerships seem to have right now.
I’ll be the very first to applaud Mopar for maintaining the fire going as long as they have, cranking out devices as effective as they have. However this seems like leftovers, stirred, garnished with a new seasoning, and also sent back onto the serving line.
Conserve on your own the difficulty. Rating a V8 300C that’s possibly a year or more old, rack up a Hellcat drivetrain, as well as go make magic happen.
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