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Considering the rate at which the Chinese market gobbles up
Buick models, you'd think it would be a prime market for
Chrysler. Yet the House of the
300 wasn't present in China at all in recent years, as the brand has just announced at the
Beijing Motor Show its return to the Chinese market.
In the coming months, it will begin selling both the 300C and the Grand Voyager, and to mark the occasion it has presented a special design concept of its top-of-the-line sedan. Much like sister-brand
Jeep adopted the dragon symbol for its special-edition
Wrangler, the Chrysler brand went with the Ruyi - a scepter-like object symbolizing prosperity and good fortune - for its 300 show car.
The design concept is distinguished by unique ten-spoke 22-inch wheels, dark chrome trim to complement the black paint and tone-on-tone "speed stripe," aero kit, custom grille, tinted glass and special badging. Meanwhile the interior is done up in a variety of metal finishes, with French-stitched beige suede and leather upholstery. Check it out in the gallery above and the press release by
scrolling below.
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Chrysler marks return to China with 300 Ruyi design concept originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 23rd, 2012
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Battle Of The Budget-Friendly Full-Size RWD Luxury Sedans
The Hyundai Genesis Sedan and Chrysler 300S are much more alike than they are different.
Why compare a Hyundai to a Chrysler? At first glance, this matchup may seem rather preposterous, but a logical argument says this rivalry has been in place for more than a decade. In 2002,
Chrysler and
Hyundai were both offering full-size front-wheel-drive sedans. Hyundai had its XG350 fitted with a 194-horsepower 3.5-liter V6, while Chrysler was touting its Concorde with a 214-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 (each shared an EPA rating of 16 mpg city and 24 mpg highway). Not only were both remarkably similar on paper, but both sedans started at about $25,000.
Today, Hyundai and Chrysler remain in the full-size arena with products that are infinitely more interesting, significantly more powerful and immeasurably more engaging to drive - they also happen to be the only two rear-wheel-drive luxury sedans left in this price segment.
Sensing an interesting fight, we rounded up a 2012 Hyundai Genesis sedan and a 2012 Chrysler 300S for a driving comparison. After several hundred miles of city, canyon and highway had passed swiftly beneath their undercarriages, one clear winner had emerged.
Continue reading 2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan vs. 2012 Chrysler 300S [w/video]
2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan vs. 2012 Chrysler 300S [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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February 29th, 2012
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Filed under: Sedan, Auctions, Etc., Government/Legal, Chrysler, Celebrities
History has yet to voice its opinion on the legacy of
President Barack Obama, but one enterprising
eBay seller is already looking to cash in on one very big piece of Obama memorabilia. A
2005 Chrysler 300C that allegedly belonged to the Commander In Chief (back when he was an Illinois senator) has hit
eBay Motors.
As you may recall, Obama sent the big V8 sedan packing in favor of a
Ford Escape Hybrid when he began his campaign for the presidency. The 300C currently has 20,800 miles. Obama is said to have put 19,000 of those on the clock himself between 2004 and 2007. With so few miles and a healthy 5.7-liter V8 under the hood, this is likely the nicest 300C you'll ever lay eyes on, but the buyer wants a pretty penny for the machine.
Right now, the vehicle has a starting bid of $1 million. Not surprisingly, even though the seller says he's got the paperwork to prove the vehicle's provenance, no one has stepped up with the coin. As of the time of writing, the auction has less than a day left on the clock. Head over to
eBay Motors to have a look at the auction for yourself.
eBay Find of the Day: Barack Obama's 2005 Chrysler 300C originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 25th, 2012
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History has yet to voice its opinion on the legacy of
President Barack Obama, but one enterprising
eBay seller is already looking to cash in on one very big piece of Obama memorabilia. A
2005 Chrysler 300C that allegedly belonged to the Commander In Chief (back when he was an Illinois senator) has hit
eBay Motors.
As you may recall, Obama sent the big V8 sedan packing in favor of a
Ford Escape Hybrid when he began his campaign for the presidency. The 300C currently has 20,800 miles. Obama is said to have put 19,000 of those on the clock himself between 2004 and 2007. With so few miles and a healthy 5.7-liter V8 under the hood, this is likely the nicest 300C you'll ever lay eyes on, but the buyer wants a pretty penny for the machine.
Right now, the vehicle has a starting bid of $1 million. Not surprisingly, even though the seller says he's got the paperwork to prove the vehicle's provenance, no one has stepped up with the coin. As of the time of writing, the auction has less than a day left on the clock. Head over to
eBay Motors to have a look at the auction for yourself.
eBay Find of the Day: Barack Obama's 2005 Chrysler 300C originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 25th, 2012
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Imported From Detroit And Then Some
To the average driver, the term "horsepower" has, for all intents and purposes, no meaning whatsoever. Not surprising, really, as there isn't any single established explanation, at least not a good one, as to how today's piston-powered engines became so intertwined with the output of a horse. Think, for a moment: Can you really quantify how much power 200 horses produce? Regardless, and though not all engines have been measured with the same methods of certification, enthusiasts of the four-wheeled kind have well over a century of automobiles and their attendant horsepower ratings with which to occupy themselves.
The
Ford Model T, way back in 1908, offered up 20 horsepower. The original air-cooled
Volkswagen Beetle was rated at 50 horses or less, depending on the year and displacement. Fast-forward to 1955, when Chevrolet's newly introduced small-block V8 made an impressive 162 hp, and then to the release in 1964 of the
Pontiac GTO and its 348-horsepower Tri-Power engine. We'll shimmy right past the lamentable 1970s and '80s (in 1975, it was possible to buy a
Chevrolet Corvette with as few as 165 horses) because, more recently, there's been a very welcome power resurgence.
Our Editor-in-Chief's beloved
1991 Ford Taurus SHO is fitted with a Yamaha 3.0-liter V6 that was factory rated at 220 horsepower, and a few short years later, the
1994 Chevrolet Impala SS offered up a 260-horsepower V8. We bring up the SHO and Impala because they are four-door sedans, meaning horsepower need not be dismissed by the average man who must pile in his spouse and 2.5 children.
And now we have the
2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8. Lurking behind its blacked-out grille is a 6.4-liter Hemi V8 engine that ripples the pavement with 470 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque. To put that figure into perspective, its more ponies than such high-horse heavy hitters as the latest
Chevrolet Camaro SS and
Ford Mustang GT. In fact, it's 40 horsepower more than the 2012 Corvette. Giddyup.
Certainly, there's more to the 2012
Chrysler 300 SRT8 than its honker of a V8. But let's not kid ourselves - if the SRT8 is on your shopping list, it's 6.4-liter V8 is what put it there.
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2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8 [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 20th, 2012
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Black Eyed Peas leader Will.I.Am apparently went on
The Tonight Show last night and
launched a new car company he's calling IAMAUTO. This is apparently the first horrible product of that new venture.
UPDATE: Or is this a custom DeLorean? More »
January 5th, 2012
