300C

Chrysler Presents Upgraded 300 S in Detroit

While waiting on a new generation of shared platforms with its new corporate partners at Fiat, Chrysler is holding on with a series of special packages for some of its most popular Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler-brand products. Among them, at the top of the line, sits the new Chrysler 300 S, unveiled at this year's Detroit auto show.

The new trim is mostly an appearance package, available in both S6 (with the 250hp 3.5-liter V6) and S8 (340hp 5.7-liter Hemi V8) guises. Both get a new grille, darkened headlamp bezels, sleeker door panels, side mirror housings and polished 20" wheels. Inside there are new leather sport seats, carbon-fiber trim, red top-stitching and 300 S logos stitched into various surfaces. The new package should help the five-year-old 300, based on the old Mercedes E-Class platform, carry on a few more years until its replacement arrives.

Gallery: Chrysler 300 S8

Source

Tags: 2010 naias, 300, 300 c, 300 s, 300 s6, 300 s8, 300C, 300S, 300S6, 300S8, chrysler, chrysler 300, chrysler 300 c, chrysler 300 s, chrysler 300 s6, chrysler 300 s8, Chrysler300, Chrysler300C, Chrysler300S, Chrysler300S6, Chrysler300S8, detroit, detroit 2010, detroit auto show, naias, north american international auto show

The Imperial, The Luxury Car That Never Was

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Gas prices and the worldwide fuel situation are now officially responsible for the decision Chrysler just made to put the kabosh on plans for the new Imperial. The Imperial concept was first introduced last year at the Detroit Auto Show, and if built the Imperial would have fallen into the Chrysler line up at the very top -- above the 300C. But there will now be no Imperial, with Chrysler mentioning that the increasing costs for fuel and the ever tightening fuel economy standards would make production of the Imperial "irresponsible" at this time.

Source

Tags: 300C, auto, automobile, automobiles, autos, car, cars, chrysler, fuel, fuel economy, FuelEconomy, imperial, the imperial, TheImperial, wheels