300C gallery

Chrysler has a gallery of photo's up if you are interested. The small pictures that you click on look terrible and I first assumed that they would just be enlarged. However it turns out that you actually get nice full size shots of the 300C when you click on the small pictures. The finished product would be fine if the grill was optional.

The 300C the next 300 series? Wouldn't/shouldn't the next series be the "n"? In any event, it's too ''70's/80's "boxy" on the outside and too '60's "brite" on the inside.

If you compare the 300C with the newset lineup from Mercedes you'll see why it looks the way it looks. I'm afraid that Chrysler is now nothing more then a renamed Merc, just like Dodges are renamed Chryslers. Martin

Yeah, that rebadged Chrysler Neon and Viper!

Yes, but since 2005 is the 50th anniversary of the original C300 (there was no '300A') I guess they're resetting the counter, so to speak.

I wouldn't say either of those things... and 60's brite would be WONDERFUL if it were implemented with chrome, machine-turned stainless, and white leather! I'm SICK of grey, black, and tan interiors. Those colors are to 90s and 00's car interiors what avocodo and 'harvest gold' were to 70s kitchen appliances. What ever happened to deep red, pure white, dark green, bright red, and even blue interiors?

If I have any complaint, its that it looks too "2000s chiselled" to me. Way too much like the Cadillac CTS and other slab-sided things with oddly placed and oddly angled flat facets everywhere.

But overall, I actually like it.

I was planning to buy a 300 sometime in 2006/2007. Geuss not after all. Don't like it kne bit. I MUCH prefer something closer to the current aero style...it makes Chrysler vehicles stand out from just about anything out there. This thing is boxy like everybody else now!

I love it. Does anybody know which Mercedes is under there?

And how can you assert that any jelly bean, Chrysler or otherwise, could stand out anywhere? Not happening in my world. The 300M is just a jelly bean with a chrome grille.

Practicality. Black interiors don't show the dirt. White interiors in a car are like a white carpet - it only looks good the day after it's installed, 2 weeks later it looks grungy and it's going to look grungy forever after.

Grey is a compromise color, it doesen't hide the dirt as well as black, but it doesen't heat up red hot in the summertime. Tan is along the same lines.

The problem with the bright colors like blue, red, green, etc. is that over time, they fade and the worst part is that depending on the material, they fade at different rates. I've seen dashboards where from the factory they were all the same color, but 5 years later they were multicolored.

Ted

My first thought upon seeing the 300C picture (and after the laughter had subsided) was that this was a Bentley. Completely looks like a Bentley. Why do so many 'nice' cars have to be so damn FUGLY.

Apparently you have no knowledge of Chrysler history. Go to the Chrysler website and take a look at their archives - circa 1953-1954 - then come back here and tell us you still think it looks like a Bentley. You will find how much of a mis-statement you have made. If you still think it looks like a Bentley, it isn't Chrylser that copied the design.

How anybody could think it looked like a Bentley is a mystery to me. A really, really bad parody of an early-50s Chrysler -- you know, the era in which they were thought of as engineering marvels, but with syling by those same engineers -- yes, that I can see.

No, he's right. Its derivation can't change what it looks like. I appreciate the styling, but it's okay to admit it looks like a Bentley. Personally, I like the car. I might actually be a potential customer. Do you realize that he in no way suggested they actually copied Bentley, but you had to defend them by arguing that they did copy 50-year-old ideas? From Ghia? Is that smart? If that's not what you meant, then in the future let that be an encouragement to reveal what you mean.

This caused me to look back at the c>

The rear suspension is similar to that of the E-class. The transmission is the 5-speed currently offered on most models. That's basically it (maybe some parts like steering components or brakes, but nothing else major).

I've read the Chrysler version of the touring wagon will be sold in Europe only; we get the Chrysler sedan and Dodge wagon here (and later reportedly a Dodge sedan). There are still rumors a 300C convertible is coming.

(sigh ...)

I see the piece-of-shit 300C is making the rounds again.

Hmm. Does this mean that the pics on that link actually show the production version? Seems to look idential to the garbage that was shown at the NYC auto show in April. Is Chrysler not going to make a full-blown debut of this abomination at the Detroit Auto Show in January - by showing the public the real thing for the first time? Or is it going to keep leaking it out like the diarrhea that it is...

Still looks like it has the 19" wheels that practically make the front fenders disappear. Boy, I'll bet the slow leaks from those rims will be fun to service after a couple of years (not to mention the cost of tires in that size).

If you don't think it looks like a Bentley, compare it with this:

Even the contour of the hoods match!

The interior styling sucks bigtime. Looks plain and sterile. No style whatsoever. Pure utilitarian - something I'd expect in an entry-level vehicle (or an operating room). Obviously Chrysler is planning massive changes to the interior in later years so they're starting with an extremely plain and low-budget interior.

This is your grandfather's Chrysler.

Jeeves.

Jeeves where are you? Bring the car around.

Actually, I couldn't care less about Chrysler history and how it supposedly influenced the design of this model. I was simply stating that the initial gut reaction to the appearance of this four-wheeled device was that it resembled a Bentley. I don't care who copied someone else's style, either.

It would seem so.

You're entitled to your opinion, but don't act like your opinion is fact.

No, I suggest you compare it to what's coming out of Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus, and Audi now.