The “Huge Three” American automakers don’t make many automobiles anymore that appear like a baby’s drawing of a automotive: Boxy sedans with gasoline fumes popping out of the tailpipe. And after this coming mannequin 12 months there’ll be a minimum of one fewer, as a result of the 2023 Chrysler 300 would be the mannequin’s swan track.
The announcement, which got here on Tuesday, got here after the January announcement of Chrysler’s plan to go completely electrical by 2028. In accordance with its press launch on the time, the Chrysler EV plan is a part of mum or dad firm Stellantis’ flip towards “transformative, sustainable mobility expertise that may make the world cleaner, safer and extra seamlessly related.”
The final Chrysler 300 mannequin 12 months will embrace a restricted model referred to as the 300C, with a 6.4-liter Hemi V-8 engine. Solely 2,000 of those beast might be bought within the U.S., together with 200 in Canada.
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Chris Feuell, CEO of the Chrysler model, talked about Chrysler’s EV shift in a press launch concerning the new mannequin. “The Chrysler 300 modified the automotive world in so some ways, and we’ll carry that spirit of ingenuity ahead as we rework Chrysler with a completely electrified future and breakthrough buyer experiences.”
There’s been no accompanying announcement of any EV referred to as the 300, nor any form of of proposed successor from Chrysler itself, however in keeping with the Australian automotive publication Drive, a substitute 300 is already within the works. That story, nevertheless, cites “insider info” as its sole supply, so take it with a grain of salt.
Presently, the January announcement of Chrysler’s idea EV often known as the Airflow has been the primary official assertion concerning the course of the corporate’s electrical lineup. In accordance with Motor Pattern, the official Chrysler road fashions that might be derived from the Airflow idea, to be launched between 2025 and 2028, can have a 118-kWh battery with a 400-mile vary, upgradable to 500 miles. However the Airflow depicted in publicity images is a glossy crossover SUV moderately than a sedan, which means it’s not a transparent one-to-one substitute for the 300.
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In any case, Chrysler seems to be kicking off a daring new period by giving one final hurrah to a automotive that hasn’t actually modified since earlier than the debut of the iPhone. The 2023 Chrysler 300 will look nearly an identical to the unique 2005 mannequin. The general model of the physique panels and lights isn’t noticeably totally different, although there’s a distinctive new mesh grill.
That is becoming, as a result of in keeping with a press release from Feuell within the press launch, Chrysler is “celebrating the Chrysler 300 and its iconic legacy.”
