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1997 Chrysler Phaeton

Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Interior
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Interior
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Interior
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Interior
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Interior
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Interior
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Design sketch
Chrysler Phaeton, 1997 - Design sketch
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A company can use its heritage to catapult itself to a higher level. Chrysler’s Hemi is a current example. Their 1997 Phaeton is another. With a charge led by product guys Bob Lutz and designer Tom Gale, Chrysler showed a series of stunning concepts in the 1990s, beginning with the original Viper.

Just as that Viper personified power, the Phaeton simply oozed classic elegance. Inspiration came from the 1940-41 Newport Phaeton, a limited-production classic of which Chrysler built only five. The two-cabin body rides on a whopping 132-inch wheelbase, about what you’d find under a crew cab, long-bed pickup. Wheels measure 22-inches in diameter. A proper V-12 resides under the long tapered hood, a product of melding two then-current Chrysler 2.7-liter V-6 engines.

With what Chrysler learned from its limited production Viper and Prowler product runs, could the Phaeton been a possibility? Might it have helped boost Chrysler’s status in the luxury field, just as the Viper did for Dodge? Especially given Chrysler’s current predicament, we will most certainly never know.

The Phaeton is on display at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum.
Source: www.thecarconnection.com
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Comments
montay taylor
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
this was truly a work of art. chryseler insist they are trying to compete or even beat cadillac. well here you go. a hemi for the engine. relax the front head lights and even angle them a bit and there you have the new 300c or the next imperial. but, not so because it was never built. oh, p.s. use the 2011 interior and keep the actual phaeton seats..........
montay taylor
Thursday, February 11, 2010
well its me again no ones listening mr. marchionne states he want the 300c redesigned a bit extensivley its not gonna any better than this. lets look notice the drawing above. mercedes s-class head lights. and last the nassau grille and headlights. hello, is anyone out there. this design will put you pass cadillac,lincoln and possibility infiniti.....
Rik Wuest
Friday, January 7, 2011
Are you all kidding me? Even if Chrysler brought this concept to market they would put it on a sebring platform and glue the plastic bits together and then it would be a Chrysler that we are all familiar with...........Good concepts shotty manufacturing.
Daniel Nascimento
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
this was truly a work of art. chryseler insist they are trying to compete or even beat cadillac. well here you go. a hemi for the engine. relax the front head lights and even angle them a bit and there you have the new 300c or the next imperial. but, not so because it was never built. oh, p.s. use the 2011 interior and keep the actual phaeton seats..........
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