The wonderful people at the Chrysler corporation have been gracing us with pretty cars since the company came into existence. Challengers, Road Runners, Imperials, New Yorkers, Chargers, Avengers, just to name a few. And recently they have added a mass murdering, mobster car to their lineup.
The Chrysler 300c is a blacked-out, boat with tiny windows, a huge steering wheel, and an even bigger turn radius. I will give it this, dang it looks good. I don't care who you are, you see one drive by and you can't help but look at it for a brief time at least. Both inside and out.
When I first opened the door to it, I thought i may have made a mistake and accidentally opened the door to a Mercedes, until I saw the yacht-like steering wheel. A steering wheel that big could only mean one thing, pray you don't have to make any sudden maneuvers in this boat. I guess it needs a big steering wheel though, because the drivers seat is so adjustable that anyone from me, 6' 5", to a three-year-old can put the seat in a comfortable driving position. Not only is the seat fully adjustable, but so are the brake and accelerator pedals. Making this car one of the most comfortable cars I have sat in, in a long time. As long as it is stationary.
Start a drive in this behemoth, and you quickly realize that they really muffed up the suspension in what was a promising vehicle. Rather than having smooth luxury sedan tuning, it seemed like they saw the suspension from a Ram sitting around and said, "Well just put those underneath it. That will save us some time."
So the suspension is more backbreaking than babying, but maybe the car has some power behind it that it needs the firm suspension for? Wrong. At least not in the 3.5L V6 model it doesn't. And before you try getting power that isn't there, just get it started first. A feat that took me three times before it finally wouldn't die as I shifted into drive.
What's in a name? In the 300, not much. It certainly is not the horsepower. And definitely isn't the torque. Although close to the amount of bodies you can fit in the trunk, I think the 300 may more closely stand for perhaps, the amount of mistakes Chrysler has made this decade? It must stand for its 0-60 time, because the V6 under the hood, really seems more like a 300cc motor when you put your foot down.
Sorry Chrysler. But 300c? Clearly not.
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