The Chrysler 300c is a car with big chunky looks, if Rocky Balboa was a car, he’d look like this car. The 300c has made for good sales for embattled Beijing Benz the maker of the 300c in China. Over the past week China Car Times managed to get our dirty oily hands on what quite possibly must be the best looking American car, ever.
The car sticks out like one of Picassos creation amongst a kindergarten art show, the sheer bulk of the car seemingly overpowers everything else on the road around. This car is massive, and the interior is massive as well, you can easily fit the entire Chinese soccer team into the back, and probably the team coach as well.
The Chinese edition is pretty much the same as the American editions, just that they are made in China instead of America. The quality is not an issue, but the pricing is. The cheapest Chinese model is 280,000rmb for the 2.7 V6 ‘Business Class’ model, that works out to a stonking $36,956.38USD, meanwhile, in the good ol’ US of A, the base model starts at a bargain 24,445USD, thats 180,000RMB. So it works out almost 100,000rmb (13,198.71USD) more expensive to buy the 300c in China, than it does in the USA. How does that work out?
Another drawback to the 300c in China, is that it only comes in two colors, a choice of either black or silver.
Enough about pricing, and build quality - Lets talk about the drive.
As soon as you rev the engine, you hear a growl, a growl like a hungry lion ready to pounce. China Car Times sat on the forecourt revving that engine for at least five minutes, the noise that V6 makes is heavenly, we’re pretty sure if God drives, this is what he would drive. The 300c is simply the nicest sounding car we have heard in quite some time. The car itself feels like it has a lot of power on tap, it just wants to keep going and going and going, before you know it, we had run out of room.
In China price wise, the car is too expensive, but this hasnt hindered sales at all. In large cities you can pretty much see a few dozen black or silver 300cs with blacked out windows every day. Although it is more expensive than either the Roewe 750, MG7, Accords, Audi A4, BMW 3 series and Camry’s the 300c seems to be winning buyers with its unconventional styling and raw power that takes it away from the ‘Grandpa’ cars we mentioned previously
You want style, you want to be different, buy a 300c.
this car, although nice, simply isnt a GOOD performance car which given the power the car is meant to be. price wise, dont let the pretty face fool you, its hardly justified. the build quality internally is almost korean and costs have been cut back on suspension and braking! and for it to charge $360,000 US in China is nothing more than a ego boster for Chrysler. To charge an exsubrant amount of money in a country where its yet to realise the shittiness of american designed cars! and gos are they being ripped off. oh well, i guess u cant blame them for keeping up appearances and inflate the price in order to give the sense that its on par with a European car, or even top notch japanese. buy a honda, buy a toyota if u want a reasonably priced car. although this is an OK car (for the oldies given the suspension, braking and fuel economy, or lack thereof), its just not worth Chrysler is asking for.
If you think the V6 sounds nice, You should hear the Hemi version
or u can listen to the LS3 in the new pontiac g8. its cheaper, better built and goes alot quicker