2015 Chrysler 300C review | first drive - Cars Guide
In the past I've gone too easy on the Chrysler 300C. I've wanted it to be better than it was, treated it like a favoured child, and cut it some slack as a result. I know this because I've just driven a 300C that is (mostly) what I wanted from the get-go, with a driving experience that's more about driving than sitting passively behind the wheel. The steering and suspension changes are the good news in a mid-life update to the 300C that brings bad news on higher prices. Chrysler says these reflect extra equipment and the recent dip in the dollar. So the bottom line — with the $45,000 Limited model now dead — is $49,000 for the 300C. The Luxury model comes in from $54,000. Chrysler knows the end of the Falcon and Commodore will make things easier for its old-school 300C but it's actually... "We think there is actually a very good opportunity for us. There will always be part of the segment that favours large, luxury rear-wheel drive vehicles like the 300C," says Fiat Chrysler Australia head of product strategy Alan Swanson. On the 2015 version of the 300C, a mid-life update of the second-generation model, he cites such changes as the bigger grille and new lamps and, in the cabin, the seven-inch screen for the instruments, chunkier steering wheel and real wood and... Source: www.carsguide.com.au
