When I rented a car from National last Saturday they surprised me with a Chrysler 300C. So far I've driven it from Spokane WA to Coeur d"Alene, ID, then to Cascade Locks, OR and on to Astoria, OR. I have to give it up this Saturday at the Portland airport; I will miss this car. Great chassis, suspension, steering, comfortable, quiet, and oh yeah the 340 hp, 390lb-ft Hemi; cripes what a sweet engine. I'm talking myself out of my much liked '94 E320.
regards,
Mark

Hey its a Mercedes W124/W210 chassis under the skin of that thing, of course you liked it!
Now if you buy one they give you a limited lifetime warranty on the tranny. Not a bad deal.

The front end is all W210, actually. The transmission is a 722.6, or at least the 5 speed box that is optional on the 3.5 and standard on the Hemi.

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Jonathan

2011 Mazda2
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1994 C280 (retired)

I just can't get past the looks of the thing. It looks like Homer Simpson designed it for Pat Robertson.

Mike

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

Its a W210, it uses the 722.6, W210 suspension, and seat frames. They are nice cars, but I really don't like the seats. I think they feel to high.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

They got some balls, that's for sure. If I didn't need something to haul my family around in, I'd definitely be interested in one. Chrysler has their fair share of critics, often rightly so, but the 300C is one of the ones they got right with a little help from their friends.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)