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Dream Cars That Didn’t Make It: 2005 Chrysler Firepower
by Wallace Wyss – Who can we complain to when prototypes are not green lighted for production? And, can we complain a decade or so later? If the answer to the second question is “Yes” here is my...
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Forgotten Design Trends: The Dual Cowl Phaeton
by Wallace Wyss – I think it’s a neglected configuration. Which should, I say, be brought back, if only to have more cards in our deck so to speak. I mean it’s so American to have parades with...
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Marketing: Cars Detroit Should Have Built – Chrysler 300 C Convertible Concept
by Wallace Wyss – Chrysler unveiled this daring concept–the Chrysler 300 Hemi C–a four-passenger V-8 rear-wheel drive convertible, 20 years ago. We still have the four door sedan but never the...
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Marketing: Cars Detroit Should Have Built – 2004 Chrysler 412ME
by Wallace Wyss – One of the hopes that American fans of European cars had when Daimler owned Chrysler is that Daimler would bring a European influence to Chrysler’s performance cars. Which they did,...
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Concept Cars That Didn’t Make It : 2006 Chrysler Imperial
by Wallace Wyss – This show car goes back to 2006. It was sort of a Bentley inspired Imperial bringing back a name that goes back to 1926. At one time Imperials had more status than Continentals, the...
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The Chrysler Crossfire – Back Under the Spotlight
by Wallace Wyss – Back in 2014, Hagerty, in an article on five used cars they thought had classic potential named the Chrysler Crossfire among them. This was a car borne out of the marriage of Daimler...
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The Lana Turner of American Cars: Plymouth Prowler Roadster (1997-2001)
by Wallace Wyss – Everybody who loves Hollywood legends knows the story of Lana Turner, a bombshell actress who crossed the street from her classes at Hollywood High to go to the soda fountain at...
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Forgotten Concept Cars: The Chrysler Lamborghini Portofino
Chrysler’s first attempt at an exotic… by Wallace Wyss – Chrysler, having turned the corner and making money in the late ’80s, got ambitious to be All Things to All Men and that included building an...
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People: Bob Lutz, Auto Executive Extraordinaire
by Wallace Wyss – Being Swiss American, I always look for examples of Swiss who accomplished something. I was always a car guy so became a fan of Bob Lutz who I once met at Pebble Beach when he and...
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Editorial: US Car Companies Miss An Opportunity
I know we have written about this subject recently but it is frustrating that there are no US car companies trying to compete with Rolls Royce. Is the ultra luxury car market really that...
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The New Chrysler Airflow
If Chrysler (er, Stellantis) can get the Airflow into production soon, they have a winner. by Wallace Wyss – Back in 1934, Chrysler became the first American automaker to incorporate improved...
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Chrysler’s Anti-Cobra: The Ghia 450SS
From the My Car Quest Way Back Machine – December 2016… by Wallace Wyss – Well, on paper the Ghia 450SS was the same idea—you take a shop over in Europe and you ship them an American V8 engine and...
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My 1957 Chrysler 300C Supercharged Coupe
Another one that got away, with regrets. by Bob Wachtel – Around 1962 or 1963 I came across an ad in the automobile classified section of the Sunday NY Times. It was a supercharged 1957 Chrysler 300C...
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Lime Rock Concours – September 2023
by Bob Wachtel – On Sunday September 3 I attended the Lime Rock Concours event that I registered for over a month ago and was accepted to enter. I drove my silver 1999 Dodge Viper GTS coupe there,...
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This Is My Favorite Ghia 450SS
by Mike Gulett – I suspect that many of you have never seen a Ghia 450SS in person because they are so rare. What does it mean for me to say that this is the best one that I have seen when I have only...
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This Woody Station Wagon
by Mike Gulett – There are times when my imagination takes over and I am in places where I know I will not really go but it is fun to dream of the possibilities. I am dreaming of a car fantasy that I...
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Design Critique: Chrysler Halcyon Coupe Concept
by Wallace Wyss – Stellantis surprised me. They recently came up with a prototype that seems more Tesla than Stellantis in the cleanliness of the shape with few distracting trim items. Surprisingly it...
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