What's Wrong With This Picture: The Sebring Is Dead Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

October 12th, 2010 12:46 PM

what s wrong with this picture the sebring is dead edition

Chrysler has taken advantage of the kerfluffle over GM’s Volt to release the first full images of its most important car to date: the Chrysler 200, or the artist formerly known as the Sebring. As with the Volt, we’re not entirely convinced it’s as revolutionary as Chrysler’s making it out to be, but we’ll obviously wait for a test drive to reach a definitive conclusion. Meanwhile, the 200’s design has more than a few hints of Sebring about it (and that’s without a proper side-on view), although the overall effect is of a much-cleaned-up car. It’s not distinctive in a way that’s going to instantly win over skeptics, and Chrysler’s midsize sales probably won’t improve until reliability and resale data shows real signs of improving, but the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Given what Chrysler was working with, namely the least competitive car in its segment, this 200 is shaping out quite nicely as a first, tentative step towards viability.

#200 #3WTP #Branding #Chrysler #Design #NewCars #Sebring

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Paul on Oct 13, 2010

Michael Scott is pleased that he can almost still get a Sebring.

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Geoffrey Steinberg on Nov 11, 2010

Finally, the proper side view: http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1051405_2011-chrysler-200-priced-starts-from-19995

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