Hello, 300
Yes, we’ve been waiting for this moment for some time. Ever since Chrysler pimped cgi renderings of the new 300 in its bailout-requesting “viability plan,” promising that it would be “the most-awarded new car in automotive history,” we’ve been curious about the follow up to the car that arguably saved the Chrysler brand’s image. But now that we’re seeing the first pictures, we can’t help but feel that some of the 300’s brash swagger may have been lost in the humiliation of bankruptcy. Sure, the mirrors are completely chromed, which is a pure class move, but the whole thing (the front end in particular) has certainly lost more than a little of its “I’m not actually super-wealthy, but you’d never know it by the way I treat people” attitude. Jalopnik may be worried about the Rolls-Royce-alike bodykit business, but we’re more concerned that America’s most pimping automobile (in the value-neutral sense) has turned into the Cadillac STS.
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Current Ford head/tail lights, with the ugly front fenders from a current Mazda 6. This will not appeal to the same people as the last gen 300. We will see who, if anyone, crowds around it at the next auto show.
I like the old one much better, and it wasn't all that great, IMO. I like the new Charger ok though.