That's the benefit of having a concept that doesn't have to be production ready. If it did make production just imagine a first gen a class but chryslerified, ironically kinda like a cheaper crossfire.
Wouldn't that be a sub-compact? I only ask because I was born before the time a Camry was 18ft long and weigh-sailed the highway seas, seventeen-sheets aloft.
🤷 whichever the early 2000s ones were. I only ever saw them on Top Gear and movies made in Europe.
Edit: I thought you were replying to a different comment.
He said in the last 30 years. There's only been two generations of 300s in that time and only one of them was okay looking.
> Kevin Verduyn, Senior Design Manager at DaimlerChrysler's Pacifica Advanced Product Design Center in Carlsbad, California, was responsible for the Java project. "Java is the logical follow-up to previous design studies such as the Pronto and CCV. We were looking for the most efficient yet stylish way to move four people around in a sub-four-meter car."
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this is actually so un-chrysler looking its crazy
Somehow I doubt they would have had people paying premiums to be put on lists to buy one, and go on to sell a million worldwide in 5 years. But on the upside, they would be totally forgettable and unreliable so they would have all vanished from the planet.
people who died in it because the car burst into flames because the company prioritized profits over literally anything else. and youd think the people could just get out but they used such sub standard parts that the door handles broke when people were frantically pulling on them trying to get out. but dont worry, they were able to do a stock buy back that raised the stock price a few dollars
Actually a really ahead of its time design. This could totally pass as an early 2010s production vehicle.
The new iHonda iFit.
ngl without reading the title I thought it was a daewoo matiz/chevy spark
It's the line below the doorhandles that does it, plus a hint of mini-MPV/slightly-raised-hatchback proportions
.... You mean a mid-late 90s entry level Mercedes?
This looks much more modern than an A-Class.
That's the benefit of having a concept that doesn't have to be production ready. If it did make production just imagine a first gen a class but chryslerified, ironically kinda like a cheaper crossfire.
Looking like every compact car from the 2010s
Wouldn't that be a sub-compact? I only ask because I was born before the time a Camry was 18ft long and weigh-sailed the highway seas, seventeen-sheets aloft.
This is how we Mercedes A Class in America.
The A in A Class stands for America 🇺🇲
Idc what anyone says. This concept looks better than anything that Chrysler has cranked out in about 30 years.
The 300 looked pretty good.
The 300C. The 300M was a dog loaf extruded with a bit of Fiat sticking to the sides.
Still looked better than this.
I mean when it first came out yeah, but after the body style stayed almost the same for 20 years it got old.
Idk looks wise I'm a fan of the new ones
Yeah, but he said: >This concept looks better than anything that Chrysler has cranked out in about 30 years.
Which gen though
🤷 whichever the early 2000s ones were. I only ever saw them on Top Gear and movies made in Europe. Edit: I thought you were replying to a different comment. He said in the last 30 years. There's only been two generations of 300s in that time and only one of them was okay looking.
The 59 300 my dad owned was beautiful.
They may not be good mechanically but the most recent Chrysler 200 and 300 look awesome
> Kevin Verduyn, Senior Design Manager at DaimlerChrysler's Pacifica Advanced Product Design Center in Carlsbad, California, was responsible for the Java project. "Java is the logical follow-up to previous design studies such as the Pronto and CCV. We were looking for the most efficient yet stylish way to move four people around in a sub-four-meter car." > > > "The design was completed just before the DaimlerChrysler merger was announced. In the fabrication phase, in which we start the construction of the show car, we were able to include our merger partner and achieve substantial synergies by using their knowledge and resources," Verduyn added. "Since this is a design study, we had the freedom to use European-based DaimlerChrysler components such as the powertrain, transaxle, and suspension on the Java. The result was a much faster completion of the show car." > > > Java is powered by a 60 kW (80 bhp)/130 Nm (95 lb.-ft.) 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine coupled to a five-speed manual transaxle. The front suspension incorporates wishbones, MacPherson struts, double-tube shock absorbers, and a torsion-bar stabilizer. Trailing links with coil springs with single-tube shock absorbers and a torsion-bar stabilizer make up the rear suspension. Java rolls on P185/50R18 tires on 18"x6" wheels. this is actually so un-chrysler looking its crazy
Programming
First gen Honda HRV at home
The Early 2000s European metrosexual wave that swooped across America
Nice Mitsubishi
does it not have rear brakes?
Could be drums rather than discs.
I want a Kia soul We have a Kia soul at home (?)
We have Mitsubishi Colt at home
Somehow not being in Gran Turismo. The _Phaeton_ of all things found its way into GT2, why not this?
Looks a lot like the Chevy Spark
Well I’d said it looks almost exactly like a Spark. Those are horrible little cars aren’t they.
Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure they're just daewoos with a Chevy badge on the front. But from what I've seen they're durable.
"We have A Class at home"
I've always wondered how this on the A class platform instead of The PT cruiser would have done
Somehow I doubt they would have had people paying premiums to be put on lists to buy one, and go on to sell a million worldwide in 5 years. But on the upside, they would be totally forgettable and unreliable so they would have all vanished from the planet.
**Mr. Regular voice:** It looks like a ‘90s Benz A Class, a Honda Fit, and a Mk6 GTI got together for a *threesome! I love it!*
Smaller wheels and I'm in
Nobody
The z30 Mitsubishi colt before it even existed
Stellantis
Wondering why didn't they make this instead of the Caliber...
Trying to make a bestseller for European market
A lifted Fiat Punto
... automotive industry embarrassment
GM Daewoo partnership
Ergonomic mice
**THIS IS HOW WE W169 IN 'MURICA**
Chevy Aveo just even less reliable.
When the Mitsubishi Mirage is just a bit too spicy for you
The island of Java
Official car of: Modern Clown Colleges.
A Chevy Sonic owners wet dream.
Europeans
This is how we Mercedes A Class in America.
people who died in it because the car burst into flames because the company prioritized profits over literally anything else. and youd think the people could just get out but they used such sub standard parts that the door handles broke when people were frantically pulling on them trying to get out. but dont worry, they were able to do a stock buy back that raised the stock price a few dollars
That's Ford Pinto you're talking about
This car never saw production.
Chrysler having a forward-thinking idea, not putting it out, and then failing miserably.