And to think just several years ago, most of the DC cars were the best
looking out there. This new Imperial looks like a Kenworth or Peterbuilt.


"MoPar Man" > wrote in message
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> Ugg.
>
> The year-2000 300-N concept was so much more classy. This is just too
> in-your-face Rolls Royce.
>
> The Germans who own Chrysler keep wanting it to make cars that look
> like trucks. They keep thinking that the North American market wants
> cars that look chunky and trucky. If people want normal-looking cars,
> then they will buy Japanese (or Ford or GM I guess) - but Daimler
> thinks that no, people will buy Merc's. No way.
>
> Clearly, Daimler does not want Chrysler to build up-scale cars that
> will compete with their Merc line. So they have Tonka design their
> Chrysler cars. So sad.
>
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>
> http://autoblog.com/2006/01/05/a-lit...-the-imperial/
>
> In response to (the previous post) on the Chrysler Imperial concept
> for the North American International Auto Show, several Autoblog
> readers commented with displeasure on the idea of suicide doors and no
> B-pillar (among other things). According to a Chrysler source, the
> suicide doors and the lack of a b-pillar on the concept are pretty
> simple to explain -- designers wanted auto show attendees to be able
> to see into the car while viewing it at the show, and the two design
> elements will make that easier to do. That's all there is to it. If in
> the event that the vehicle does come to production, we're lead to
> believe that those elements wouldn't be part of the design.
>
> In other Imperial news, turns out that the vehicle will be 6 inches
> taller than the Chrysler 300, putting it at the same height as that of
> the Pacifica. The vehicle will also sport free standing headlamps with
> high-intensity discharge (HID) and light emitting diode (LED)
> technology.
>
> Comments:
>
> http://autoblog.com/2006/01/05/a-lit...rial/#comments