Chrysler 300C

The Chrysler 300C is a luxury automobile of tourism of segment E produced by the american manufacturer Chrysler from the end of the year 2004. It is a five-seater with front engine, longitudinal rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel drive, which replaces the Chrysler 300M. Available with bodies sedan four-door and family (Touring) five-door. It last sold in North America as a Dodge with the name Dodge Magnum, with an exterior design similar to other models of Dodge. In 2011 it launched the second generation of the model, which is sold in Continental Europe under the brand Lancia, taking the designation of "Thema" is used in the butt end of the decade of 1980 of the brand.

A prototype of the car of the 300C was officially presented at the Auto Salon New York, 2003. Its designer, Ralph Gilles, returned for this project design features of the 300C of 1957, in particular in the front. The model is manufactured in Brampton, Canada, in Graz, Austria and in Beijing, China. Use the platform LX, Chrysler group, which it shares with the Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger contemporaries.

The 300C was awarded as "Car of the Year 2005" by the american magazine Motor Trend, was between the ten nominated to the Car World of the Year 2005, and appeared in the 2005 and 2006 List of the Ten Best Cars of the magazine Car and Driver.

In 2011 was presented the second generation of the Chrysler 300C. In continental Europe, he was appointed as the Lancia Thema due to the absorption of Chrysler Group LLC by the Fiat Group.

Engines

Engines gasoline in the 300C are a V6 of 2.7 liters displacement and 193 HP of maximum power, a V6 3.5-liter, 253 HP, a V8 of 5.7 liters and 340 HP, and a V8 6.1-liter and 431 HP. They are all atmospheric and have indirect injection; the two less powerful they have four valves per cylinder, while the two V8 equipped with two valves per cylinder. The only Diesel (CRD; Common Rail Diesel) is a V6 of 3.0 liters and 218 HP, developed by Mercedes-Benz. It is equipped with direct injection with feeding by common-rail and variable geometry turbocharger. The 300C is offered with a gearbox automatic four-and five gears.