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The newest 300 is born in a time of Chrysler
engineering excellence… of great thundering domination. Its
predecessors didn't simply win races, they swept the field,
finishing one-two-three.
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With their
performance and style, the "Beautiful Brutes" captured the hearts
and won admiration by conquering time and distance. It was Chrysler
engineering that catapulted 300s into the very vanguard
of automotive development:
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- Dual quad 300-, 340- and 380-horsepower
Hemi V8s standard (1955-58)
- Torsion-bar front suspension (1957)
- "Bulletproof" differentials with limited
slip (1958)
- Cross Ram dual quads on 30-inch runners,
mega-horsepower Wedge V8s (1959 - 1962); Modified ram runners
(1963 - 1964)
- Four-speed manual gearboxes (1960)
- Ergonomic esoterica like swiveling bucket
seats (1959-61)
- Center consoles, front and rear (1960)
- Tachometers (1960);
- Pushbutton automatics (1956-63)
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The serious"horsepower race" began here, as did muscle cars.
That was then. Now
it's contemporary technology - front-wheel drive, more
fuel efficient and responsive multivalve high-aluminum-content
engines, computerized coil on plug ignition and fuel injection
- that make possible the reignition of an old flame, with
this newest edition to the fabled Chrysler letter series,
the 2001 300M.
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