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  • NOT! 0-60 is about 6.5 sec ...

  • I am sorry to say but Americans are crap in making luxury sedans. Muscle cars, yes; pick up trucks yes, but not the luxury sedans. Leave to Germans.

  • @whatever04811 i never liked chryslers but after seeing the 300 in person, it has more presence than audis, mercs, bmws in it's class- price range. no joke. can't speak for interior and drive cause i ain't been inside.

  • @whatever04811 Don't mistake cost for the worth of car. A German Luxury car is only expensive, not better. 

  • if You are talking about engine, now they have system disabling half of pistons if not needed. So imagine how ecomonic is it with power you are still able to use.

  • wow it is so slow but still got a 3.6 liter v6. you americans need to learn more engineering for cars. my dads Audi A5 sportback can do 0-60 in lower than 6.5 secs but it only has a 2.0 liter V4

  • We rented this car for a week while my car was in the shop, and let me tell you, I fell in love with it. I loved the color, heated seats, the way it felt when it drove and the leg room. The radio buttons on the back of the steering wheel felt natural and the back up screen in the dash board was very impressive. The designers made this into a "smart car", it's like the car is thinking for you. Loved it. I give it two thumbs up!

  • Obama used to own a 300C.

  • I would definitely have to have the V8. V6s should be saved for rice burners & people carriers.

  • I'd buy this before I bought a Cadillac anyday. It's a great looking car with tons of options for the price.

  • this car is the definition of american class. 

  • I have old 300c with v8 engine and it's better, than the old 3.5 litre. But if I'm going to buy the new 300 I'd go with 3.6 litre, cause it's lighter, more fuel efficent and 300 hp is really enough (253 that old v6 produced wasn't).

    Cheers.

  • How about doing a proper test of the car ? ...this BS that you have made here, doesnt say anything about the new features or about how the car will be to live with. This is not a race car, its a luxury car.

  • Chrysler ads are going after Negros.

  • @bufbarnaby "Negros" lol! Are we still in the 60's era?

  • @bufbarnaby That might be true. But why is this caucasian driving this 300 in this YouTube video? (Search for "Chrysler 300c 24s Black on Black") I guess he did not understand the ads or perhaps did what the freak he wanted with his freaking money. OooRah!!!!

  • sorry but the v6 models are shit. drive a 300c then you'll see why.

  • @th3ha1og0d Check out the new 8 speed auto version of the V6

  • Hope this beautiful classy car doesnt get nigged like the last generation.

  • @EsqPolo lol nigged

  • You don't need a V8 for daily driving. V6 is better on gas mileage and 292 hp is good enough for daily driving, actually more than you need!

  • @macosftw and the V6 300 will have the 8 speed for 2012 giving it 31 MPG.

  • @macosftw personally v6 is for daily driving...v8 is for slick acceleration.

  • @macosftw More than you need ? It's only half a second faster than a 4 cylinder Camry to 60 and half a second slower than a 4 Cylinder Hyundai Sonata....

  • @98MAzdaMilleniaS Yes, but don´t forget this is a full size vehicle.

  • @Gabedaman30 An Accord 4 cylinder is a full size vehicle and is almost as quick too.

  • @98MAzdaMilleniaS But for people like me who are 6'5", this chrysler would win just because of seating position, and room. Remeber that people come in all sizes, sometimes I feel like the automobile world forgets about the tall guys.

  • @macosftw Agreed, but a V8 is a V8. They shouldn't go.

  • why didn't they make the hybrid out of this car that would of really busted crysler

  • 3,025,190 million viewers chrysler and compuware blacklisting they remains idle

  • Probably will smoke after a few mile have been put on it. go Chrysler! you have done made a name for yourself.

  • Umm, with a car like this, I doubt buyers care about performance. They would more care about the interior/styling/features. Just saying...

  • @OmgCameronWasHere I have a relative who has a 300, and he got it so he can zip around in it. So I would say otherwise.

  • The Chrysler 300 is one of the best looking cars on the road. Slap on a V-4 2.4 Liter 200 Horsepower engine with CV-T. All you need to take you from Point A to Point B for just $21,000.

  • @tnguyen318 like a plain old gas engine or a hybrid four cylinder? because a hybrid with some/most of the performance specs alrady on the 300 would make a great car

  • All you need in a car is for it to take you From Point A to Point B. V-4 185 Horsepower. All for just $21,000.

  • @tnguyen318 i see and i agree.... but i don't think most people would buy a 300 just for A-B driving, it's a very bold and suburbia-fancy machine, definitely more of a statement/Limo car than a A-B mover....

    what would you think of a hybrid four cylinder or a turbocharged similar to that in vw's or ford's ecoboost engine?

  • @tnguyen318 If you give that really heavy car a small I4, the thing would barely be able to accelerate to highway speeds...

  • As long as it could get onto the Highway,  its good enough. Do a V-4 3.0 Liter 185 Horsepower.

  • @tnguyen318 You might as well just add two more cylinders for that high of a displacement.

  • I don't know how the function of an engine works. Top Speed 100 MPH with Acceleration of 0-60 in 7 second is good enough. My 2006 Honda Accord Automatic did 6.9 which was pretty fast. If we can increase the compression and lessen the Top Gear it would be awesome. Guess youll be driving on First, Second and Third Gear all the time. Which may burn more gasoline unless you use a good Transmission on Front Wheel Drive. Or shall I say stick-shift compression ratio. Top Speed Kills.

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  • just bought a 2011 charger r/t and drove from ga to boston and got 28.3 mpg thats amazing for such a big motor

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  • @76carmel its an r/t so its a 340/5.7

  • @DodgeDurango98 I bet you that is Chrysler didn't make their cars so damn heavy, you'd easily get over 30 mpg.

  • @redman6657 i dont care about mpg its the power and the looks that i care about.. i dont care if it got 5mpg i would still be driving it

  • yeah nigga, ize gotz me a 3hunnard nigga, weeeeheeeee ize be rollin in muh 3hunnard nigga, look at me nigga

  • Chrysler did a much better job on this generation of the 300 cars. Not bad. If I were to get one it would be the V6 version, with their 8-speed auto and some nice 19 inch rims- all black everything.

  • @nikobellic2008 In Germany it is probably just a cheaper alternative to a Mercedes or BMW. In the USA this car is only for blacks or for wannabe blacks to think they are "big pimpin" or "ballin". Even the TV advertisements for the 300 show blacks driving it and the car is clearly meant for blacks. Every time I see a 300 it usually has ugly chrome ghetto wheels on it and a ghetto moron behind the wheel pretending they are a rapper

  • @maxawesuse you're no true american and it shows !!! moron !

  • @weedmastersr You are probably one of the morons driving a 300, if you are white and drive on you are a real moron who probably is a wannabe black

  • @maxawesuse you have an obsession with racism against black people retard ! cars are for everyone imbecilo !!!

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  • @98MAzdaMilleniaS Because Chrysler commercials are about Detroit , about luxury that comes out of,poverty and hardship its about everyone in Detroit.You might remember the Superbowl Chrysler commercial with Eminem who is white .There are black people in Chrysler commercials because there are a lot of black people were Chrysler comes from and that's Detroit !

  • @nikobellic2008 So you dont care about reality? I dont want people to think that I am a wannabe nigger with a nigger ghetto wannabe bentley. I dont want people to think im stupid

  • is it a requirement that an idiot has to always show up? i did,nt they made cars for different races!! you ignorant ass------!!

  • My 300m special looks better than this crappola

  • Instead of looking like the newest model, it looks like what a 300 would have looked like in 1996. Ugly.

  • weak!! i would rather buy a charger SRT than this...

  • Not a bad car, too bad it has become known as the ghetto bentley. The people who bought them have ruined the car for normal people. Its kind of like Tommy Hilfiger clothing, nice clothing but the ghetto rats ruined it for normal people.

  • @maxawesuse why sugar coat it? This is a black people car.

  • @ormand3000 now that's straight up Racist.

  • @ormand3000 lawls.

  • @maxawesuse I agree with you completely. The minorities have to "ghettofy" everything and ruin it for the people it was truly meant for. Dont forget Ralph Lauren Polo too. (they arent AS bad as Hilfiger yet though).

  • these cars are to thick and subby behind the rear wheels they need to make it about 6-10 inches longer in the back

  • I am not a Chrysler fan but this new car could change my mind.

  • Wait for the 7 speed tranny. 

  • Wow...the new Lancia thema...oh no it's the new 300C...-.-"

  • Test drove this car, I loved it. Felt great on the highway and it's very silent. I could relax. Waiting for the 2012 to come out.

  • the grill and front remind me of the 2008-2009 hyundai sonata 

  • To those saying it has lost its "bad ass Mafia look"

    This is Bad Ass Mafia Look.

    It looks like something off the Godfather and sitting near the likes of a Jaguar XJ or Maserati Quattroporte in the carpark. The old one was more likely Wannabe Gangsta from the hood.

  • @mondeost2202008 An Italian Mafia Boss such as the Godfather would only buy a Cadillac, Imperial,or a Lincoln. Maseratis and Jaguars were Eurotrash to any American of good taste in the 1950s and 1960s.

  • @ForzaJersey In this one documentary I saw (forgot the name), one of the Mafia's Boss in America was driven around in a Jaguar XJ. The CIA even planted a wire tapping device onto it.

    And I find a Mafia Boss would be more fitting to come out of A Quattroporte (any generation) than a Merc or a Rolls.

  • @mondeost2202008 I agree on the Maserati, believe me I wouldn't be surprised. However, knowing what Italian-Americans preferred in the 1940s-1970s, a Caddy was the top pick followed by a Lincoln or Imperial.

  • Thank God it lost it's mafia boss look. Yuck.

    Chysler / Fiat are right on the money in their ads.

    Let's have some style in cars again and the leader

    in the US was Chrysler that people looked to for real

    style. At the top end, Imperial vs. Cadillac, Imperial

    hands down. Cadillac dumpy or whorey.

  • aww it lost it bad ass mafia look

  • This is not the car I know and love from Grand Theft Auto IV... :(

  • Beautiful car! Nice job Chrysler!

  • ill wait for the pentastar v6 and the 8 speed auto box

  • Looks exactly like the old car except from the front & the rear end.

  • @rnorred86 i wish it kept the front the front lights are plane jane

  • @rnorred86 in that case, it doesnt look "exactly" like the old car....

  • Bland looking car, with poor reliability, nil for resale value and that unreliability that chrysler is famous for. Chrysler use to be good... what happened!

  • @PUREAAMERICAN

    You mentioned reliability twice, lol

  • @hallal55 they do have the same platform but everything else was changed.....the platform is just dimensions basically.....EVERYTHING IS NEW!!!! except the 5.7 Hemi that just went up in power and torque a lil

  • wat happened to fuel economy?

  • @B4nAft4

    What happened to your spelling?

    *wat?

  • Ok there Grand-Pa... I would only use that as a coffin.

  • Looks like the 1983 K-car.

  • That thing sounds like its falling apart thanks goverment motors you threw this shit together like you did the economy

  • the only thing i do not like is the front headlights.... IF IF IF ANY AFTER MARKET MAKES AFTERMARKET BUMPER AND TWIN HALO LIGHTS LIKE CURRENT 300C THIS WOULD BE BEAST!

  • good car welcome back chrysler

  • It's a great looking car!

    0-60 at 7.2 with the V6 is still really good, but what is the actual gas mileage difference. EPA is BS. Driven by a real human, on real roads, how do they compare?

    BTW, the joke about Audi wanting their headlights back is old. LED headlights will be everywhere soon.

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  • fake-ass rolls royce

  • boring uninspired grill...

  • im usually a soft critic.....but that is ugly.

  • Nice sedan, big improvement over the old one. Wished they showed the inside though.

  • 292 hp still more then enough for daily driving

  • Audi called, they want it's headlights back..

  • (!!) How to make a legendary american car seem like a german one... why to copy from european projects? ok, we are global now but do really americans like this types of cars?

    Thank you for your reply! M.

  • A very nice car, it does not lack in any way. Not even does it lack in thirstyness.

  • another cheap shitty car

  • @ironintel

    yea bit like some crapy european rubbish for the same price

  • Overall the body looks really good. But the front grill, remembers me a lot something from the late 90's to early 2000's pass models. And those were ugly cars.

  • V8 does not = performance. It = lazyness.

  • @Lambo6fo what are you talking about?

  • Everything looks really good except for that grill. 

  • doesnt go 150 though lol. Ive goten a 300c to 150

  • who ever hired this guy to narrate, and even to talk about cars at Motor Trend has mad a terrible choice his choice of words such as "plain old" and "cheap" sound really misplaced when discribing a new vehicle, i would take it that he is just uneducated, because that the way he sounds

  • I am truly disappointed with the redesign of the 300c. The grill and lights sit too low below the hood. When viewing the car from the side, the Front end is not as vertical. they tried to angle the front end a little too much..............A more vertical front end gives a more blunt, no compromise and classic look. Now it appears as though that they are trying to have the car appear more like an average "family sedan", such as the Ford Taurus.

  • @achinnagin You can still get a different grill as an option through Mopar...

  • as a student going to school for transportation design, id like to see some more intelligent comments in regards to the design elements of the car. a lot of people on here talking about how ugly the car is but i dont see anyone saying WHY the car is ugly.

  • I like it!

  • These are the same stats as my 96 caprice. :( it just has 60 more lbft of torque over the 300.

  • does any1 know if it comes in that brown color that was shown at detriot auto show 2011? and what about those wheel also shown there? and does any1 know when accesories will be available at mopars website?

  • this is ugly? i guess ppl dont like class anymore

  • without talking about the improved interior this review is pointless to those in the market for one

  • the gta4 version of the 300 was better looking

  • @Thevishnushankaran lol true dat

  • @Thevishnushankaran such a random comment but i am a huge rockstar fan and i couldnt agree more!

  • 300 was a very nice ride but th enew one is crapppp ugly car 

  • No, i dont cear about the non-enthusiast v6!!!

  • what kind of review is this?

    u didnt cover any design details-interior and exterior

    driving experience and how is it better than the old one

    nobody buys a big sedan just coz it is fast

  • @mehky002 - Does the title say "REVIEW"? It says first drive. Anyone speak english anymore. Bunch of morons coming on hear bitching about "what kind of review is this"? Morons.

  • i think it looks great. looks like a baby rolls from the back

  • This car didn't change enough for me to want to buy it

  • Dude, Motor Tend, ur starting to piss me off. Not Every Vehicle has to be tested like a super car. I would never buy this car for its performance.

  • EWWW new sebring and old 300 had a baby and it is pitiful!

  • does he mean 11 hundred?

  • WTF do you expect from a family sedan? It looks way better than a Honda or Toyota! Sure, it looks more refined and less gangsta-which is good for almost all families that want a more subdued styling. Somewhat like a cheap Mercedes. As long as it's comfy and quiet inside, bhp doesn't matter! It may not last as long as a Honda, but if the gas mileage is not much less and price tag is close, it should compete well. If this new 300 has classy interiors that is not cheap, it'll sale.

  • 300 = the minimum horsepower figure regardless of the engine. Why did Chrysler stop at 292hp? For pity's sake, just knock over 300hp. At least 300hp.

  • this car looks great, screw the haters out there! it looks soo much better than the previous generation. it looks soo much more luxurious, props to fiat!

  • looks like a hyundia now...

  • Can't wait to slap some headers on that thing for a power boost.... oh wait never mind.

  • the old ones look better!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • jezzus, PLEASE tell us somthing other than how fast it goes... for example, its like reviewing a rolls royce and only saying how "sporty" it is... its just stupid

  • I prefred the other front end, they must of let a white guy instead of a black guy design it this time lol

  • I don't think Chrysler is trying to be the best in the acceleration, braking, and g's with the 300, the Charger and Challenger could take care of that.

    This car is suppost to be for the guy who can't afford a Cadillac, or for some young honey guy to bolt on 22's and try to pick up as many ladies as possible outside a club.

    That's why Top Gear makes the best car reviews, cause they actually know about cars.

  • @AwesomeAlvin the charger and 300 are same platform same engine, same parts...

  • @hallal55 Different market and group of customers 4door vs. 2 door??

  • @AwesomeAlvin charger is 4 door..... the CHALLANGER is the 2 door coupe

  • an interior shot would have been nice

  • i dont know why everybody hates the front, the front is nice! the interior is better but the part tht is uglywould be the back of the car.

  • Chrysler is dead i say we just bring Alfa over to replace it!

  • The front grill isn't as prominent, and looks cheaper, less Rolls Royce. And the side is just too bulky, and the belt line is too high, probably going to interfere with visibility. Well all and all another fail from Chrysler LLC. Just like Government Motors.

  • Where's the Automobile magazine review of the 300?! That was a complete waste of time watching that. Who cares about numbers! It's a new luxury sedan, what's it like to drive?  What are it's features?

  • Where's the Automobile magazine review of the 300?!  That was a complete waste of time watching that. Who cares about numbers! It's a new luxury sedan, what's it like to drive? What are it's features?

  • For everyone who misses the classic egg-crate grille from the last 300, Mopar.com is selling egg-crate grilles for the 2011 model, so don't let that keep you from buying one. Although I do wish they'd made the grille a bit bigger, you can still get a significant part of the look the last one had. And, for 2011, they've made the rear-end styling a bit more like the original 1957 model, which is an improvement over last year.

  • They should have kept the front the same...

  • This is probably the best looking Chrysler in the last 20 years.

  • okay look, the car isnt that bad. I mean this is NOT a 300c. it should not even be called a 300. as a car in general, i dont think it is too bad looking. it will lose customers though

  • Looks ok, but it's a major let down compared to the old one

  • Damn i\this thing is ugly.

  • The front end looks like they went for a Audi/Bentley combo and it just went terribly wrong!

  • Awesome ass car, anyone that disagrees can go back to driving their Camrys. Fags

  • the only thing the 300c had goin fer it was the badass look... yeah its gone now...

  • chrysler just likes to fuck up its cars.... wouldn't every buy a chrylser they are usually just over priced pieces of shit

  • Oh look they put some asian car's headlights in the 300's face. I think my eyes just started bleeding.

  • anyone else agree that chrysler cant do powerful engines come on v8 only producing 370 or something

  • @SOLDIER713281 Those engines are coming 3.0 L Pentastar V6 Turbo Charged 370 HP, 3.0 L Pentastar V6 Twin Turbo Charged 420 HP. As far as the V8's are alredy here 5.7 L Hemi 363 HP, SRT 6.4 L 392 Hemi 470 HP.

  • I wish they'd bring back the dodge magnum

  • feces.

  • "…which means it only has the V6." Nuff said.

  • I'll give Chrysler this, impressive horsepower specs for the new V6, but the funny thing is, just about any family sedan V6 Accord/Camry/Fusion could still outrun it to 60, with less power. Yayyyy for hefty cars.

  • Beautiful design , I like it 

  • I DONT THINK THE FRONT LOOKS THAT BAD...

  • @datpimpinboy

    I don't think you need to type in ALL CAPS.