300C report

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http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/roadtest,view,Chrysler.spy?artid=4147
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I'd like to add that for real snow capability good ground clearance is
most important. The 300C doesn't have adequate ground clearance.
In deep snow it is getting hung up on the bottom that usually stops a
car.
Unfortunately RWD just doesn't hack it for my winter driving to the ski
hills, unless I use those ugly chains.
I have more experience with RWD than FWD.

 

They entered this AWD sedan market because Daimler had a lot of old
generation E-class drive-train and suspension parts they needed to get
rid of.

Look. Soccer mom doesn't need AWD.

The solid feeling comes from the concrete between the ears of people
that bought the PR crap about AWD.

Because the LX-chasis 300 is more like a truck. Heck, they borrowed
the front clip from a Durango for christ's sake.

(gasp!)

Don't let soccer mom hear you say that!

Trust me. In a dicey situation in snow, you will need to brake
effectively much more than get going or keep going. All cars have
4-wheel braking. The extra 500 lbs of shit needed for AWD is a
liability when braking. Snow tires on a FWD car will equal AWD in 99%
of driving situations that soccer mom is going to encounter.

You don't have clearance in the Bentley-300 because of the RWD
drivetrain.

The wide front tires are a laugh when it comes to snow. Wide tires
are exactly what you don't want in the winter.

 

That's fighting talk...

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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Oh? So why didn't they USE them, instead of building completely new
parts (albeit based on those designs)? The transmissions are made in
Kokomo, not Stuttgart. The suspension pieces are made in Detroit.


There are plenty of valid criticisms to level at Daimler for what they
tried to do to Chrysler, and if you want to take issue with the 300C's
styling, fire away. But I'm sick of reading outright bullcrap. Stick to
the facts. Frankly, I consider the fact that the American-designed and
built LX cars are outselling all the overpriced blowhard garbage from
Stuttgart a rather satisfying form of revenge.