Guardian

THE new Chrysler 300 series, otherwise known as America’s first eight-speed automatic luxury Sedan, is poised to delivers ‘best-in-class’ (combined) fuel economy into the Nigerian market.

The new Chrysler 300 series sedans offer world-class technological innovation and quality while delivering stylistic distinction and premium sedan features at a legendary value.

“The Chrysler 300 is built on the idea that luxury feels better earned that those, who worked hard to achieve their place in the world should demand as much as is demanded of them,” said Head, Chrysler Brand, Chrysler Group LLC, Saad Chechab.

According to the Chief Executive Officer, Weststar Associates Limited, the authorised sole distributor of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge in Nigeria, Mirko Plath, in a recent communiqué said, “the Chrysler 300 is built without compromising the comfort, size or bravado you would expect from the motor city’s luxury sedan, thanks to its all-new state-of-the-art eight-speed automatic transmission, it is best-in-class for fuel economy.”

“Once limited to premium import vehicles costing twice as much, the new segment-exclusive ZF 8HP45 eight-speed automatic transmission expands the world-class power and fuel-efficiency of the Chrysler 300 and offers class leading fuel efficiency with respect to, best-in-class highway fuel economy, combined fuel economy, unsurpassed city fuel economy, and overall unsurpassed fuel economy in its class.

The addition of three more gear ratios in the proven ZF eight-speed automatic transmission design help to reduce the gaps normally associated with upshifting and downshifting.

Combined with the award-winning 292 horsepower 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine, passengers will experience world-class levels of refinement due to small, evenly spaced ratios that provide quicker acceleration and smoother shifts.

The new Chrysler 300 was named Top Safety Picks by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), achieving their highest rating.

IIHS recognises vehicles with outstanding crashworthiness in front, side, rollover and rear crashes. The new Chrysler flagship received ‘good’ ratings, the highest achievable, in all four categories.

Chrysler and Beats™ by Dr. Dre™ expand mobile audio experience on more Chrysler 300 models.

Originally revealed on the all-new Chrysler 300S models, the industry-first partnership between Chrysler and Beats by Dre is now expanding the studio quality sound experience of Beats by Dre technology into more Chrysler 300 models.

The unique partnership between Chrysler and Beats by Dre brings the music studio to consumers in cars not just by adding speakers, but working with the music makers themselves to reproduce sound the way that it’s made in the studio.

Standard on Chrysler 300S models, and available on Chrysler 300 Limited, 300 Luxury Series, 300C and 300C Luxury Series models, the Beats by Dre audio technology includes a 522-watt 12-channel amplifier that integrates the heart of the beats proprietary equaliser algorithm, creating the high-definition sound required in professional recording studios.

Delivering the mid- to high-range needed for studio-quality sound are three 3.5-inch speakers located in the instrument panel and two 3.5-inch speakers located in the rear doors. Two 6 x 9-inch front-door woofers provide bass, while two 6 x 9-inch speakers and a center-mounted 8-inch speaker located in the rear-shelf area provide full-range audio.

Maximising how music genres from hip hop to Motown should sound and feel, an 8-inch Beats Audio trunk-mounted dual-voice coil subwoofer with sealed enclosure delivers tight, powerful, punchy bass. The 300 is also available with an Alpine sound system.

The new Chrysler 300 sedan’s Uconnect Touch system has been upgraded for, adding hands free texting, voice commands and more iPod® control features to expand on the system’s world-class infotainment, connectivity and convenience technologies.

For the Chrysler brand, safety is a priority and the upgraded Uconnect Touch 8.4 and 8.4N models with hands free texting, keep passengers even more connected through voice commands.

With a compatible Bluetooth phone, Uconnect Touch enables text-to-speech for incoming text messages, and provides the driver with ‘canned’ speech-to-text responses for outgoing messages.