Fgts Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 The 300 SRT8 will be used as a pursuit car Down-Under starting next year as a Falcon/Commodore replacement. ://www.motoring.com.au/chrysler-300-srt-police-car-deal-done-110173/ On a sidenote I read around the web the next gen 300 has been greenlighted and will debut after Charger/Challenger in '22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 On a sidenote I read around the web the next gen 300 has been greenlighted and will debut after Charger/Challenger in '22 Wow, slow down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blwnsmoke Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Fiat = American? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 (edited) That's SRT8 Core for the New South Wales highway Patrol cars The Victorian Police force has already signed a deal to purchase 80 BMW 530d sedans, the turbo-diesel six-cylinder luxury cars pumping out 195kW/620Nm — far less pepper than their the Chrysler 300 SRT Core. Shades of Carbon Motors E7.... Up here in Queensland it's the Hyundai Sonata 2.0 Turbo..... (Queensland has a non-pursuit policy for chasing cars if things get dangerous for other users or the persued). Edited December 13, 2017 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Wow, slow down! hahahaha 4 more years?!?! The 300 platform will be almost as old as the Fox body by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgts Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) hahahaha 4 more years?!?! The 300 platform will be almost as old as the Fox body by then Well, better then offering a half-assed full-size car that nobody wants then claim "everybody" wants an SUV/Pick-up. Edited December 14, 2017 by Fgts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKNSLS Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Fiat = American? Ford makes vehicles in Mexico. American? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Ford makes vehicles in Mexico. American? invalid argument. Ford makes the vast majority of their product line in the US. 3 in Mexico, 4 in Canada, the rest here. Fiat (the brand) has never been built outside of Italy AFAIK and the whole company itself is headquartered in London. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Ford makes vehicles in Mexico. American? Last I checked, Mexico and Canada are in North America. So yes, American. :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Our Chrysler 300C comes from Canada, I think it was called something else internationally.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Our Chrysler 300C comes from Canada, I think it was called something else internationally.... Brampton Assembly, just outside of Toronto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Big deal, as if this will "bring back the 60s". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 The 300C was not a big seller in Australia while Commodore was being produced but i wonder if there will be a few estranged Holden buyers going over to the SRT8 Meanwhile Mustang sells OK in Australia, 700 again last month and over 9,000 for the year. That's nearly double falcon sales in its last year with a great product mix - 90% premuin GTs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgts Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 The 300C was not a big seller in Australia while Commodore was being produced but i wonder if there will be a few estranged Holden buyers going over to the SRT8 Meanwhile Mustang sells OK in Australia, 700 again last month and over 9,000 for the year. That's nearly double falcon sales in its last year with a great product mix - 90% premuin GTs. Think that part of the motivation behind the 300 PPV, since Ford and Holden rwds for the next few years will be coupes and truck/suv, FCA would probably use the 300 to re-establish the Chrysler brand a foothold in RHD markets starting with Australia along with Jeep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) Think that part of the motivation behind the 300 PPV, since Ford and Holden rwds for the next few years will be coupes and truck/suv, FCA would probably use the 300 to re-establish the Chrysler brand a foothold in RHD markets starting with Australia along with Jeep. The 300C has grea engine choces, V6 diesel, V6 gas and of course the V8, I would hope that the Holden fans give it a go and at least try to enjoy themselves with a great SRT Core, it's a nice affordable package. I think FoA stockpiled a bunch of '17 Mustang to get them through to the RHD '18 coming mid year. quite amazing to see so many embrace it after the Falcon tradgics swore up and down that no one would. Edited December 31, 2017 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Wasn't there a time when NSW and Victoria both ran Subaru Impreza as the pursuit car? I don't really understand why they would choose 300C SRT with its limited dealer support in Australia. Falcon and Commodore were cheap... most police patrol units were 6 cylinder versions anyway. Very few ran with V8. I wonder if the local police will now switch to Camry or something similar? Edited January 2, 2018 by bzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Is there still a "fancy Camry" in Australia? I can't remember the name Azerion or something? (Not Avalon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Toyota Aurion? It just died in 2017 when the Camry model switched over to the new one. It's just Camry now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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