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In 2017,
added the
option of a Sport Appearance Package
to the sporty trim level of the 300 sedan, the 300S. The package added trim pieces from the hot-blooded 300 SRT sedan that we don’t get in the U.S., namely the front fascia with LED foglights and SRT-style side skirts.
that as of this month, the same upgrade is available on the top-level
trim as the Performance Appearance Package. Whereas the Sport Appearance Package on the V6-powered S model costs $1,795; the 300C’s Performance Appearance Package is said to cost $695.
We’re sure Chrysler knows this isn’t the performance upgrade that U.S. 300 buyers want. For reasons best known inside Chrysler, only
, New Zealand, and the
get the 300 SRT and its 6.4-liter V8 with 469 horsepower and 469 pound-feet of torque, limited-slip differential, Bilstein dampers, and Brembo brakes. It’s possible the absence of the 300 SRT here is because Chrysler wants North American audiences to see
as the performance brand.
At this point, however, anyone intending to buy a 300 should be happy the four-door is still on sale. The model is eight years old and hasn’t been the subject of anything close to hard news since last September. That’s when
Automotive News Canada
said the car would die in 2020 to make room for
the six-passenger Portal concept
. The last hard nugget before that was in 2016, when the late
told
Reuters the 300 could go front-wheel drive
on the
platform — a fate arguably worse than killing the car.
Now all we have is
and speculation, such as when
a “major refresh [is] … supposedly being planned already,” and sees a possibility that the 300/Charger/
trio live into the next decade.
The moral of the story is: The 300’s irons could be as hot as they’re ever going to get right now.
hasn’t announced the upgrade package, but Mopar Insider says
can get it right now, order code AJU.
from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2MXG2Yi