• New "Heritage Edition" model pays homage to the 1957 Chrysler 300C
• 2006 Chrysler 300C Heritage Edition offers luxurious performance, exclusive features and unique heritage badging
• New model is the first Chrysler brand vehicle with SmartBeam ^TM headlamp technology

Paying homage to the great Chrysler 300s of the late 1950s, the Chrysler Group announced the new 2006 Chrysler 300C "Heritage Edition," will debut on 4th January, 2006, at the Los Angeles Motor Show.

Available in North American dealerships this (northern) spring, the limited-production Heritage Edition is a performance specialty vehicle offering the power of the award-winning 5.7-litre engine with the fuel-saving Multiple Displacement System (MDS), high-performance styling cues of the popular SRT lineup and exclusive features, including the first-time use of SmartBeam ^TM   headlamp technology in a Chrysler vehicle. And, to contemporise its illustrious past, the Heritage Edition has a chromed bodyside molding with a distinctive tri-colour 300C badge that is modeled after the badge on the 1957 Chrysler 300C.

"The Chrysler 300C Heritage Edition honours the long line of beautiful Chrysler 300 vehicles by combining power and fuel-economy in a sporty, stylish package," said Jeff Bell, Vice President – Chrysler.

The Heritage Edition includes P225/60R18 all-season touring tyres and unique 18-inch chrome clad wheels with performance suspension, performance-shifting five-speed AutoStick®, responsive performance steering gear and a performance exhaust sound. The interior features SRT-inspired front seats with tri-colour heritage badge on the seat backs, an exclusive interior two-tone colour combination and an upgraded 368-watt Boston Acoustic seven-speaker sound system with subwoofer. It also features a new Smoke Translucent finish on the upper steering wheel and door pull handles. The Chrysler 300C Heritage Edition is offered in three exterior colours: Brilliant Black, Cool Vanilla and, at extra cost, Inferno Red Crystal Pearl, the first, true red exclusively available on this Chrysler 300 model.

The SmartBeam intelligent headlamp system is a premium, sophisticated aid for nighttime driving. It automatically and quickly adjusts high-beam brightness and intensity, depending on the surrounding nighttime light sources. The 2006 Chrysler 300C Heritage Edition is the first, and only, Chrysler vehicle offering this technology in 2006. The High Intensity Discharger (HID) Xenon headlamps include high-pressure headlamp washers.

In addition to the standard features found on the 2006 Chrysler 300C, the new Heritage Edition also includes the following:

• Sound Group II — including 368-watt amplifier, seven Boston Acoustics speakers with sub-woofer and AM/FM/Cassette/CD 6-disc MP3 radio
• Power adjustable pedals with memory
• SRT-inspired decklid spoiler
• All-chromed grille
• Chromed power, folding, heated mirrors

Priced at approximately $36,000 in the US, the Heritage Edition offers a well-equipped Chrysler 300C with performance oriented enthusiast equipment and new technology, at an affordable price.

Production of the 2006 Chrysler 300C Heritage Edition will begin this spring at the Brampton (Ontario) Assembly Plant.

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