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Bluff and broad-shouldered, the rear-wheel-drive (with available AWD) 300 tempers its American vision of luxury with European road-manners.
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All 2015 300s get a taller grille — with a mesh insert and “floating” winged Chrysler logo — and new taillights.
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The 300 is available with either a 292-horsepower (300 in the S trim) V-6, or a 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 that makes 363 hp. Six-cylinder trims can be ordered with all-wheel drive.
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Inside, drivers confront a fresh full-color gauge panel and driver information display. They actuate a new eight-speed automatic transmission via a console-mounted rotary shift knob, also new.
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Newly available safety items include a collision-prep system that can brake the car to a stop (a trick it shares with the adaptive cruise control system), and lane-departure and lane-keeping-assist systems.
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Its vision of luxury is showier than that of its rivals from Germany and Japan — check out the many-hued display screens with their bold icons — but that’s how luxury rolls in the Motor City.
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Despite its years, 300 sales jumped 48 percent last year and expectations are running high for the third-gen car. Meanwhile, the 2015 300 still has the power to surprise.
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