The award-winning car that continues to make everything else on the road seem ordinary has received minor changes to the rear fascia and tail lamps, with the sedan now sporting a rear deck lid featuring an SRT-inspired integrated spoiler and high-mounted stop light. The dramatic nose and the classic long-bonnet, short-deck styling remain unchanged.

It’s been a jam packed year for Chrysler New Zealand with no less than six new models launched in 2007 from Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge. Vehicles from the entire range will be on display starting October 11th at the Australian, Sydney international Motor Show.

Reductions of up to 16% will take effect from today (Tuesday August 7) as a result of the strength of the New Zealand dollar and a new competitive programme being introduced to cement the growth of the Chrysler Group brands in this market.

With an electronically governed top speed of 270km/h and an acceleration of 0-100km/h in the low 5 seconds, the Chrysler 300C SRT-8 Touring is one of the world's fastest wagons and, perhaps, the most desirable.

Adding more horsepower to the critically acclaimed HEMI V8 engine, the new Chrysler 300C SRT-8 Touring is unrivalled thanks to its ability to blend incredible performance and versatility.  The blistering performance has been created by Chrysler's Street and Racing Technology (SRT) division.

Introduced at the end of last year, the Chrysler 300C has been selling at almost twice the expected volume during 2006, even though the large car market has slipped back by almost a quarter in the past eight months.

The luxury Chrysler sedan has been judged the Supreme Winner in the 2006 AMI Insurance / Driver Magazine Car of the Year Awards.

Introduced to New Zealand at the end of 2005, the Chrysler 300C is already one of the hottest properties in the car business, with demand ahead of predictions and glowing praise from critics.

Little wonder, said AMI contest organiser Driver Magazine. The Chrysler 300C is simply the best American car since the 1960s..and has the WoW factor to make it a sensation.

The stylist of the big American 4-door sedan was also behind the Chrysler Charger, the much-admired sporty fastback that became a legend on Australian and New Zealand roads and racetracks in the 1970s.

More than 30 years ago Bob Hubbach was sent Down-Under to help Chrysler launch a locally made competitor to Holden and Ford. The exciting two-door coupe Charger took everyone by surprise and with a high performance HEMI engine amongst the options under the bonnet, the car became an overnight sensation, and has now become a valuable collector's item.

In addition to the Jeep Cherokee, which has been produced in China for many years, Chrysler is to begin manufacturing its Voyager people mover and the Chrysler 300C by late 2006 in China too. The Voyager will be built at a DaimlerChrysler operation in Fuzhou in South East China and the 300C in the capital Beijing.

The appearance of the black and silver Chrysler at the start of racing and during crash stoppages prompted a flood of phone calls over the following days to the DaimlerChrysler office in Auckland from people wanting to know more about the car.

The 300C is being used as the safety car at all the V8 supercar rounds during 2005, making it a perfect prelude to the introduction of the big Chrysler in both Australia and New Zealand later this year.

The 300C arrives in New Zealand later this year as the most awarded Chrysler model in history.

It has won more than 55 US and international trophies since it first appeared in the middle of 2004, including the prestigious Motor Trend magazine Top Car award.