Why Chrysler didn't make a muscle car in the 90's is beyond me

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/06/2015 at 17:41 • Filed to: None

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Especially with the V8 Magnum sounding the way it did.

Birddog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/06/2015 at 18:00

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They did. The Mopar muscle was just ahead of the curve.

If you NEEDED rwd Magnum power Dakota had you covered.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Birddog 05/06/2015 at 18:05

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At best that is a sports compact and that’s being loose with the definition of “sports”.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/06/2015 at 18:12

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I can answer that. In the 90’s Chryser was going broke again.

Nibbles > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/06/2015 at 18:29

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Because the Magnum V8, as pretty as it sounds (and I do so very much love revving/driving/listening to my 5.2 Dak) is a heavy, ugly, under (horse)powered pile of iron. Couple that with the fact that they had zero RWD passenger car platforms to work from and there’s your recipe for failure.

They did intend to rectify this with the LH platform. It was designed from day one to be configurable in both FWD and RWD bias. Nothing was done with the RWD portion of it, of course, until the updated LX platform.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Nibbles 05/06/2015 at 18:53

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I think prior to the LX Charger, the last car they had that could be considered “Muscle” was the Mirada way back in the early 80’s.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 05/06/2015 at 18:54

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Again, or still?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/06/2015 at 19:01

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It’s kinda their thing to be that way, since the early 80’s anyway.

AMC/Renauledge > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/06/2015 at 19:07

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I’d call the Viper a muscle car. Came out in 1992.

Also, Chrysler didn’t have a RWD car platform besides the Viper and Prowler, which were handmade low production models.

AMC/Renauledge > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 05/06/2015 at 19:09

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Nope. By 1998, when Daimler bought them, Chrysler was massively profitable. They just had ZERO RWD mainstream vehicle platforms anymore.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > AMC/Renauledge 05/06/2015 at 19:25

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The whole point of muscle cars was that they were a lot of horsepower for relatively cheap. I think the Viper was a bit too exclusive to fall into that category.

Birddog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/06/2015 at 19:43

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I feed on Turbo Mopar hate. It keeps prices low!

AMC/Renauledge > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/06/2015 at 20:30

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So were a lot of the Shelbys and Yenkos and 426 Hemis of the day.