I had a Chrysler Intrepid 1997 model and can only say that I was very satisfied with the product. I wanted to buy one off the lot with a 3.3 engine in it but the only one they had left was a purple colour that we did not like, so we settled for a spruce green one with a 3.5 engine in it for about $1000 more. However it came with a few extras on it like power seat and auto stick (worked well but useless) tried it a couple of times, should have put the money into better seat material. I bought the car because I had a growing familly and needed a large car and this was just that. I did not need 220 hp. but these were the last of the 97s; the revised 98s were arriving and I was able to save some money. You dont buy a vehicle this size and this price level and expect it to handle like a sports car (comparing a Concord to a Mazda 3. is hardly reasonable in this department) All that I can say is that it handled well enough to make it very satisfactory. It had a little higher requirement for brake maintenance. The motor was very smooth and powerful right up to when it was sold after almost ten years of use and 160,000 km. Everything worked on the vehicle with the exception of the air conditioner which did not pump out much cold air after the end of the previous summer; I sold it in January. Even the battery was the one that came with the new vehicle. All in all it was a very valued possession and transported my familly safely and myself to work every day for the whole time that we had it. It never let us down and always looked nice. Even now those vehicles don't look much dated. I thought that the 'T' drive engine layout was a good configuration but note that they have gone to rear wheel drive on later 300s with an intrusive propshaft tunnel and poorer traction. I guess they had to make something that looked like a truck.
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