Plymouth Prowler

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The Plymouth Prowler was a "retro"-styled production car, with the body produced in Shadyside, Ohio, USA. It featured a powertrain lifted from Chrysler's LH-cars, with a 253 hp 3.5 L SOHC V6 engine occupying the usual underhood area, but with the 4-speed automatic transmission relocated to the rear; the two were joined by a flexible driveshaft which rotated at engine speed similar to the C5 Corvette.

Rear of a Plymouth Prowler

The car featured much aluminum in the chassis. In many cases, the components were adhesive bonded. One of the most striking features of the car was the open, Indy-racer-style front wheels. The design of the Prowler was said to have been done by Chrysler engineers after they were given free reign over whatever they wanted in a "hot rod" or "sportster" type car.

At one point or another, the Prowler was available in the following 12 colors:

Prowler Purple Metallic
Prowler Yellow Clear Coat
Prowler Black Clear Coat
Prowler Red Clear Coat
Woodward Edition (Two-tone Black/Red)
Prowler Silver Metallic
Black Tie Edition (Two-tone Black/Silver)
Orange Pearl Coat
Midnight Blue Pearl Coat - Mulholland Edition
Inca Gold Pearl Coat
Deep Candy Red Pearl Coat
High Voltage Blue Pearl Coat - Conner Avenue Edition

(only one of which was produced and auctioned at Christie's)

The Prowler was first introduced as a 1997 model, offered only in purple the first year. There was no 1998 model. After the Plymouth marque was discontinued in 2001, the Prowler was sold as a Chrysler until 2002. The model was replaced by the Chrysler Crossfire for 2004.

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