Vehicle
Chrysler Prowler
A hot-rod-styled roadster built in aluminium, sold as a Plymouth until that marque closed and as a Chrysler for its last two years — the same car, and the badge on the nose is the only difference. Two things govern working on one: the body and much of the structure are aluminium, so panel repair needs equipment a steel bodyshop does not have and galvanic corrosion at steel fasteners is a real failure; and the gearbox is a rear-mounted transaxle driven by a torque tube, which puts the automatic's faults and its fluid service somewhere no other Chrysler of the period has them.
Generations
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First generation 1997–2002
1997 cars use the 3.5 V6 in its earlier form; 1999 onward have the aluminium-block high-output version. Around 11,700 built in total.
- Body styles
- Roadster
- Platform
- Chrysler PR
- Engines
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- 3.5 V6 — EGE · petrol · 160 kW (214 hp) · 1997
- 3.5 V6 — EGG · petrol · 189 kW (253 hp) · 1999-2002
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 42LE automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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