Chrysler 300 Gets New Look for Fashion Week

Fashion is the word of the lips of New Yorkers of late with Fashion Week finally coming back for the year. Everyone is talking about the latest and greatest in clothing design. How does a car maker come into the news during this event? They ask someone popular in the industry to give a helping hand.

Fashion Week may seem like an odd place to display a new Chrysler 300, but it’s completely appropriate when the name of the person who worked on it came out. John Varvatos is best know for his rock and roll inspired men’s wear. His work finds the meeting point of his love of fashion and love of music. Chrysler tapped him to give the Chrysler 300 a unique and classy look to go with the classy sedan.

What exactly did Varvatos do to 300? He gave the sedan a Phantom black tri-coat exterior and metallic finish that is meant to be similar to his own John Varvatos’ cologne bottle. He added a specially designed gauge cluster, including a pearlescent white-faced clock and Charcoal black metallic bezels, that are based on his latest watch collection. Then there’s the leather seating that look like his fitted-jacket collection.

Hiring Varvatos to work on a Chrysler vehicle seemed to make all the sense in the world to the company. A native of Detroit, he’s had cars in his blood for most of his life. “I’ve always been a car enthusiast since I was a young kid growing up in Detroit. I worked a couple of summers in a Chrysler plant assembling brake pads. I loved the grit of muscle cars when I was growing up. I love the roar of engines. I love the lines of those cars. I love the wheels on those cars, so throughout my life I’ve always paid a lot of attention to cars.”

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Chrysler Continues to Rack up the Wins

Chrysler has been getting lots of love of late. That’s not just from the public who has been helping the auto-maker enjoy some of the best sales in a long time. There’s also the people handing out awards for the vehicles. In just this past week, Chrysler might be needing to build a whole new trophy shelf to keep track of everything that’s been rolling in.

To start with, Automotive News has given the Chrysler 300 an 83 in the Consumer Reports Large Sedan Ratings. That’s second place and still bests all the domestic competition. Automotive News praised the 2011 redesign of the 300 and even more for the additional V8-powered 300C that gives more power to consumers. All these traits help the 300 “score near the top of its category,” says David Champion, the Sr Director of Consumer Reports Automotive Test Center.

The next big win for the company is that Strategic Vision has put out their Total Quality Index study. On the report, Chrysler Group tied for second place. The company ended up scoring at the top of the charts for the Dodge, Jeep, and FIAT brands. Chrysler ended up with 870 for a score where the industry average is 861. The improvement from the previous years study is 2%, which might seem low, but it’s actually the highest improvement of any auto-maker in the study.

The final major news for Chrysler is that Total Car Score has named two of their vehicles in the Top 10 New Cars for 2013. The big winners were the 2013 Dodge Dart and the Ram 1500. They noted that the new Ram will be a major player in the large truck category from here on out. The Dodge Dart received praise based on their belief that it will help bring in a younger crowd to the dealers and win acclaim with the large amount of personalization options it has.

Definitely a good time for Chrysler as the good news just piles up. They have been doing everything they can to keep the good momentum continue and it really seems to be paying off. Who knows what “best of” they’ll be winning next.

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Chrysler and Batman Make for the Ultimate Team-Up

The Imported from Detroit commercial series is one that we’ve followed very closely here. We’re also very big fans of the advertising that they have put out. The Clint Eastwood commercial during the Super Bowl was the star of the night. Personally, I’m also a huge fan of the Christopher Nolan Batman films. The Dark Knight was easily one of my favorite movies in a long time. Chrysler must’ve decided to branch out to include all my joy into one thing as they have found a way to put both the Batman and Imported from Detroit together.

Imported from Gotham City introduces a new onslaught of building up hype for the new Dark Knight Rises movie coming out this summer. Part of the advertising will include a contest in which contestants try to create an original TV spot including both the Dark Knight and the Chrysler Brand with the help of an assortment of assets that includes Chrysler 300 car footage and Batman footage from the official trailer. The winner will be chosen by the man himself, Christopher Nolan on July 20th which will then appear on television. The winner will also be given an all-expenses paid trip to Hollywood to finish the spot with a professional editor. Afterward, they’ll be flown out to NYC for the red carpet treatment at a premiere screening of The Dark Knight Rises on July 16th.

Chrysler will also be airing their own ad for the team-up. The new commercial will feature the 300 sedan and will be aired starting June 19th. “The 2012 Chrysler 300 featured in this marketing and advertising campaign was created intentionally to look as if it could be driven on the streets and fit in to the nightlife of Gotham City; it’s clearly a vehicle that stands out and makes one take notice,” said Saad Chehab, Chrysler Brand CEO.

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