Dodge Intrepid
Here's one of the most exciting sedans of the previous decade (and how many sedans can you call exciting?) - the Dodge Intrpeid, which originally debuted for the 1993 model year. This car is a '97, the last year of the first generation.
The Intrepid - named for a warship now docked in Manhattan as a museum - was one of the first Chrysler products to use "cab forwarding" design. This meant that the windshuield and rear window were low slung, with the wheels placed in the corners of the car and the cabin was moved more to the front even as it gained room. It was the most radical car from Chrysler since its Simca-related Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon twins debuted for the 1978 model year.
The Intrepid was to Chrysler what the original Golf (Rabbit in the U.S.) had been to Volkswagen; that is, it saved the company. Outgoing chairman Lee Iaccoca had relied too heavily on older front-drive platforms, which caused Chrysler to end up the way it was in Iaccoca took over in 1979 - in deep trouble. The Intrepid and its various Chrysler-Plymouth relatives were code-named LH, which some Detroit wags said stood for "last hope."
Dodge Intrepid
Here's one of the most exciting sedans of the previous decade (and how many sedans can you call exciting?) - the Dodge Intrpeid, which originally debuted for the 1993 model year. This car is a '97, the last year of the first generation.
The Intrepid - named for a warship now docked in Manhattan as a museum - was one of the first Chrysler products to use "cab forwarding" design. This meant that the windshuield and rear window were low slung, with the wheels placed in the corners of the car and the cabin was moved more to the front even as it gained room. It was the most radical car from Chrysler since its Simca-related Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon twins debuted for the 1978 model year.
The Intrepid was to Chrysler what the original Golf (Rabbit in the U.S.) had been to Volkswagen; that is, it saved the company. Outgoing chairman Lee Iaccoca had relied too heavily on older front-drive platforms, which caused Chrysler to end up the way it was in Iaccoca took over in 1979 - in deep trouble. The Intrepid and its various Chrysler-Plymouth relatives were code-named LH, which some Detroit wags said stood for "last hope."