The 1952 Chrysler C-200 Concept convertible is another experiment by Chrysler Corporation to explore the blending of sports car styling with practical automobile design and engineering features. It was designed to measure up to the American driver’s concept of how a car should handle and respond to American driving and traffic experience.
Entirely designed and styled in Detroit by the Chrysler Corporation Engineering Division, the C-200 convertible represents a striking departure from current American production car styling. But Chrysler designers had not thrown practical considerations to the winds merely to achieve fantastic styling for styling’s sake.
In body, chassis and engine the C-200 was a careful integration of components reflecting a high degree of over-all unity
Resource: The Classic Car-Nection
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