Garry
East Midlands
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May 17, 2011 14:00:03 GMT
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An unlikely car for touring car racing? Maybe, but in the 90s, touring cars were BIG and most countries had a championship - America included. The 1997 North American Touring Car Championship raced on road courses and were full of typical European and Japanese touring cars like the Accord, BMW 3-series, Cavalier etc, most were ex-BTCC cars. But the Chrysler Stratus was a home-brew car to take on the establishment.  It was a huge car, bigger than even the TWR 850, but was packing a 2 litre engine with 240hp through its front wheels, with a 6sp sequential gearbox. They raced for two seasons in the NATCC before the team was disbanded and the cars sold. A few went to Europe and one appeared in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, most went to South America.                 And if you want to see more of the NATCC, watch this and the related videos.  |
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May 17, 2011 15:04:14 GMT
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those Stratuses (Strati?) are apparently really rather competent road cars.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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May 17, 2011 16:03:24 GMT
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Always had one as a hire car on holiday in Florida.
V underated car,but they are a big car.
Shame the Neon wasn't anything like them
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May 17, 2011 16:23:47 GMT
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The mechanicals are a work of art - very cool!
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EmDee
Club Retro Rides Member
Committer of Autrocities.
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Club RR Member Number: 108
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I'm sorry, I just can't let this happen! Chrysler Stratus just sounds so wrong! it's a Dodge Stratus, the Chrysler was called a Cirrus and the Plymouth version was called the Breeze.
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May 19, 2011 19:27:55 GMT
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indeed its a Dodge in its home market but I'm pretty sure they sold them in mainland Europe as a Chyrsler. Same deal with the Neon which was a Dodge back in the USA.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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May 20, 2011 14:37:03 GMT
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I'm sorry, I just can't let this happen! Chrysler Stratus just sounds so wrong! it's a Dodge Stratus, the Chrysler was called a Cirrus and the Plymouth version was called the Breeze. [/pedant] True, my wife had a Breeze as her first car. I forget what happened to it, I think it ended up being wrecked because it used to be driven, erm, fast. I just showed this thread to my work colleagues and they all agreed it is full of win. --Phil |
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May 20, 2011 19:42:37 GMT
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Ive never seen two calipers on the same wheel before  Although it looks pretty good...  |
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bstardchild
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May 20, 2011 20:03:45 GMT
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Always had one as a hire car on holiday in Florida. V underated car,but they are a big car. Shame the Neon wasn't anything like them WHS - that and the tepid are my two favorite USA rentals - both are great drives The stratos bonus for me was a ski flap so I had no issues with me kite bag |
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