{{Short description|Motor vehicle}} [[File:Chrysler c200 concept photo.jpg|thumb|Promotional photo of the C-200]] The '''Chrysler C-200''' was a [[concept car]] released in 1952 by [[Chrysler (division)|Chrysler]].
==Beginnings== The C-200 was designed by [[Virgil Exner]]. He and his small team designed the car at Chrysler Corporation in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. It was built by [[Carrozzeria Ghia]], a company in [[Turin, Italy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=C-200 leaflet|url=http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Chrysler_Corporation_and_Concepts/1952_Chrysler_C-200_Foldout/1952%20Chrysler%20C200-01.html|work=Chrysler|accessdate=20 August 2013}}</ref> The base price was $20,000. The car had the power of an American [[V8 engine|Chrysler V8]] in an Italian [[sports car]] style body. The interior was upholstered in black leather and the exterior paint schem was a two-toned pale green and black.<ref name="Janicki">{{cite book|last1=Janicki|first1=Edwards|title=Cars Detroit Never Built - Fifty Years of American Experimental Cars|date=1990|publisher=Sterling Publishing|location=New York, NY|isbn=0806974249|pages=18}}</ref> The 'gun-sight' taillight design was featured on later Chrysler production models.<ref name="Janicki" />
==References== {{reflist}} * "[http://www.allpar.com/cars/concepts/chrysler/C200.php 1952 Chrysler C-200 concept car]". allpar.com. * "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120718204944/http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/classic_concept_cars/chrysler_c-200.html Chrysler C-200]". Diseno-art.com.
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[[Category:Chrysler concept vehicles|C-200]] [[Category:Cars introduced in 1952]] {{classicpow-auto-stub}}