Motorweek 1993 Chrysler Concorde Road Test

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  • @markfeldman6509
    @markfeldman6509 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I had a 3.5 ‘95 which I drive for 5 years and 100,000 miles trouble free. Gave it to my daughter when she turned 16 and she drove it for two more years. It was reliable, sporty and safe. No gripes from me. Was a great looking car for that era.

  • @scott8919
    @scott8919 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Part of me wants to see a modern Concorde that does something just as curved and futuristic and this felt in the 90s.

    • @marquisemiller2108
      @marquisemiller2108 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've literally been saying that for years as well, I think the cab forward look would work today!!!

  • @workingcountry1776
    @workingcountry1776 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If reliability backed up the looks and comfort Chrysler corp wouldn't be on life support today

  • @Grayskull77
    @Grayskull77 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I've owned a 1997 Chrysler Concorde and I still currently own a 1996 Chrysler Concorde with the 3.3 V6. Over 200K miles and still a strong engine, although it is now having transmission issues, so It will most likely need to be rebuilt.

    • @jackdough8164
      @jackdough8164 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Those engines are super reliable!!

    • @andywest6751
      @andywest6751 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I always liked the styling of them

    • @kanob6440
      @kanob6440 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's impressive. JUST now having issues at 200k mines with a car you've had for years. Sheeeit😅

    • @jeremyb4493
      @jeremyb4493 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Had a 1994 grand voyager with the 3.3. Gave it to my sad 11 years ago with 245,000 miles and he still uses it. Never smoked/burned oil but I did have the transmission rebuilt 2 or 3 times. I was also very hard on that van using it for work. Great engine.

  • @samarch2189
    @samarch2189 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My Grandmother had a 96 Concorde LXi 3.5L. It was smooth, quiet, roomy, and moderately fast. A perfect Granny car. I even got to drive it a few times when I had my learners permit. She drove it for 10 years until the fuel rail cracked and it almost caught on fire! Then she "downgraded" to a mid size foreign car, which she still owns to this day.

  • @vaughnmiller4371
    @vaughnmiller4371 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    MotorWeek with John Davis, one of my favorite TV programs of all time.
    I own the 1996 Chrysler Concorde silver Pearl taupe undercoat paint that match the taupe leather interior and I love that car, kept it for 7 years before it got totaled. Good times. 🚗

  • @peep39
    @peep39 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember the blizzard of 93 that John mentioned. Got a day home from school. Lots of ice. Later my mom bought a used 98 LHS, and then I bought a used 2000 Concorde. Good handling cars

  • @jessem8690
    @jessem8690 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Why does every single person MotorWeek hired to sit in the cars try to break the gear shift?

  • @PolishJoe1000
    @PolishJoe1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow, this really brings back some memories.

  • @VDPEFi
    @VDPEFi ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Such a good looking car

  • @richmausner
    @richmausner ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had a 95 Concorde with the 3.5. What a great car. Rode and handled so well. Tranny went bad at about 130,000 miles and I had to say goodbye. It was very good and reliable til then. Too bad Stellantis can't make a car as good as that anymore.

    • @PamelaBellOfficial
      @PamelaBellOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My mother's 94 Concorde also started having major mechanical problems at 130,000 miles, which was in 2005.

    • @SpeedDudeGTX
      @SpeedDudeGTX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Chrysler was mostly always unreliable to begin with. They will eventually fall apart one day.

  • @Sanpedranoazul
    @Sanpedranoazul ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This 90s Chrysler design line was flawless!!!

    • @mailmanjoe
      @mailmanjoe ปีที่แล้ว

      Was it though??

    • @fernandorocha901
      @fernandorocha901 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Chrysler Concorde is design futuristic from 1990s

  • @hutchcraftcp
    @hutchcraftcp ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's a shame that the transmission was so expensive to repair on the LH cars. Many went to the scrap yard just because of the price of a new transmission

  • @handzus19
    @handzus19 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My parents were contemplating the Chrysler Intrepid vs. Concorde in the mid 90s when I was in elementary school. I miss the 90s.

  • @mrBILL-sr2cu
    @mrBILL-sr2cu ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I had a '93 Concorde - one of the first received at my dealer.
    It was a miserable car that was full of problems. After three months, I went back to Buick (Regal GS sedan)

  • @aguerra1381
    @aguerra1381 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such beautiful cars..

  • @watchmeconquer9236
    @watchmeconquer9236 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My mom had a 97 Concorde from 2002 to 2009 up until the engine started running only on five cylinders and couldn’t go no faster than 45 mph….. in 2009 she gotta 2009 Honda Accord thanks to the Cash For Clunkers situation

  • @patrickmichael3384
    @patrickmichael3384 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Chrysler loving grandpa had a used 1996 Concorde.

  • @marshalmagooo3899
    @marshalmagooo3899 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cab forward design with a Eastern European quality transmission

    • @Friedchicken80
      @Friedchicken80 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Eastern European transmissions were reliable as hell. Even Yugos, FSO Polonez, Ladas and GAZ had better transmission than this POS.

  • @esserdennis03
    @esserdennis03 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this car

  • @devinbiz
    @devinbiz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The LH models were barely distinguishable from each other in the first generation

  • @GeeEm1313
    @GeeEm1313 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My aunt had a 93 Intrepid and had to replace the engine within months of buying the car.

  • @chrislong8986
    @chrislong8986 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This car should have been given to Plymouth

    • @devinbiz
      @devinbiz ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes and no, the Plymouth would have competed against the Concorde, which was already badge engineered too broadly across the divisions. Plus even with the 3 variants, they were already at maximum production

    • @chrislong8986
      @chrislong8986 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@devinbiz I ment that Plymouth should have had the Concorde and Chrysler should of had just LHS and New Yorker

    • @jst7714
      @jst7714 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@chrislong8986I agree, it was obvious for years that Plymouth was dying of malnutrition while Chrysler was becoming too watered down.

    • @tall_dude1233
      @tall_dude1233 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Vision should have been made a Plymouth product, so it wouldn't have been discontinued until at least 2001.

    • @thecharger98
      @thecharger98 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They originally did plan another LH car called the Plymouth Accolade.

  • @danielferstendig
    @danielferstendig ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would make a good police car/taxi

  • @garyhoutz1540
    @garyhoutz1540 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These cars did not age well, because of quality and design.

  • @joshup1275
    @joshup1275 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3300 pounds wow such a big ass car my camaro 2 door weighs 3400

  • @tonymanzi3358
    @tonymanzi3358 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I owned a Chrysler Concorde!! Loved it, it had the 3.5 v6,had it for many yrs!!

  • @jacobscorporation7368
    @jacobscorporation7368 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Есть такие ещё живые? Я бы прикупил

  • @Damonslayton-nc2lp
    @Damonslayton-nc2lp ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's Now having tranny trouble WOW

  • @jonathana2079
    @jonathana2079 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My mom had a 1997. Total garbage.

    • @unitedcity_mc4421
      @unitedcity_mc4421 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many Chrysler products from the late 90s-2000s were garbage, especially the PT Cruiser.

  • @JamesCrane
    @JamesCrane ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bought a brand new one in 93, what a hunk of junk!

    • @unitedcity_mc4421
      @unitedcity_mc4421 ปีที่แล้ว

      All Chrysler products from the late 90s-2000s were junk.

  • @olikat8
    @olikat8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    LH chassis... universally hated by every cop who had to drive one.
    Junk transaxle, burnt valves, electrical problems, inadequate brakes that had rotors that liked to crack.

    • @josiaevans
      @josiaevans ปีที่แล้ว

      😮😮😮 I had no idea

    • @olikat8
      @olikat8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@josiaevans they were awful

  • @therealdaveycrocko8774
    @therealdaveycrocko8774 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    These were reliable up to the first two years then reliability drastically dropped. It was the first car in consumer reports history that received a ". Better-than-average" in its first two years but by the time they received its third year of ownership surveys it immediately dropped to " poor" which is the lowest rating. If it didn't break it rested into nothing. It was actually a Renault design and platform ( Renault 25). Renault is the same French frog company that bought and and has completely fucked up Nissan Infiniti. The two places you never want the French anywhere near is 1. Your nose and 2. ANYTHING mechanical or electrical!

    • @Imp5011
      @Imp5011 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I had a French car. It was fine. But whatever makes you feel better, I suppose.

    • @therealdaveycrocko8774
      @therealdaveycrocko8774 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Imp5011 will ask anyone who is stuck with a Modern Nissan out of warranty if they think it's fine or anyone who lost a shitload of money buying one of these disposable pieces of frog garbage. I drive a 2000 Camry with 454 thousand miles that I bought new October 99. Those have been trouble-free miles DTW so if you want to cope about your shity French car whatever makes you happy coping I suppose

    • @Imp5011
      @Imp5011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@therealdaveycrocko8774 Half a million miles in a Toyota must have been as grim as your grammar.

    • @zzoinks
      @zzoinks ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@therealdaveycrocko8774oh no, how dare people enjoy their car!

  • @borninhk1
    @borninhk1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too bad they were afflicted with typical Chrysler reliability problems!

  • @paulcheek5711
    @paulcheek5711 ปีที่แล้ว

    downsized but big by todays standards

  • @stevendixon5467
    @stevendixon5467 ปีที่แล้ว

    And then the dodge intrepid worst vehicle e

  • @mikeisaacs2314
    @mikeisaacs2314 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don’t see these on the road anymore IMO they are junk