I worked as a salesman around the time period that these were in production. We had the LHS, Concorde, and 300M on the lot at the same time, and when buyers came in to check them out, they were directly shopping them against the Acura 3.2TL, which was and still is a fantastic car. The buyers would ask why they should pick one of our cars vs the TL, and we never really came up with a good answer. We would tell them about the cab forward design and the power of the 3.5 v6 but it was a hard sell. That Acura was loaded at 32k and we weren’t exactly throwing the book at them on incentives at that point. Suffice to say, we didn’t sell a ton of them. In fact in the two years I was at the dealership I think we only sold like 2-3 LHSes lol
In my case, I worked as a sale consultant at Fairbanks Dodge in Fort Lauderdale FL, We were selling the LHS and Concorde LXi's vs the foreign vehicles which didn't offer the spacious interior, and about loaded, there TL was nothing to brag about, had ac problems as well as some other issues such as problems with their sensors getting hot from the engine running, Not to mention, I personally feel better driving a somewhat bigger car not sacrificing safety, mine and muy love ones, Overall, I'll pick a Chrysler Concorde LXi or an LHS over an AcuraLT any day.....
I had a 96 Intrepid and later a 2002 300m. The both were great driving and handling cars with generous interior room.. The seats on the 300m were the most comfortable I remember, even better than the 2010 300 that I later had.
I love your videos, I'm obsessed with 90-2000s chryslers and it's great to see them being covered, it would be awesome to see a video about the sebring coupe as neither 1st or 2nd gen have any reviews on youtube or much said about them at all on the internet
Just Recently my coworker owns a 2004 Chrysler Concorde LXi, neglected with the front bumper brocken, the windshield broke, and the interior torn ,not so appealing, has a 3.5 liter engine, and runs like a champ, I asked him if he would consider selling it, He said he had it listed for a $1000.00 ,I offered $800.00 and it was a done deal, now I'm fixing it my way, I absolutely love it, The most luxurious chrysler I've ever owned.....I Love them!!!
300M was my fave at the time! My friend had a 99 concorde in the late 00s and it was such a comfortable cruiser! Just ate up the highway miles floating along.
Great doc! I had the Intrepid RT then upgraded to the 300M Special. The 300 made a little more power and sat lower. Great styling, handling and exhaust! The LH chassis was set up to be easily converted to RWD/AWD... if it wasn't for the Mercedes debacle! I saw a spy shot of one once. I miss the Special 😢
Nice. Ironically, I just saw a very nice 300M today on the road after posting this video. Don’t see too many nowadays. The blocky shape of the LX 300 was ok. But I really like the swoopy lines of the ‘99 300M. Would’ve been nice had they carefully evolved the shape of the 300M, made it rear-drive and kept the 300M line going.
@MotorMaster_Stunticon beyond the prototype and mercedes canceling it for their old architecture there was mechanic here that converted his and race it. I think he changed the irs to solid
I had a 1st gen Concorde lxi for years, gave it to my gf on her birthday. It was a Beautiful car. Leather. Loaded. It had a 3.5 liter and I got the car cheap because it has a huge coolant leak. Took the timing belt off, water pump and plate . New gaskets, timing belt, water pump. That car ran like a clock. Was fast too. I think it has about 185k on it when she totaled it during a snow storm.
Another excellent video. As you know LHS was the New Yorker. I was thinking why doesn't he do a video on the New Yorker. Thank you for mentioning the LHS and telling the story of the LHS. The Eagle Vision looked like an Oldsmobile. Thank you for telling the story about what happened to LHS to become Concorde Limited. The Concorde name came from AMC. Good video!
@@HH-ev9mm From the 1996 model year on the New Yorker was dropped in favor of a six-passenger option on the LHS. The first-generation LHS was sold in Europe by special order only during 1995-1999 model years. LHS was rebranded as New Yorker for the European market but retained the LHS name for the United Kingdom.
I have own a 1999 Chrysler concorde LXi with a 3.2 engine that I absolutely fell in love with, I had it for two years and got rear-ended....and My insurance company totalled it, it was just the bumper that got damaged, I couldn't understand why they were totaling it, just recently, One of my coworkers own a 2004 Chrysler Concord Concord LHi
Well, in 1996 I owned a very problematic 88 Cadillac Sedan de Ville and I was growing increasingly tired of being left stranded on the side of the road because that damn Caddy spent more time being repaired than driven on the road! So, out of frustration, I took it to the first dealer I came to and traded it in on a new 96 Dodge Intrepid that was loaded! Best decision I've ever made! After three years, I traded that one in on a 99 Intrepid and Loved that one also!!! I took the 99 into the dealer in 2002 to have it serviced and while I was there, I was watching an Auto Transport truck delivering new Concords, LHS, and Intrepids and ] couldn't take my eyes off of the one Intrepid that had a spoiler on the rear, and was in a beautiful taupe beige color and was pretty well equipped! I traded the 99 in right there on the spot!!! They said that that was one of the fastest sales they had ever made! Anyway, after 22 years, Im still driving that Intrepid and it still looks like it did when I brought it home!!! It's been one of the most reliable and comfortable cars I've ever owned and I have no desire to give it up!!!! I Still love driving it and I still love the looks of it!!! And I've never had an ounce of trouble with the so=called unreliable 2,.7 liter engine!!! It's still runs smooth as silk and has at this writing, approx.130, 000 miles on the clock!!! Moral: Not all Chrysler products are unreliable pieces of junk!!!!!!
Great review! I will say that out of all the LH cars, I think this one was arguably the most improved in styling from the first generation to the second generation. Well I preferred all the others to the Concorde, It was still a downright beautiful car. I prefer the stylings of all the LH vehicles to the LX vehicles as well (with the only possible exception being the Challenger but I consider that a different class of vehicle). The biggest crying shame to me was the fact that the second generation was such an improvement in quality concerning the interior, paint, transmission, styling (except for the intrepid which was the only one that was slightly downgraded but still good looking), air conditioners, steering, and minor things like the window and auto locks; the 2.7 V6 undercut all these massive improvements due to the extensive problems with oil sludging. If they would have stuck with the 3.3 they would have had a package not too far off in durability from a Buick LeSabre. But because they had to not only develop that terrible engine, and chose to stick with it after it was proven to be problematic instead of dropping it like they did with the 3.2, they destroyed the reputation and burned a lot of loyal customers. I drove a base model Concorde That belong to a friend once. I owned a second gen intrepid ES, my brother owned a 300M, and I still own a 2nd gen LHS. I also owned a first gen intrepid. Out of all the cars I've ever driven, The LH sedans are my favorite. I really wish the merger never would have happened and the LX cars would have been LH based.
Great comment as always. I’m sure other viewers will enjoy hearing about your experience with the LH cars. I really liked the 1999 300M. I just thought it looked so much better than it’s successor even if it was FWD.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon thank you very much! Yeah the 300M had such a finely sculpted look with such elegance and sophistication, yet aggressive and sporty. To my taste, the 300M was the peak Chrysler division styling hands down.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon same here. Although the LX 300 was a nice car, the only real advantage it had over the 300M was the hemi and RWD/AWD. For the 300M you can tell they had a larger budget and were less restricted by management and weren't forced to use old Mercedes parts bin parts (which do not fit Chrysler's styling language) with not the best finishes or color palates (which I think pretty much applies to all pre-merger Chrysler vehicles to be fair). The interior was more sculptured with a wrap around dash, more generous with padding, and the shifter was smoother and refined with a leather boot. Pretty much all the surfaces were padded. I also appreciated that they didn't use really any Chrome on the 300M as the chrome on cars I've had always seems to glare in my eyes whenever I'm trying to drive during the daytime. They tended to use subtle green lighting through parts to brighten up the interior where it was needed. The buttons and switches were textured versus being flat allowed you to eventually catch on to what the button was for by its touch and placement. The climate control was digital which seemed higher tech and appropriate, The gauges mimics the styling of classic time pieces seaming both classic yet modern with the indiglo lighting at night. Not to mention, the 300M had more leg room and trunk space. The LX 300 was a lot of fun with the Hemi but The daily driver aspects were better fulfilled by the 300M. If they could have offered a Hemi edition on the 300M with rear wheel drive and all wheel drive, I think you'd have the best of both worlds. (No disrespect intended to the people who like the LX 300 of course as I know some really like that model's styling.)
Yeah the 2.7 had some problems. I think the water pump could leak internally and mix with engine oil? Makes for a sludgefest. Great vid! Never understood why Chrysler had the LHS,Concorde, and New Yorker at the same time!
Yeah that’s exactly what happened with my 2.7. Horrible, horrible engine-even with preventative maintenance. One of my 2.7s even had electric issues. As far as their lineup, it was nice to have a variety of large sedans to choose from a single company. Thanks for watching and looking forward to the next chatter.
🤫 I ask, don’t reveal the little-known facts of the Eagle Vision and the 300M... We will be discussing each of those cars in detail in two different upcoming episodes so let’s not spoil it.
I personally dont understand why so many people love the design of these concordes. People hate on the late 90s camaro for being a catfish, but this takes it to the next level.
I had a 1998 Concord with the 3.5 it was nice, for long trips on the highway but became a nightmare went it got close to 100,000 every thing kept falling apart !!
I had an Intrepid with the 2.7 V6 😞 Liked the car. So big & roomy and a great look. That engine did a thing the mechanic had never seen before. The crankshaft literally broke in half & it would still run. Sounded horrible. The dreaded low end Thump no one ever wants to hear. Was also down on power. But.. would start pretty easily and did not stumble. At highway speeds it would actually seem OK. That broken crank meant a new engine. And the car was not worth that cost. Chrysler new the oil system was not good enough for what that 2.7 liter was trying to do.. 200 hp from a tiny V6 without improving the oil system. Makes me mad cuz I liked that car. The Chrysler LH models looked really good on the outside. I have no idea if the interior of those were as luxury as what Chrysler was once famous for. My Dad was a Chrysler guy in the 60's / 70's. Always had a New Yorker or an Imperial. Those were right up against Cadillac's back then. I think better.
…or the reliability of the 2.7 motor. A bunch of owners complain about that engine. I myself owned two products with the 2.7 and had numerous reliability issues.
I worked as a salesman around the time period that these were in production. We had the LHS, Concorde, and 300M on the lot at the same time, and when buyers came in to check them out, they were directly shopping them against the Acura 3.2TL, which was and still is a fantastic car. The buyers would ask why they should pick one of our cars vs the TL, and we never really came up with a good answer. We would tell them about the cab forward design and the power of the 3.5 v6 but it was a hard sell. That Acura was loaded at 32k and we weren’t exactly throwing the book at them on incentives at that point. Suffice to say, we didn’t sell a ton of them. In fact in the two years I was at the dealership I think we only sold like 2-3 LHSes lol
Great story
In my case, I worked as a sale consultant at Fairbanks Dodge in Fort Lauderdale FL, We were selling the LHS and Concorde LXi's vs the foreign vehicles which didn't offer the spacious interior, and about loaded, there TL was nothing to brag about, had ac problems as well as some other issues such as problems with their sensors getting hot from the engine running, Not to mention, I personally feel better driving a somewhat bigger car not sacrificing safety, mine and muy love ones, Overall, I'll pick a Chrysler Concorde LXi or an LHS over an AcuraLT any day.....
Finally, a video about a Chrysler model
I had a 96 Intrepid and later a 2002 300m. The both were great driving and handling cars with generous interior room.. The seats on the 300m were the most comfortable I remember, even better than the 2010 300 that I later had.
Yeah the 300M was great
I love your videos, I'm obsessed with 90-2000s chryslers and it's great to see them being covered, it would be awesome to see a video about the sebring coupe as neither 1st or 2nd gen have any reviews on youtube or much said about them at all on the internet
Just Recently my coworker owns a 2004 Chrysler Concorde LXi, neglected with the front bumper brocken, the windshield broke, and the interior torn ,not so appealing, has a 3.5 liter engine, and runs like a champ, I asked him if he would consider selling it, He said he had it listed for a $1000.00 ,I offered $800.00 and it was a done deal, now I'm fixing it my way, I absolutely love it, The most luxurious chrysler I've ever owned.....I Love them!!!
300M was my fave at the time! My friend had a 99 concorde in the late 00s and it was such a comfortable cruiser! Just ate up the highway miles floating along.
Yeah I like that 300M.
great video as always!
Thanks for watching. Your “worst cars from the 80s” video was great too.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticonthank you man!
Great doc! I had the Intrepid RT then upgraded to the 300M Special. The 300 made a little more power and sat lower. Great styling, handling and exhaust! The LH chassis was set up to be easily converted to RWD/AWD... if it wasn't for the Mercedes debacle! I saw a spy shot of one once. I miss the Special 😢
Nice. Ironically, I just saw a very nice 300M today on the road after posting this video. Don’t see too many nowadays. The blocky shape of the LX 300 was ok. But I really like the swoopy lines of the ‘99 300M. Would’ve been nice had they carefully evolved the shape of the 300M, made it rear-drive and kept the 300M line going.
@MotorMaster_Stunticon beyond the prototype and mercedes canceling it for their old architecture there was mechanic here that converted his and race it. I think he changed the irs to solid
I remember test driving the 1998 Dodge Intrepid it looks like a huge oval shape Taurus like design also it was unique also I like the Chrysler 300M
I like the design of the 1998 Intrepid. Too bad they weren’t the most reliable haha!
I had a 2000 Intrepid it was a good car but unfortunately had the boat anchor 2.7
I had a 1st gen Concorde lxi for years, gave it to my gf on her birthday. It was a Beautiful car. Leather. Loaded. It had a 3.5 liter and I got the car cheap because it has a huge coolant leak. Took the timing belt off, water pump and plate . New gaskets, timing belt, water pump. That car ran like a clock. Was fast too. I think it has about 185k on it when she totaled it during a snow storm.
Another excellent video. As you know LHS was the New Yorker. I was thinking why doesn't he do a video on the New Yorker. Thank you for mentioning the LHS and telling the story of the LHS. The Eagle Vision looked like an Oldsmobile. Thank you for telling the story about what happened to LHS to become Concorde Limited. The Concorde name came from AMC. Good video!
Thanks for watching again. Hey check out the comment I pinned at the top of the comments
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon I got it. I will look forward to your video. You know the cars I am still waiting to see.
@@HH-ev9mm The first generation was New Yorker. It was the same body and everything. I saw a LHS with a front bench seat.
@@HH-ev9mm From the 1996 model year on the New Yorker was dropped in favor of a six-passenger option on the LHS. The first-generation LHS was sold in Europe by special order only during 1995-1999 model years. LHS was rebranded as New Yorker for the European market but retained the LHS name for the United Kingdom.
I have own a 1999 Chrysler concorde LXi with a 3.2 engine that I absolutely fell in love with, I had it for two years and got rear-ended....and My insurance company totalled it, it was just the bumper that got damaged, I couldn't understand why they were totaling it, just recently, One of my coworkers own a 2004 Chrysler Concord Concord LHi
Well, in 1996 I owned a very problematic 88 Cadillac Sedan de Ville and I was growing increasingly tired of being left stranded on the side of the road because that damn Caddy spent more time being repaired than driven on the road! So, out of frustration, I took it to the first dealer I came to and traded it in on a new 96 Dodge Intrepid that was loaded! Best decision I've ever made! After three years, I traded that one in on a 99 Intrepid and Loved that one also!!! I took the 99 into the dealer in 2002 to have it serviced and while I was there, I was watching an Auto Transport truck delivering new Concords, LHS, and Intrepids and ] couldn't take my eyes off of the one Intrepid that had a spoiler on the rear, and was in a beautiful taupe beige color and was pretty well equipped! I traded the 99 in right there on the spot!!! They said that that was one of the fastest sales they had ever made! Anyway, after 22 years, Im still driving that Intrepid and it still looks like it did when I brought it home!!! It's been one of the most reliable and comfortable cars I've ever owned and I have no desire to give it up!!!! I Still love driving it and I still love the looks of it!!! And I've never had an ounce of trouble with the so=called unreliable 2,.7 liter engine!!! It's still runs smooth as silk and has at this writing, approx.130, 000 miles on the clock!!! Moral: Not all Chrysler products are unreliable pieces of junk!!!!!!
I think they did a wonderful job on the 1998 Intrepid redesign. I have a video coming up that will discuss the problematic 2.7 engine.
I used to get this mixed-up with the 300M and the intrepid😅
Yeah they’re kinda similar, eh?
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon There was a Ford I would also get mixed up too😅
Great review! I will say that out of all the LH cars, I think this one was arguably the most improved in styling from the first generation to the second generation. Well I preferred all the others to the Concorde, It was still a downright beautiful car. I prefer the stylings of all the LH vehicles to the LX vehicles as well (with the only possible exception being the Challenger but I consider that a different class of vehicle).
The biggest crying shame to me was the fact that the second generation was such an improvement in quality concerning the interior, paint, transmission, styling (except for the intrepid which was the only one that was slightly downgraded but still good looking), air conditioners, steering, and minor things like the window and auto locks; the 2.7 V6 undercut all these massive improvements due to the extensive problems with oil sludging. If they would have stuck with the 3.3 they would have had a package not too far off in durability from a Buick LeSabre. But because they had to not only develop that terrible engine, and chose to stick with it after it was proven to be problematic instead of dropping it like they did with the 3.2, they destroyed the reputation and burned a lot of loyal customers.
I drove a base model Concorde That belong to a friend once. I owned a second gen intrepid ES, my brother owned a 300M, and I still own a 2nd gen LHS. I also owned a first gen intrepid. Out of all the cars I've ever driven, The LH sedans are my favorite. I really wish the merger never would have happened and the LX cars would have been LH based.
Great comment as always. I’m sure other viewers will enjoy hearing about your experience with the LH cars. I really liked the 1999 300M. I just thought it looked so much better than it’s successor even if it was FWD.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon thank you very much! Yeah the 300M had such a finely sculpted look with such elegance and sophistication, yet aggressive and sporty. To my taste, the 300M was the peak Chrysler division styling hands down.
Yep, call me crazy but I’d take a sleek and elegant 2004 300M over a 2005 300 any day.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon same here. Although the LX 300 was a nice car, the only real advantage it had over the 300M was the hemi and RWD/AWD.
For the 300M you can tell they had a larger budget and were less restricted by management and weren't forced to use old Mercedes parts bin parts (which do not fit Chrysler's styling language) with not the best finishes or color palates (which I think pretty much applies to all pre-merger Chrysler vehicles to be fair). The interior was more sculptured with a wrap around dash, more generous with padding, and the shifter was smoother and refined with a leather boot. Pretty much all the surfaces were padded. I also appreciated that they didn't use really any Chrome on the 300M as the chrome on cars I've had always seems to glare in my eyes whenever I'm trying to drive during the daytime. They tended to use subtle green lighting through parts to brighten up the interior where it was needed. The buttons and switches were textured versus being flat allowed you to eventually catch on to what the button was for by its touch and placement. The climate control was digital which seemed higher tech and appropriate, The gauges mimics the styling of classic time pieces seaming both classic yet modern with the indiglo lighting at night. Not to mention, the 300M had more leg room and trunk space.
The LX 300 was a lot of fun with the Hemi but The daily driver aspects were better fulfilled by the 300M. If they could have offered a Hemi edition on the 300M with rear wheel drive and all wheel drive, I think you'd have the best of both worlds. (No disrespect intended to the people who like the LX 300 of course as I know some really like that model's styling.)
Yeah the 2.7 had some problems. I think the water pump could leak internally and mix with engine oil? Makes for a sludgefest. Great vid! Never understood why Chrysler had the LHS,Concorde, and New Yorker at the same time!
Yeah that’s exactly what happened with my 2.7.
Horrible, horrible engine-even with preventative maintenance. One of my 2.7s even had electric issues.
As far as their lineup, it was nice to have a variety of large sedans to choose from a single company. Thanks for watching and looking forward to the next chatter.
The only thing I didn't like about the Concorde and LHS was the black mirrors if they were body color like the 300M with the signal even better
🤫 I ask, don’t reveal the little-known facts of the Eagle Vision and the 300M... We will be discussing each of those cars in detail in two different upcoming episodes so let’s not spoil it.
I totally forgot about the Eagle Vision. Rob, have you done the Ford probe yet?
Nope. Haven’t talked about the Probe yet. I still gotta do the Conquest video you asked about long ago.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon Thanks Rob and always great nostalgic content! Been sharing it as well🙏🏾
I personally dont understand why so many people love the design of these concordes. People hate on the late 90s camaro for being a catfish, but this takes it to the next level.
Yeah they look similar especially with the headlamps and grille but I personally like the look of the ‘98-‘02 Camaro also.
98 to 2000 for sure
Indeed. Thanks for watching.
Fun fact:The 300M was supposed to be the second generation Eagle Vision but they decided to give the body to Chrysler since Eagle was shut down!
You’re correct about that. Many are unaware of that.
Wow thanks for the reply, love your channel!!!
I love the mk2 concorde & its LH platform mates especially the intrepid, but not with the ultra-fragile 2.7 twin cam V6......
Yeah I had a 2.7 twin cam and it wasn’t a good engine.
I had a 1998 Concord with the 3.5 it was nice, for long trips on the highway but became a nightmare went it got close to 100,000 every thing kept falling apart !!
Dang!
I had an Intrepid with the 2.7 V6 😞 Liked the car. So big & roomy and a great look. That engine did a thing the mechanic had never seen before. The crankshaft literally broke in half & it would still run. Sounded horrible. The dreaded low end Thump no one ever wants to hear. Was also down on power. But.. would start pretty easily and did not stumble. At highway speeds it would actually seem OK. That broken crank meant a new engine. And the car was not worth that cost.
Chrysler new the oil system was not good enough for what that 2.7 liter was trying to do.. 200 hp from a tiny V6 without improving the oil system. Makes me mad cuz I liked that car. The Chrysler LH models looked really good on the outside. I have no idea if the interior of those were as luxury as what Chrysler was once famous for. My Dad was a Chrysler guy in the 60's / 70's. Always had a New Yorker or an Imperial. Those were right up against Cadillac's back then. I think better.
Stay tuned. I’m going to be discussing the Intrepid and how unreliable they were with that 2.7
As much as I liked the 94 models (I still own an early LHS), I really disliked the facelift.
Killing Plymouth was a huge mistake.
Nothing stylish or class about that hideous looking motor
…or the reliability of the 2.7 motor. A bunch of owners complain about that engine. I myself owned two products with the 2.7 and had numerous reliability issues.