Original Chrysler 300 cars were big, slow mammoth-like cars but low-slung and offered excellent handling and power along with comfort and luxury.
In their premier eleven years as a limited-edition cars Chrysler made very few expensive cars. Each year saw a new generation of a Chrysler 300 with a new letter, the first being the 300C. Unlike other Chryslers the 300C was built using body-on-frame construction, process that would last through 1959. The 300C was based on the Chrysler New Yorker, but featured many changes (those which were not considered as options ). The heart of the 300C was a standard V8 Hemi engine that produced 390 horsepower.