1995 Chrysler Sebring

Released in April 1995, the Chrysler Sebring was supposed to be released as a 1996 but couldn't pit a 1996 Sebring to a 1995 Talon which they just released. Barely half a year later the 1996 Sebring was born. In its short lifetime of production, the Sebring has managed to impress and capture the heats of automobile consumers. The 1995 Sebring Coupe was produced in Normal, Illinois The assembly plant was once a joint venture of the DSM (Diamond Star Motors) which was comprised of Mitsubishi Motors and Chrysler Corporation. Eventually Mitsubishi bought the remaining interests of Chrysler and continued the production of the Sebring.

The 1995 Sebring convertible was built in Hermosillo, Mexico, in a plant supervised by Chrysler, and is not very much related to the coupe. Its underpinnings bear a closer relationship to the Chrysler JA cars, the so called "cloud" cars, the Stratus, Cirrus and, now, the Plymouth Breeze. The 1995 Sebring coupe underpinnings is extremely related to those of the Mitsubishi Galants and to the Eclipse and Talon. Principally, the Sebring coupe is an Eclipse with wheelbase extended to 103 inches. This makes for a much bigger back seat than the Eclipse and Talon have, with more leg room, and, particularly extra head room in the back seat. The dash is basically common with the Eclipse and Talon.

The engine options differ in that the high performance 4 cylinder. Available on the Eclipse and Talon is not available on the Sebring, but, instead, a 2.5 liter V6 is available. The optional V6, a standard on the Lxi, is built by Mitsubishi, and was originally used by Chrysler as the V6 option in their mini-vans. The 4 Cylinder is produced by Chrysler, and is fundamentally the same engine used in the Neon, with some effort devoted to reducing noise. Interestingly, most of the road tests in the major car magazines indicate that the 4 cylinder accelerates a bit faster than the V6, but the V6 has an edge in smoothness.