If You’ve Wanted a 485-HP Hemi-Powered Chrysler 300, Here It Is

• Stellantis will produce 2000 of these high-octane sedans for the US (with another 200 available in Canada), much like the Last Call versions of Dodge Challenger and Charger.

• With a suggested price of $55,000, the 2023 Chrysler 300C will be a fire breather, rated at 485 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque and capable of sprinting to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds.

• Stellantis has said it will launch Chrysler’s first battery-electric vehicle in 2025, and that the brand will have a full battery-electric portfolio by 2028.

It’s been more than six years since the Chrysler brand unveiled an all-new vehicle: the Pacifica minivan on Jan. 11, 2016, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Soon, the Pacifica will be the only vehicle in the Chrysler stable, after the 300 sedan goes away following the 2023 model year.

The announcement from Stellantis comes this week as Detroit hosts a reinvented (and much smaller) North American International Auto Show. But the fullsize Chrysler 300 sedan—in the market since 2004 as a holdover from the DaimlerChrysler days—is getting a proper send-off before it departs.

With the 6.4-liter Hemi-powered 2023 Chrysler 300C special edition, the Detroit brand will pay tribute not only to this most recent 300 but also the nameplate that dates back to 1955, when the newly launched 300 was soon dominating NASCAR with its 300-hp Hemi V8 and dual four-barrel carburetors.

Chrysler will produce 2000 of these high-octane sedans for the US (with another 200 available in Canada), much like the Last Call versions of the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger that will mark the end of production for that coupe/sedan combo. The 300, Challenger, and Charger have been produced at Stellantis’ plant in Brampton, Ontario.

With a suggested retail price of $55,000, the 2023 Chrysler 300C will be a naturally aspirated fire breather, rated at 485 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque and capable of sprinting to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds and covering a quarter-mile in 12.4 seconds, Stellantis says. Channeling all that power will be a TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission.

Performance upgrades include red four-piston Brembo brakes, a 3.09 limited-slip differential, active damping suspension, active exhaust system, and black rounded exhaust tips. Riding up front on the grille (and on the rear decklid) will be a new version of the tri-color 300C badge.

“We’re celebrating the Chrysler 300 and its iconic legacy in the automotive world,” said Chris Feuell, Chrysler brand CEO. “The Chrysler 300 changed the automotive world in so many ways, and we will carry that spirit of ingenuity forward as we transform Chrysler with a fully electrified future and breakthrough customer experiences.”

The interior of this outgoing 300C is all business: black Laguna leather sport seats embossed with the 300C logo along with carbon-fiber accents, a 19-speaker Harman Kardon audio system, and driver-assistance technologies such as lane departure warning and full-speed collision warning.

Hand raisers can visit reservation.chrysler.com to start the ordering process.