克莱斯勒即将对300系列进行中期改款,新车将作为2015款车型上市,谍照记者在底特律拍到了标准版300和SRT高性能版本。这两款车除了车身侧面，其余部分，包括前脸，引擎盖，车尾都进行了重度伪装，所以无法看清细节。不过一个小的细节暴露了两车的不同，采用铝制抛光多轮辐轮圈的是标准版300——包括300C和300S，而深色五辐轮圈的是SRT高性能版本。新车仍将采用克莱斯勒的LX全尺寸平台且没有重大改变。虽然是中期改款，但从照片看外观变化不大，透过伪装可以看到标准版采用深色网格格栅，内嵌翼型标志，重新设计的前后脸和新的照明系统。而SRT版本悬挂高度进一步调低，车尾配备与行李箱盖集成在一起的扰流器，线状网格格栅，深色前大灯，而SRT标志则隐藏在伪装内。轮拱内是硕大的车轮，透过轮圈可以看到红色的Brembo刹车卡钳和大尺寸刹车盘。至于动力系统，预计将搭载6.4升V8 Hemi引擎。预计该引擎功率和扭矩将与2015款Challenger SRT 392轿跑车一样达到485马力和644牛米，分别增加15马力和6.8牛米。而300标准版仍将与老款车共享引擎，入门级车型将搭载克莱斯勒的3.6升V6 Pentastar引擎，功率292马力，扭矩353牛米。另一台5.7升V8引擎功率370马力，扭矩536牛米。这两台引擎都可搭配八速自动变速器。由于采用电子排挡系统，换挡感觉更自然。新车仍将标配后轮驱动，而全轮驱动为选装件。2015款克莱斯勒300将于今秋发布，很可能会选择洛杉矶车展亮相。售价预计与2014款车型的31990至50895美元差不多（约合人民币19.67-31.3万元）。
2015 Chrysler 300 / 300 SRT Spied
Two versions of Chrysler’s flagship 300 sedan, both caught rumbling around Detroit with baggy covers on their front fascias, hoods, and rear ends. The camouflage is designed to obscure the changes Chrysler has in store as part of a 2015 model-year refresh. The car wearing light-finished multispoke aluminum wheels is a regular 300—either a 300C or a 300S—and the 300 rolling on dark-colored five-spoke wheels appears to be the high-performance 300 SRT model.
The 2015 Chrysler 300 will continue to be built on the company’s full-size LX platform with no major changes. Otherwise, the 300 looks to be getting a very mild cosmetic update, with the regular 300 prototype pictured here gaining a dark mesh grille with an inset winged logo, redesigned front and rear fascias, and new lighting all the way around.
The high-performance 300 SRT model sits on a lowered suspension and gets a tall decklid spoiler. Under the camouflage, we can make out a unique fascia with a wire-mesh grille, darkened headlamps, and what’s likely an SRT badge hiding under a square piece of squiggle wrap. The wheel wells are filled with large five-spoke pieces that frame bright-red Brembo brake calipers and large-diameter slotted discs. Don’t get your hopes up that the 707-hp supercharged Hellcat V-8 might be lurking under the hood; while that engine will power a new super Charger, the hi-po Dodge’s huge six-piston front and four-piston rear brakes would also be here if that were the case. But those big tailpipes—and our spy shooter’s account of “thunder” erupting when the driver floored it—suggest that the standard SRT 6.4-liter Hemi V-8 is present and accounted for.
Not much changed under the Charger’s hood when it was refreshed for 2015, and we expect Chrysler to use the same carry-over approach for the 2015 300. If the Charger’s and current 300’s powertrain programs are anything to go by, the base 300 will again use Chrysler’s 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 with 292 horses and 260 lb-ft of torque. A 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 making 370 ponies and 395 lb-ft of torque will be optional, and both engines will be mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. Hopefully, the transmission gains the more natural-feeling electronic shifter we recently experienced in the 2015 Challenger SXT; the current 300’s T-shaped electronic lever lacks precision, making it easy to select the wrong gear. Rear-wheel drive will be standard, with all-wheel drive an option for non-SRT 300s.
As mentioned, expect the SRT—wherever it’s sold—to have the 6.4-liter Hemi V-8, perhaps with the same 15-horsepower and 5-lb-ft gains seen in the 2015 Challenger SRT 392 coupe. The current 300 SRT has 470 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque.
The 2015 Chrysler 300 will appear this fall, likely at the 2014 L.A. auto show. Pricing should remain close to the $31,990–$50,895 Chrysler charges for the 2014 300.