OVER THERE
Although Chrysler Group will be launching the 300C sedan in North America next year, Dieter Zetsche, the company's president and CEO, took the opportunity of the 60th IAA, better known to many as the "Frankfurt Auto Show," to unveil the 300C Touring concept--and noted that this vehicle (realize that "touring" is a word used over there that essentially means "station wagon" over here) will not be available in the U.S. Like a wagon of yore, it is based on a rear-wheel-drive platform, although like a more contemporary vehicle, there will be an all-wheel-drive version available (there is 62% of the torque sent to the rear axle and 38% to the front). Like the 30OC sedan, the Touring is powered by a 5.7-liter HEMI V8. And also like the sedan, the E-segment wagon has the same overall dimensions: wheelbase, 3,048 mm; length, 4,999 mm; width, 1,881 mm; height, 1,483 mm. (For those of you who aren't metrically oriented, divide by 25.4 to obtain inches.) While we won't get the 300C Touring, we will be getting the Dodge Magnum, which is, well, not unlike the Euro car. Something for everyone.
BLUE OVAL: EUR0 STYLE
This is Chris Bird, design director of Ford of Europe, on the Ford Visos concept that was debuted at …
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