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Originally Posted by thematrixhasu
resume i trust your info but im hearing due to the competition that the 09 model year will be a very short one due to the all new 300 vehicle that will launch in early 09.. to do battle with the 09 acura tl and the 09 ford large sedan and the 09 impala and the 09 linc mkr and the 09 large sedan saturn.. Ok no more and's but you get my point. Any rumblings on that info
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I don't think you will see the next gen 300 in early '09, that's only a year and a half away. The original schedule called for a launch date in the summer of 2010, as a 2011 model. Chrysler only recently decided move the launch up a year, to the 2010 model. It's no easy task to take a vehicle launch from three years down to two. An early 2009 launch would cut the launch time in half (3 years >> 18 months), pretty much an impossible task.
Below is a Chrysler timeline chart covering the vehicle development and build stages. It's a few years old and I am sure some of these timeframes have been shortened a little. But it gives an overall idea of how long it takes from the program "vision" to the final launch. Looking at the chart around the "two-years to go" stage (-98 weeks) it shows the "Product/Process design" as being complete, I don't believe they are even near that stage yet. At 18-months to go, they would have to already be building "S0" models, and if so there would be spy pics all over the place. I'm sure I will have so more solid info down the road a bit, I'll keep my eyes and ears open as always.
