I own a 2016 Gran Turismo, there is an occasional TC owner that will go to Italian cars and coffee. The Ghibli is the most recent Chrysler/Maserati project.
This was the first car I ever owned, I was the third owner and paid $5000 for it. Came with the winter hardtop, black leather interior, exotic red exterior, and the Mitsubishi 3.0L V6 and 4 speed automatic. It even had the the antenna for the car phone that used to come with it. Absolutely loved that car, even when the trunk did leak one time when it rained and had mushrooms growing in it a week later. Never broke down on me, some of the electrics didn’t work but not exactly surprising, I’m still kicking my younger self for selling it and not restoring it
Incredible. Someone commenting on the Chrysler TC by Maserati who has actually spent time educating themselves about the car, and have actually driven one. 99% of the people who comment on these cars have never even seen one, nor spent even a couple of minutes educating themselves about them. These cars actually share very little with the Daytona or LeBaron. Roughly 80% of the parts on one of these were sourced in Italy or Germany. The only thing they really share with the Daytona or Lebaron are the TC‘s base drivetrain, which was the top option in the LeBaron and Daytona, the four wheel disc brakes from the Shelby Daytona, and the stereo and various electronic switches and things. Shocks, struts, and ABS are from Germany. None of the body or interior parts are interchangeable with any other car, American or Italian. The frame is unique to the TC, as are the suspension parts. They are similar in design to the suspension on the Chrysler but their specs are different. In fact, if the third generation LeBaron had not been intentionally designed to look very similar to the TC, it’s not very likely that the two cars would ever have been compared in any way. In fact, the most challenging thing about owning one of these is the fact that most of the parts on it are unique to the car and are getting really hard to find. Bravo on a rare objective commentary on the TC.
I consider myself pretty well versed in these cars since I’ve been around them since their introduction but I’m never too old to learn. Can you enlighten me as to what I said that was wrong? I’m curious..
@@orphancargarage5746 The car was initially to be released in 1987 You refer the corp brass as bean counters. They were trying to initially produce a car with a $25,000 price point to to attract a certain demographic-sounds like smart bean counting to me! Did you know the TC was supposed to be released before the J body LeBaron? It may have made a difference as to the success of the TC; but l agree with you it still looked to similar to the J body Lebaron. The 16V motor was designed by Maserati, fabricated by Cosworth, then assembled by Maserati. They also used a different 2.2 liter block.
I have some questions be ou have the exotic red w/ black interior but it drives super smooth all the time but when I turn without using the gas it kills itself and I’ve been busting my balls off trying to find the fix to it but I have no idea and I looked up this vid to see maybe if you could help and diagnose it
Like I’ve taken it to places and they have almost tore that engine out trying to find something wrong with me and it was just nothing bad seen but I don’t why it does it
Like say if I was at a intersection green light and I take a right turn and say I’m slowing down to turn and your car just kills itself mid turn and locks up
Taking a shot in the dark here, but it sounds like a low fuel pressure problem. Just to make sure, does this only happen when you go around sharp turns like 90 degrees at an intersection, or also at more gradual turns? Also, how fast do you go around turns? If you’re going to fast for the fuel pump to keep up, the centrifugal force of the turn could be overcoming the pump, and starving the engine. I’m no mechanic but I know a bit more than most people I know, so don’t take my words as gospel. Could also be an electrical problem, whenever I went over bumpy roads the switch for the passenger side window would stop working. Just a thought
@@Sleep-is-overrated yeah it happens when I turn 90° I can’t take the turn without being on the gas or with will just cut off (so I slow down almost to a stop to turn then use my gas when turning) but if I don’t then I’m on the side of the road and need to put er back n park and and restart her up I don’t hav Erne problem much because I’ve found the way to stop it but eh it still exists you know 😂
@@Sleep-is-overrated and I seen you comment about this being your first car this is my first car in 22’ now but I have a pristine exotic red / black interior
They were not poorly engineered st all, and the only reason they were a sales flap is the reason he mentioned. They were supposed to come out a year and a half before the LeBaron that was designed to look like a TC and ended up coming out nearly two years after.
@@omcx1e , give me an example of how they were not poorly engineered please as I remember that they had many service and quality issues similar to many Chrysler products over the years.
What you are remembering is comments made by people who have probably never even seen one of these cars. They actually have very little in common with either the LeBaron or the Daytona. Roughly 80% of the parts on one of these were sourced in Italy or Germany. They’re also not known for any particular reliability problems, other than the early teething problems with the A604 transmission, which was the first computer controlled transmission ever introduced. Many of its issues were related to the fact that you absolutely had to use Chrysler ATF+3 transmission fluid in them, and if you tried to use anything else the transmission freaked out. The body, paint, and interior of these cars were superb. There were no issues with the brakes or suspension, and the 2.2 L Chrysler engines were among the most reliable and best horsepower producing small engines of the time The Mitsubishi 3.0L six-cylinder had early issues with lifter guides but they were sorted out by the time the TC hit the market. A friend of mine has one with 272,000 miles on it and it still runs and drives just fine.
