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As I mentioned on day one, the interior seems a little disjointed on the Chrysler 200C — at least on my tester. It is almost like it was designed by a committee who decided they needed certain elements to appease certain markets so they slapped everyone’s designs on top of each other.
We have the black centre console and door panels which seem “normal” and up to date, then someone decided that to be luxurious and upscale that white leather should be used — great idea it does look really good. But someone else said that black leather was more in tune with the car so they decided on a steering wheel that was half black and half white — what?
But it didn’t stop there, obviously someone brought up the fact that wood trim was needed in a luxury vehicle, so they slapped on some wood, while another person shouted out — “HEY GUYS DO NOT FORGET THE CHROME!” And there you have it, white leather with black leather accents, wood trim on top of black plastic with a hint of chrome for added luxury — it is odd.
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But hey to some it may look great, at first glance I thought it was okay but I have a feeling it will age very poorly. Kind of like the late eighties with the full colour interior (all red, all blue etc) — such a horrible idea.
The interior layout though is actually really great. The absence of a shift lever allowed the designers to create a panel of important controls right at the driver’s finger tips — this includes HVAC and radio controls, although heated/ventilated seat controls and heated steering wheel are regulated to the onscreen controls which is a pet peeve of mine.
The centre console layout is also genius in terms of efficient use of space. With a huge area under the control panel for storage and a cup-holder/armrest area that lifts and slides the centre console compartments are extremely large and useful — the most I have seen in any sedan.
The rear seats are comfortable but headroom is a little tight for taller people due to the large panoramic sunroof. The rear seats do fold 60/40 which is nice, but they also offer a middle armrest, cup-holders and a ski pass through.
