Head revealed at the Geneva Car Pageantry in 1998, the PT Cruiser was not in Industry until Jan 2000, with the 2001 imitation.
Safety and Reliability
Safety features included minor safety door locks, and Chauffeur and passenger airbags. Automotive Advice Systems gave the van five out of five for reliability, due to minimal problems with the transmission and driveline, steering and suspension, brakes, climate system, starting and charging, and accessories.
The engine displaced 2,429 ccs, and had a compression ratio of 9.4 to 1 and torque of 167 foot-pounds at 4,000 revolutions per minute. This gave it a fuel economy of 20 mpg in the megalopolis and 26 mpg on the highway for textbook, and 20 mpg in the metropolis and 25 mpg on the highway for automatic.
Exterior
This four-door wagon weighed 3,123 lbs. in handbook and 3,207 lbs. in automatic. It measured 168.8 inches expanded by 67.1 inches Broad by 63 inches colossal, with a wheelbase of 103 inches, ground clearance of 6.5 inches and turning width of 36.5 feet. The front track was 58.3 inches and the rear one was 58.2 inches. Effectiveness windows were customary.
Interior
The interior sat five and contained front measurements of 40.4 inches for headroom, 41 inches for legroom, 54.6 inches for shoulder interval and 54 inches for hip space. Rear measurements were 39.6 inches for headroom, 40.9 inches for legroom, 53.9 inches for shoulder margin and 46.8 inches for hip interval. Guideline interior features included air conditioning, tachometer, tilt steering and a radio with cassette player.
Created at the generation by DaimlerChrysler -- any more Chrysler -- this retro-styled wagon was designed to efficiently combine passenger and load transport. Criterion and metallic colours were articulation of the Proceeds.
Engine
The unmarried trimline used a morals 2.4-liter, 150-horsepower, four-cylinder engine with a five-speed tome overdrive transmission, and an optional four-speed automatic overdrive transmission.Only the engine showed significant problems with the occasional failure of the powertrain control module and cooling fan motor assembly.
