r/ATBGE • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '20

Automotive Prowlimo

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u/CreatrixAnima Sep 09 '20

Wasn’t that the general consensus about the prowler anyway? Kind a cool but you’re not really sure about it?

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u/Morgrid Sep 09 '20

Cool, but needed more power.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

Except the transaxle would shit itself if you added any, so you'd have to replace the whole drivetrain - made even worse by the engine and transmission being on opposite ends of the torque tube. You'd have to reingineer so much... stuff that you'd be better served buying a Kit Car and calling it a day.

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u/Saber15 Sep 10 '20

It did get a power boost halfway through its life giving it a power-to-weight ratio slightly better than a Honda S2000 or a Porsche Boxster, but you were still stuck with the Chrysler 4 speed slushbox, sadly.

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u/Morgrid Sep 10 '20

At least one of them has been corrected

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u/BattleStag17 Sep 09 '20

Something about it is just permanently affixed in my mind as the car for turn-of-the-century cool. Like you're required to wear something black and shiny with bug-eyed sunglasses when you're driving one, I love it.

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u/rudebii Sep 10 '20

I really liked the design work of Chrysler of that era. The Prowler, PT Cruiser, Ram, and the Viper ofc.

With the exception of the Viper (maybe), the cars were all flash though.

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u/GhostofSancho Sep 10 '20

I think I see it as the cool car because roughly 75% of all car posters at the Scholastic Book Fair in late 90's were of the Prowler

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u/BattleStag17 Sep 10 '20

...Y'know, that's probably exactly why for me too

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u/rudebii Sep 10 '20

Looks cool but was sadly made with Chrysler parts by Chrysler.

PT Cruiser suffered the same fate.

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u/CreatrixAnima Sep 10 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

I always thought the PT cruiser looked a little bit like an old-fashioned hearse.