{"id":37824,"date":"2014-09-24T16:05:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=37824"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:45:31","slug":"chrysler-diablo-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/chrysler-diablo-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrysler Diablo Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a while since we ran a Jetsons inspired American land-yacht.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s one of the best.<\/p>\n

The Chrysler Diablo is the result of an unholy match between Detroit and styling house Ghia – via the famous penmanship of designer Virgil Exner who moulded a Dodge Dart<\/a> body into an altogether more spectacular shape redolent of the Sputnik obsessed late 1950s.<\/p>\n

Of course, there would have been the torque flight transmission (sounding vaguely space-ship like) that was so important to the Chrysler corporation at the time – and of course the requisite burly Hemi under the hood – and a wealth of aspirational expectations in any consumer willing to take the plunge into Diablo ownership.<\/p>\n

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\nThe design was pure Virgil Exner<\/a> craftsmanship with the coachwork performed by the legendary craftsman at Carrozzeria Ghia. Interestingly, the drag coefficient of 0.17 was even lower than the super slippery BAT concept cars<\/a> produced by Bertone<\/a> for Alfa at the time. The BAT concepts were also way out there in the futurist stakes – but not nearly as practical as the Diablo, which had a far greater chance of making into full production.<\/p>\n

We think it’s be lovely if the future was reintroduced into production car design…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t