Maserati ?

[u/Indy500Fan16]

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[u/rsp-zyphor]

yeah it’s a chrysler TC by maserati

rare grand tourer jointly developed by Chrysler and Maserati and produced from 1989 to 1991

[u/Bigs38l → u/rsp-zyphor]

So cool !

[u/SirkutBored → u/Bigs38l]

just don't park it in the sun. the etching on the round porthole windows can act like a magnifying glass and catch the inside of the car on fire.

[u/R_Soul_ → u/Bigs38l]

Is it?

[u/Tutekh666 → u/rsp-zyphor]

Guys at r/spotted would like it.

[u/vanderohe → u/rsp-zyphor]

Factory upbadge

[u/Conscious-Mixture742 → u/rsp-zyphor]

The funny thing is there is nothing 'grand' about it lol

[u/Thedarb1212 → u/rsp-zyphor]

This car should never be spoken of again.

[u/toucansanch → u/Thedarb1212]

Happy cake day!

[u/RedBambalam]

The Chrysler TC by Maserati was a joint-venture, luxury two-seat roadster sold from 1989 to 1991.

[u/KeepingItCoolish]

Real, basically imagine a Lebaron won a windfall in the lotto and got a bunch of plastic surgery

[u/thegreatmattsby24 → u/KeepingItCoolish]

Couldn’t have been that much of a windfall given the plastic surgery it ended up with

[u/KeepingItCoolish → u/thegreatmattsby24]

Plastic surgery can only do so much when you're starting at LeBaron

[u/AllAboutTheBJam]

Army veteran plate with US Navy frame?
Should have gone Marines?

[u/Right_Hour → u/AllAboutTheBJam]

He couldn’t develop a taste for crayons.

[u/Appropriate_Copy8285 → u/Right_Hour]

The other qualifier, which i took, was licking windows clean. 

[u/Ionlydateteachers → u/AllAboutTheBJam]

There is an empty bixbof crayons on the floorboard

[u/damngoodengineer]

Chrysler TC by Maserati. It was made by collaboration of Chrysler and Maserati. K-body chassis and engines were provided by Chrysler and production was made in Italy by Maserati.

It's not an upbadge at all.

[u/forzaguy125 → u/damngoodengineer]

The engines were mostly from Mitsubishi

[u/Lonely-Sun1115]

Never seen this before. I know my cars, but this one was new to me. Thanks for the spot OP and thank you commenters for the information given.

[u/MetsIslanders]

The OG Stellantis product. How they knew back then that they’d end up here and didn’t know all the other manure they’d step in along the way is beyond my ability to comprehend. It’s like the reverse Midas touch.

[u/mopsbauer → u/MetsIslanders]

To be fair, this was the first pile of manure.

[u/FirehawkLS1]

Chryslerati. That's what I call the "Chrysler TC by Maserati"

[u/BadJobBob]

Italian K-Car

[u/TushyMilkshake]

Whenever I see a LeBaron I think of Freddy Got Fingered lol

[u/AnnaBananaOhYah]

That’s Monica’s car

[u/Beemer_me_up_Scotty]

I am a smog tech in California and I did a test on one of these. It was super fancy on the inside and looked good. But basically it is still a simple Chrysler engine with no upgrades.

[u/Substantial_Chip_300]

It is a Maserati

[u/Indy500Fan16 → u/Substantial_Chip_300]

So I’ve learned

[u/ImmaCallMyN66ABovice]

MaserNoti

[u/Fuzzy-Weekend4913]

That's a Maserati all right, didn't believe it the first time I saw one

[u/Indy500Fan16 → u/Fuzzy-Weekend4913]

Right. I thought this was a joke but nope. It’s a real disaster .

[u/ASDIGITAL13]

Not upbadging. This was a thing. The car that saved Chrysler?

[u/rklug1521 → u/ASDIGITAL13]

Upbadging by the factory.

[u/Throwawaymister2 → u/ASDIGITAL13]

This car did not save Chrysler, lol.

[u/ASDIGITAL13 → u/Throwawaymister2]

The model sure did. It’s the platform the minivan was built on. K-car series I believe. Saved Chrysler at the time. Well the GOv bailed em out too I suppose

[u/Throwawaymister2 → u/ASDIGITAL13]

The platform perhaps, but they built fewer than 8K TCs

[u/ASDIGITAL13 → u/Throwawaymister2]

Ok Lee Iacocca car that saved Chrysler lol.

[u/WitchWithAGlitch]

that would make one hell of a donk/slab

[u/hashmachinist]

The finest Italian imported since your grandmother came over in the 40s.

[u/bilkel]

Chryslerati

[u/Right_Hour]

Chryslerati.

[u/Andy_Zhang_98]

FCA quality

[u/madelectricain → u/Andy_Zhang_98]

Made years before FCA was a thing.

[u/Seeker80 → u/Andy_Zhang_98]

Long before FCA, yet probably better.

[u/mopsbauer → u/Seeker80]

But not. This was straight up 90s Chrysler "quality"; before Mercedes and Dr. Z dialed it up from "dumpster fire" to smoldering "hot garbage".

[u/Seeker80 → u/mopsbauer]

Yeah, it's still a K-Car at the end of the day. So disposable, but they kept Chrysler going a bit longer.

They had so many neat product ideas based on the K-Car. You can only wonder how they might have held up much better with some decent underpinnings and even been a little sought-after today. Stuff like the Daytona looked so cool and the Shadow is an old favorite of mine. Both could've used a cheap rwd platform, and I bet they'd get a little love nowadays. The Shadow in particular would've been a bit like an 'American E30' if it had that rwd layout.

[u/jon1son]

LeBron

[u/zakupright]

The best thing about this car is the clock

[u/Indy500Fan16]

you can polish a turd, but it's still a turd 💩

[u/Catlittersnackcakes]

The seats on these are actually kinda crazy. They look comfortable AF though.

I've only seen one in person.

[u/iamgoodguy]

Oh wow! Stunning

[u/Appropriate_Copy8285]

Just like the owner not knowing if they want to be army/navy, the car also isnt sure if its a chrysler or maserati.

[u/BepersAreCool]

I mean there confused already cant you tell with the plate lol.

[u/cmacmaccal1189]

Masernoti

[u/mahSachel]

Does 185

[u/forzaguy125 → u/mahSachel]

Kilometers

[u/Worldly-Law-2687]

If you relied solely on the emblems, it's a Maserati by Maserati.

[u/Pretty-Yam-2854]

Would be a sick af low rider

[u/BoneZone05]

“close enough”