The Chrysler 180 was a bitter-sweet story for Chrysler Europe, and although the original British style was pleasant enough, there was a degree of internal controversy about it.
Soon after its launch, Whitley went about producing a restyle scheme; here are pictures of two coupe proposals and a saloon facelift. None of these saw the light of day…
Pictures kindly suppled by Roy Axe.
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It is amazing how much the coupe looks like the 3-door Chevrolet Vega.
I guess the coupe was seen as a replacement for the rapier.
There are hints of the Tagora front in the lower facelift model, I’d say.