Since the \u201850s and \u201860s, Chrysler has been synonymous on the American market with great design and attention to detail. Now, at the dawn of a great effort aimed not only at expanding the range – at the moment the brand has only two cars in the catalogue, the Pacifica and the 300 – but also at addressing the epochal changes towards electric and autonomous driving, it reclaims that role by offering its vision of the near future with a concept that cannot leave anyone indifferent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nIt’s called Halcyon and it is, as Irina Zavatski states, \u201ca vision of style and proportions between today and 2030.\u201d \u201cOur North Star,\u201d echoes Ryan Nagode: \u201cWith a driving effect on all the other brands of the group.\u201d That is, across the entire Stellantis landscape in North America. Zavatski is responsible for Chrysler’s exterior design, Nagoda for the interior. They worked in parallel for a year and a half. \u201cBecause \u2013 explains Zavatski \u2013 the most interesting thing about this concept is the interaction between exteriors and interiors, discovering how the lines of one could interact with those of the other and, ultimately, how those lines all made sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nThe result was a car with a low nose, very clean lines, a roof characterized by large windows and butterfly doors, an interior layout of disarming simplicity. \u201cThat simplicity and the minimum height from the ground \u2013 adds Zavatski \u2013 represented a challenge to classic proportions. Few lines but all important, an affirmation of purity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nThe birth of Halcyon, in Auburn Hills, involved all Chrysler designers in the usual internal competition from which three proposals emerged that were immediately transformed into clay models. Matthew Dunford and Michael Gillam worked with Zavatski on the final exterior setup, while Tim Doyle, Tyler Rusnak and Alejandro Campos joined Nagoda on the interior work. Inevitably, for an electric car, great attention had to be paid to aerodynamics – complete with air flows from the former grille and a mobile spoiler coming out of the rear – and to the use of super-light materials, especially aluminium and plastic. But without giving up sculptural elements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>