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Sure, Chrysler was well ahead of its time with the Airflow, hydraulic brakes, and so on... but what about modern times? Here are some quick Chrysler firsts for you!
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we all know that Chrysler had many many
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firsts in its early days but what about
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the modern era well we have the first
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electric minivan that was produced in
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1993 as shown above and they actually
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sold these outright and some people
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bought them used and are still driving
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them there's the computerized ignition
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of course but there was also
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reprogrammable car computers using
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Mechanics Tools and then of course the
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19 95 neon an early prototype of which
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was shown here had a recyclable
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composite intake manifold and a
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induction system lightweight high
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performance and
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durable fast forward a few years and we
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have the first plug-in hybrid minivans
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on the market 1989 brought the first
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computer controlled automatic
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transmissions and the first adaptive
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automatic transmissions and the first
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transmission to use direct acting
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solenoids to control shifts and logic
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control switching valves which let a
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single solenoid operate two transmission
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elements at once preventing an element
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from being engaged when another one is
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engaged there was also a Prindle based
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on shift lever position but confirmed
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with hydraulic pressure and later in
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1995 an automatic transact with dual
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timing chains on phased
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sprockets the ever handy rear cross path
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system was developed by Chrysler and
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used first on their cars and now it's
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available on many other automakers cars
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Chrysler also did the first crankshaft
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timing sensor and camshaft reference
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centers for distributorless ignition on
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that lovely Spirit RT among others they
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did the first modular clutch and
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flywheel assembly computerized methanol
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content sensors for flexible fuel
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vehicles in 1996 removable cowl CLE
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Chambers and removable windshield wiper
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modules to ease repairs and the electric
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starter overrides so that you can't
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activate the starter with the engine
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running again in
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1996 for all-wheel drive lovers there
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was a front axle disconnect in 2009 for
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efficiency and a rear axle disconnect
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later on in 2013 and who can forget the
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first mass-produced car with over 700
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horsepower then the first mass-produced
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car with over 800 horsepower and ending
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up with the final 1025 horsepower car
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all the Dodge Challenger and all the
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Hemi Hellcat Supercharged V8
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powered we're just going to wait a
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moment for this animation to finish and
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now let's move on to airbags and other
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fun such things so we have the first
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standard driver airbags in 1988 standard
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driver side airbags on all cars in the
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lineup in ' 91 integrated child seats in
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1992 these were really pretty cool and
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then back to airbags in 1994 single
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point sensor 1995 Old mechanical 1996
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seamless passenger side airbag door and
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positive temperature coefficient devices
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to protect the wiring now let's say I
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accidentally tried to close the rear
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hatch what
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happens b h a bit Chrysler doesn't
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actually claim a first for this but I'd
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be pretty sure that their 2008
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minivans with integrated uh seats and
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tables swivel seats they had done before
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and others had done before but the
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portable table that would fold away
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underneath the floor I'm pretty sure
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that's
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new they did claim factory installed
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Bluetooth handsfree calling first in
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North America in 2003 and of course
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exhaust braking on class 3 to five
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trucks and then cloud-based voice
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recognition so people can have text
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messages spoken to them and reply by
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voice moving
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on no pictures of it but we have a clear
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coat paint system that mixes paints at
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the spray gun in
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1989 they claimed to be the first in
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North America with powdered paint in
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1994 I can't prove this entirely
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computerized climate control in '93 cast
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aluminum front suspension upper shock
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mount brackets in '94 customer
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programmable automatic door locks also 9
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94 molded in color fascia with Optimum
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gloss body color that' be 95
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computerized evaporator temperature
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control for air conditioning in
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'96 long travel front suspension upper
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mount in 96 sliding door on the driver's
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side of a minivan that's dual sliding
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doors also a 96 and using a standard
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stereo port to get powertrain computer
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information and change the settings and
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then custom optimization menu based
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preference setting for drivers and
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passengers for things like door locking
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headlights with vipers Etc in 96 this is
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not a picture of it this came later but
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was in a logical flow I'm sure I'm
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missing a lot of things but that's just
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a quick overview of some Modern firsts
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from Chrysler go to motels.com for more
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information and to see the historical
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first
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