- Strikingly beautiful design with world-class interior craftsmanship
- Purposeful technology that makes life easier and safer
- Sebring arrival set to build on momentum of 300C success
- Class-leading safety features
- Excellent fuel efficiency
Chrysler is creating inspiration in the common car, introducing the 2007 Chrysler Sebring - an all-new mid-size sedan that combines stunning design with interior craftsmanship, excellent fuel efficiency, high levels of safety and reliability. And with a starting price of $33,990 (RRP), the all-new Sebring also comes at a surprisingly affordable price.
Gerry Jenkins, managing director for the Chrysler Group in Australia said; "We're so excited about offering a vehicle with elegance, style, an impressive list of standard safety features and excellent fuel economy in this competitive segment". said Jenkins
"The Chrysler Sebring continues the momentum that the Chrysler 300C started and offers a new group of consumer's access to the Chrysler brand". said Jenkins
The Chrysler Sebring will be available in Australian dealerships in the second quarter of 2007.
Chrysler Sebring features the distinctive face of the Chrysler brand, with the Chrysler signature grille, a uniquely sculptured hood, large, distinctive quad headlamps and fog lamps.
Sebring has an elegant profile, with a long hood profile, chrome beltline moulding and long roofline. High-gloss black appliqués on the B-pillars enhance the length of the Sebring's greenhouse. Sculptured character lines running along the body accentuate Sebring's athletic stance.
The expressive character of the vehicle continues at the rear where Sebring's wide tail lamps are integrated into both the rear quarters and extend into the deck lid for visual impact.
World-class Craftsmanship
The elegance found in Sebring's exterior styling also runs through the vehicle's interior, which features a modern, clean appearance with intense focus on quality, detail and execution.
Sebring's finely crafted interior features soft surfaces, mechanical grains and selective gloss levels on the interior surfaces.
Standard 60/40 fold-flat rear seats make room for more gear and a fold-flat passenger seat creates a table-like surface that enhances the versatility of Sebring's interior.
All Chrysler Sebring models feature a two-tone interior colour theme of dark and lighter shades of Pastel Slate Grey or Pastel Pebble Beige, which provides a spacious and well-appointed look. The Chrysler Sebring Limited model also features an exclusive two-tone Cream and Pebble Beige interior. The Chrysler Sebring Limited's available upscale accent materials and finishes include Tortoise Shell, Satin Silver, Alloy Silver and Chrome.
Purposeful Technology That Makes Life Easier and Safer
In addition to Chrysler Sebring's upscale design and elegant use of materials, this all-new sedan brings new levels of function and technology mid-size car segment in standard and optional trim.
The 2007 Chrysler Sebring features an optional MyGIGâ„¢, cutting-edge information, entertainment and safety navigation audio system that raises the bar on in-vehicle communications. This best-in-class, next-generation navigation radio features a 6.5-inch Thin Film Transistor (TFT) Display with a touch-screen panel that can support 65,000 colours, providing a three-dimensional appearance to graphics and animation, as well as multiple font sizes and styles. The MyGIG system follows voice-activated commands and includes many new features for music, sound, movies and personalised picture displays, including:
- A 20 gigabyte hard disc drive that includes Music Juke Box for organising music and pictures on the hard drive
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) provides both MP3 connectivity and downloading of WMA, MP3 and JPEG files onto the hard drive
- Gracenote database installed on the hard disk drive, which provides song identification, including composer, artist and title
- Playlist creation capability to provide easy access to files
- Voice memo recording, which allows a message up to 3 minutes long to be recorded using the microphone integrated into the rearview mirror
- DVD and Radio screen, which can display movies (when vehicle is not in motion)
- Audio mini jack to connect personal audio devices to the audio system
In addition to MyGIG, the 2007 Chrysler Sebring also offers a unique combination of features not usually found on mid sized vehicles, including:
- Standard leather trimmed heated front seats
- Heated/cooled front cupholder. System cools to 1.6 degrees Celsius and heats to 60 degrees Celsius to chill or heat beverages (late availability)
- Light-Emitting Diode (LED) directional interior lighting with high-focus white lights in both the front and rear seats (late availability)
- Auxiliary audio input jack that provides MP3 connectivity on all Sebring audio systems
- MP3 play capability
- Express down front windows on the key fob
- 60/40 fold-flat rear seats
- Fold-flat front passenger seat
- Cabin air-filtration system with standard automatic climate control
- Sliding centre console armrest bin with dual bin in front seat storage
- Tuning in to MyGIG
The Chrysler Sebring is available with a variety of audio systems, and it will be the first Chrysler-brand vehicle to offer the innovative MyGIG multimedia navigation, audio, entertainment and communication system from Harman/Kardon. Sebring owners can use touch screen or voice commands to control MyGIG's features. The system also includes a 20-gigabyte hard drive where owners can store their favourite music, photos and voice messages.
Chrysler Group also is also leading the way by offering an integrated music jukebox, supported by Gracenoteâ„¢ music-file management, which adds song, artist and album information to the music files automatically. In addition to the navigation software and mapping, the hard drive can hold approximately 1,600 songs, which equals more than 100 hours of music. There also is a voice-memo recorder feature, which allows a message up to 3 minutes long to be recorded using the microphone integrated into the rearview mirror so Sebring owners can leave themselves convenient reminders.
MyGIG's voice dialogue system recognises more than 100,000 words and is capable of learning and growing. The navigation has both 2-D and 3-D bird's-eye views of roads and multiple route calculation. Maps and guidance are displayed on a motorised, flip-down 6.5-inch thin-film-transistor (TFT) display. The TFT screen uses active matrix for viewing from angles up to 180 degrees - perfect for the centre of an instrument panel.
All of Sebring's available radio head units feature a 3.5 mm audio input jack for easy connection to any MP3 player. The base audio system offers six speakers, AM/FM stereo and CD/DVD with MP3 compatibility. An available, premium six-speaker Boston Acoustics Sound System with 6-channel amplifier delivers superior sound quality and loudness with improved amplification and sound clarity. An optional radio head features an integrated six-disc CD/DVD changer and can also play back CD/DVDs with MP3 and WMA files. This radio head is available with either of the six-speaker systems. Loading the changer with CDs or discs full of MP3-formatted music will provide thousands of kilometres worth of music.
Class-leading Safety Features
Safety and security are a top priority among mid-size car buyers in Australia, and the all-new 2007 Chrysler Sebring offers a unique combination of class-leading safety features that are designed to keep occupants both safe and secure. Sebring's safety cage is constructed with dual-phase, high-strength and ultra-high-strength steel components designed to protect occupants in all driving situations. Sebring's extremely strong safety cage is complemented with a combination of standard safety items demanded by buyers in the mid-size segment, including:
- Advanced multi-stage front air bags
- Side-curtain air bags
- Front-seat-mounted side air bags
- Electronic Stability Control (ESP) with all speed traction control
- Anti-lock brakes with brake assist and electronic brake force distribution
- ABS and ESP Keep Sebring's Wheels on the Road
Chrysler Group is offering standard anti-lock brakes (ABS) on all 2007 Chrysler Sebring models. Sebring's ABS system helps the driver keep the vehicle under control by preventing wheel lock-up when the driver brakes on slippery surfaces.
The 2007 Chrysler Sebring also is the Chrysler Group's first mid-size vehicle to offer Electronic Stability Program (ESP) bundled with Brake Assist and Traction Control. ESP is standard on both Sebring models. ESP helps the Sebring driver maintain stability and does everything within the limits of vehicle traction to keep Sebring on course. ESP also helps maintain forward traction by constantly monitoring wheel speed sensor signals. If there is any indication of slippage, ESP engages, applying the brakes and, if necessary, closing the throttle to maintain traction. Sebring's ESP system works best in slick driving conditions, including wet, snowy, icy, sandy or gravel roads, as well as on hot, dry pavement where a thin layer of oil can form, causing the surface to be slick.
Hydraulic Brake Assist and Traction Control are bundled with ESP and help Sebring drivers keep control of their vehicle.
A pressure sensor in the ESP hydraulic module determines when the driver is making an emergency stop by measuring the rate at which the driver applies the brake. A high rate of pedal pressure application causes the ESP system to apply maximum hydraulic pressure to the brakes and the vehicle stops as quickly as the available traction will allow.
Traction Control helps the Sebring maintain traction by applying the brakes and in some cases closing the throttle to minimise wheel spin during acceleration.
Advanced Structural Technologies and Sound Deadening Materials Form All-new Chrysler Sebring's Safe, Solid Structure and Minimise Noise, Vibration and Ride Harshness.
- High-strength steel reduces Sebring's weight, improves impact performance
- Structure designed to meet aggressive regulatory impact requirements
- Sealants and sound-deadening materials create whisper quiet driving experience, reduce noise, vibration and harshness
The all-new 2007 Chrysler Sebring features many advanced steel technologies that reduce weight and unwanted noise, while also creating a safe, solid, stiff structure that provides excellent impact performance, a smooth ride and solid handling. Top that with world-class levels of sealants and sound-deadening materials, and the Chrysler Sebring offers an exceptionally quiet ride, with minimal road, wind and powertrain noise.
High-strength Steel Forms a Protective Shell Around Vehicle Occupants
By mass, Sebring's body structure is a combined 30 percent mix of hot-stamped and high-strength steel. Hot-stamped steel A-pillars, B-pillars and roof rail reinforcements reduce upper body weight by 14kg's, compared with traditional steel.
In addition to high-strength and hot-stamped steel, Sebring also features dual-phase steel in the rear rails, tunnel reinforcement and sills. Dual-phase steel allows these components to handle greater loads than conventional steels, which helps them manage impact energy more effectively, while still being relatively easy to stamp and control dimensionally. In addition, in the event of a high-speed front impact, the design of the structure and the properties of the steel combine to protect the occupants by absorbing the impact energy in a controlled manner.
Dual-phase and high-strength steels are strategically located in the sill construction, providing an efficient cross-section-to-weight balance. As many as four layers of metal (including dual-phase and high-strength steel of various shapes and sizes) provide optimum impact energy management. Chrysler Sebring also features very large sills, which provide exceptional structural rigidity.
Sealants, Sound Deadening Materials and Fine-tuning Reduce Noise, Vibration and Harshness
The all-new Chrysler Sebring's use of structural adhesives is world-class. Components joined with new structural adhesives improve stiffness and impact energy management compared with other joining methods such as spot welding and laser welding.
Tougher, more elastic adhesives add strength to Sebring's joints during an impact. Sebring's stronger joints create a more rigid structure and minimise noise, vibration and harshness in the passenger compartment, giving the Sebring more body stiffness, which contributes to its excellent ride quality, comfort and interior quietness.
Sebring's doors are triple sealed to reduce wind noise. A continuous, one-piece channel-type weather strip mounted in a three-piece roll-formed channel in the upper door frames seals both sides of the windows to prevent wind noise and water leaks.
Chrysler Group engineers also extensively tuned the new Sebring and added many special treatments to alleviate road, wind and powertrain noise and vehicle shake, including:
- Acoustic engine covers are used to absorb and dampen noise
- Powertrain and body mounts are tuned to minimise shake, as well as improve instrument panel stiffness, steering column-to-instrument panel stiffness and instrument-panel-to-body stiffness
- The air induction system, accessory drive mounting and exhaust system are tuned to reduce powertrain noise and improve sound quality
- The A-pillar and exterior mirrors were aerodynamically developed in the wind tunnel to reduce wind noise
- A noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) package isolates the passenger compartment from powertrain inputs and other sources of NVH
- Multiple rib-like indentations in the floor pan and applied mastic sound-deadening material reduce boom and add to Sebring's extremely quiet ride
- Expandable Polyurethane Foam (PUR®) injected into cavities in the body structure prevents noise from being transmitted to the passenger compartment.
- Every hole and cavity is covered with a plug or patch
- Bituminous mastic pads are bonded to the floor pan to dampen vibration and act as a noise barrier
- Dampers on the dash and the rear wheel houses consisting of a layer of mastic between two layers of metal are adhesive bonded to flat surfaces that might otherwise resonate
- Chrysler Sebring Model Line up
Fuel economy is a high-priority for many of today's car buyers, and the 2007 Chrysler Sebring, with it's 2.4-litre petrol engine with dual variable valve timing and 4 speed automatic assist to deliver excellent fuel efficiency of 8.9 litres per 100 kilometres, as well as smooth, quiet operation.
The 2007 Chrysler Sebring is available in Australia in two models: Chrysler Sebring Touring and Chrysler Sebring Limited.
2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring
The 2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring model has a starting price of $33,990 (RRP). The Chrysler Sebring Touring model includes leather-trimmed seats, a fold-flat passenger seat, a brushed aluminium-look instrument panel, cluster bezels and door trim, chrome interior door handles, express-up/down windows for both the driver and passenger and express down windows on the key fob, LED map lights, lighted visor mirrors, rear passenger assist grab handles, six speakers and Chrysler's heated/cooled front cup holder.
Other standard equipment includes both side-curtain and side seat-mounted thorax air bags, anti-lock brakes, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, an electroluminescent cluster with outside temperature display, telescoping steering wheel, driver seat lumbar with manual height adjuster, AM/FM/CD radio with MP3 connectivity and play capability, Chrysler signature analogue clock in instrument panel, sliding sun visor, sliding front centre armrest, an upper and lower bin in the centre console, a second power outlet, 60/40 folding rear seat with centre arm rest, rear door map pockets with bottle holders and driver's side front-seat-back map pocket.
Standard exterior equipment on the Chrysler Sebring Touring includes Touring Edition badging, painted and heated power mirrors, quad headlamps with off-time delay, fog lamps and 17-inch aluminium wheels and tyres.
Available options on the Chrysler Sebring Touring model, in addition to the options available on the Sebring model, include MyGIG a cutting-edge Harman/Kardon navigation/infotainment system and electric sunroof.
2007 Chrysler Limited
With a starting price of $37,490 (RRP) the Chrysler Sebring Limited adds even more contemporary luxury features to an already outstanding package. These include an electric tilt and slide sunroof and 6–disc AM/FM/CD/DVD audio system 6 Boston Accoustics premium speaker and channel 276 watt digital amplifier.
Including standard equipment such as both side-curtain and side seat-mounted thorax air bags, anti-lock brakes, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, an electroluminescent cluster with outside temperature display, telescoping steering wheel, driver seat lumbar with manual height adjuster, AM/FM/CD radio with MP3 connectivity and play capability, Chrysler signature analogue clock in instrument panel, sliding sun visor, sliding front centre armrest, an upper and lower bin in the centre console, a second power outlet, 60/40 folding rear seat with centre arm rest, rear door map pockets with bottle holders and driver's side front-seat-back map pocket.
In addition, other premium amenities include 18-inch alloy wheels, concealed headlamp washers and Chrysler's patented tortoise shell accents, steering wheel, dashboard and door trim.
Electronic Vehicle Information Control (EVIC)
An interactive digital display located in the instrument cluster conveniently displays information and can be controlled by switches mounted in the centre stack switch bank. The system allows the Sebring driver to select from a menu of useful information. Chrysler Sebring owners can personalise their settings, such as having the lights flash and horn honk when locking and unlocking the vehicle using Remote Keyless Entry. The Chrysler Sebring's Electronic Vehicle Information Control (EVIC) also gives owners the ability to scroll through the compass/outside temperature, average fuel economy, distance to empty, trip elapsed time and tyre-pressure monitoring displays.
Class-leading Safety and Security Features
- Advanced multi-stage front air bags: provide nearly instantaneous occupant protection by matching air bag output to crash severity
- Standard side-curtain air bags: deploy from the headliner to provide two rows of side-impact protection to outboard occupants
- Front-seat-mounted side air bags: deploy for enhanced thorax protection during a side impact
- Anti-lock Brake System (ABS): senses and prevents wheel lockup, offering improved steering control under extreme braking and/or slippery conditions
- Electronic Stability Program (ESP) with Traction Control: assists the driver in maintaining vehicle directional stability by applying selective braking and throttle control to control oversteer, understeer and to maintain traction during acceleration on slippery surfaces
- Brake Assist (included with ESP): ensures 100 percent brake efficiency during panic brake situations
- All-speed Traction Control (included with ESP): senses drive-wheel slip and applies individual brakes to a slipping wheel(s), and can reduce excess engine power until traction is regained
- Auto-reverse Sun Roof: advanced sensing system that automatically engages and reverses the sun roof (to the open position) in the event of unexpected contact
- Auto-reverse Windows: automatically engages and reverses the window (to the down position) in the event of unexpected contact
- Structural safety cage: protects occupants by managing and controlling energy in the event of an impact
- Side guard door beams: in front and rear doors provide occupant protection during a side impact
- Auto-dimming rear-view mirror: dims the light to ease headlight reflection in the driver's eyes
- Belt Alert: provides an audible and visual warning to alert drivers when their seat belt is unfastened
- Brake/Park Interlock: Prevents an automatic transmission from being shifted out of Park until the brake pedal is applied
- Child Seat Anchor System (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren [LATCH]): eases installation of compatible aftermarket child seats
- Child-protection Rear Door Locks: disable the rear doors' inside-release handle via a small lever on the door-shut face
- Constant Force Retractors (CFR): distributes force or load exerted on a seat belt, and then gradually releases the seat-belt webbing in a controlled manner
- Crumple Zones: compress during an accident to absorb energy from an impact, decreasing transfer of that energy to the occupants
- Daytime Running Lamps: increase visual contrast between the Sebring and its surrounding environment
- Energy-absorbing Steering Column: utilises two hydroformed coaxial tubes that can move relative to each other to allow the column to move forward for enhanced energy-absorption during a crash. The tilt-adjustable steering column employs a calibrated bending element that deforms during column stroke for optimal energy management
- Enhanced Accident Response System (EARS): makes it easier for emergency personnel to see and reach occupants in the event of an accident by turning on the interior lighting and unlocking the doors after air-bag deployment. Also shuts off the flow of fuel to the engine
- Height-adjustable Front Seat Belts: allow the driver and front passenger to raise and lower the shoulder belt. For a more comfortable fit
- Interior Head-impact Protection: includes interior pillars above the belt line and instrument panel including areas around windshield and rear window headers, roof and side-rail structures, and shoulder-belt turning loops specifically designed to limit head-impact force
- Knee Bolsters: in the lower instrument panel and the glove-box door are designed to properly position the occupant, enabling the air bags to work effectively
- Remote Keyless Entry: locks and unlocks doors, and turns on interior lamps.
- Seat-belt Pretensioners: immediately remove slack in the seat belts in a collision situation, thereby reducing the forward movement of the occupants' heads and torsos
- Security Alarm: blows the horn intermittently and flashes the turn signal lamps to deter vandalism and theft. It protects the vehicle from theft by monitoring both the door- and liftgate-ajar switches and the ignition circuit for unauthorised entry
- Sentry Key® Engine Immobiliser: utilises an engine key that has an embedded transponder with a pre-programmed security key code to shut the engine off after a few seconds if the correct key is not inserted.
- Side Occupant Protection System includes side-curtain air bags with roll detection system that deploy in certain rollover situations and side-impact events. Utilises information from multiple sensors to determine the severity of the impact
- Tyre Pressure Monitoring (TPM) System: alerts the driver to low pressure tyre(s) through the Electronic Vehicle Information Centre (EVIC) and displays individual tyre pressures.
- UConnect Hands-free Communication System uses Bluetooth technology to provide voice-activated wireless communication between the occupants' compatible mobile phone and the vehicle's onboard receiver. The hands-free option promotes safety, freedom, value and flexibility
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