I bought this car, because Chrysler was about to stop making them. I watched them for a few years and enjoyed the looks of the car. When I found out that they were going to be discontinued, I pulled the trigger and bought one. I found a yellow one, which automatically makes it my wife’s car and she really enjoyed driving it. We used to take it on weekend cruises and always had a great time with it. You couldn’t make it an overnight trip, though. The trunk was so small, that there wasn’t even room for my briefcase.
The car handled great, but I wasn’t thrilled with the motor. I understood the space limitations with the narrow front end, but the 6 cylinder motor really didn’t give it enough power. The only engine offered was a 253 HP 3.5 liter V6. If they could have thrown in a small block V-8, it would have been a lot more fun.
As most auto enthusiasts know, the Prowler began life in 1997 as a Plymouth, but became a Chrysler model when the Plymouth brand was phased out after the 2000 model year. Chrysler-branded examples are less common, accounting for fewer than half of all the Prowlers produced.
