---
title: "The Chrysler 300 Could Finally Die in 2023"
description: "Chrysler's classy sedan could give way to an electric SUV."
date: "2021-09-21"
modified: "2021-09-21"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/42464/the-chrysler-300-could-finally-die-in-2023"
categories:
  - "Chrysler News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "300"
  - "Chrysler"
  - "sedan"
---

# The Chrysler 300 Could Finally Die in 2023

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Chrysler's only sedan, the 300, is nearly a decade deep into a sales slide, and that can only mean one thing: The prognosis is terminal. [*Automotive News*](<https://www.autonews.com/chrysler-300>) gives the Chrysler 300 about two years to live, reporting that the sedan's production "could cease in 2023."

The current 300 and its platform-mate the Dodge Charger debuted in 2004 and 2005 respectively, on a chassis distantly related to the Mercedes-Benz E-class of then-partner Daimler. While Charger sales built and kept a head of steam, the 300 briefly peaked in the mid-2000s, only for the banking recession to call an end to the party. Sales never fully recovered, and the 300 has been on a slow glide into irrelevance since 2012, its sales shrinking every year since according to [*Car Sales Base*](<https://carsalesbase.com/us-chrysler-300/>).

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*2022 Chrysler 300S, *Stellantis**

Its outlook today is a bleak one, with *AN* projecting the 300's possible termination in 2023, and succession by an electric crossover in 2024. The outlet previously reported that was [due to happen sooner](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23695/report-chrysler-300-will-be-replaced-by-an-electric-crossover-in-2020>), in 2020, but that obviously didn't come to pass.

Why the slow-selling 300 would even stick around this long is because of how well its close relative has performed and may continue to do so. The Charger's future is [confirmed to stretch into at least 2024](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/42039/dodge-ceo-hints-that-current-charger-and-challenger-will-live-past-2024>), though it will eventually have to either coexist with or give way to [Dodge's mysterious all-wheel-drive electric muscle car](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41457/dodge-will-sell-an-electric-muscle-car-in-2024>). So while Dodge is unquestionably on track to survive into the EV era, there's serious doubt as to whether Chrysler can. Its only remaining models, after all, are the out-of-vogue combo of sedan and minivan. So with [a 10-year timer to prove its worth](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40582/stellantis-ceo-says-chrysler-other-struggling-brands-will-have-10-years-to-prove-worth>) ticking, the chips are down for Chrysler.

*Have inside knowledge on the Chrysler 300's future? Drop it here: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

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