1996 Eagle Vision TSi | Retro Review
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- Sleek lines with a sporty flow, the Vision Tsi was an awesome looking sedan, too bad they've been wiped from existence.
Show 1612 | Original Airdate 11.20.1996
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It's hard to believe that the LH cars are 30 years old as of this posting. They were such a huge leap for Chrysler at the time (and some of the last true Chryslers, not being Mercedes or Fiat chassis) and look better than most cars on the road today. I miss decent looking cars.
No Mercedes or Fiat but plenty of Renault influence by way of the Eagle Premier, the LH platform's spiritual father.
New cars are hideous, they all look angry and designed by gamers
Yeah I think the K car is really the last true Chrysler.
The LH were from AMC and Renault just like the Jeep Grand Cherokee. It shared basically no design language with any of Chrysler’s cars which is why they were so radical at the time compared to… say… the Plymouth Acclaim or the Chrysler Fifth Avenue.
I just got a brand new one from the Dodge/Plymouth/Eagle/Imperial dealer on the main drag. My cousin recommended it as a funky grocery getter. I agree!
@@MyerShift7 the LX shares alot more with the E Class than suspension and an optional 5 speed automatic. When you take them apart piece by piece you'll see an alarming amount of similarities.
Good looking car even by today’s standards
I remember how radical these cars were when they debuted.
The cab forward Design was pretty cool for that era
I am still dailying a cab forward LH chrysler. 320000km and stillgoing strong
@@Welcometofacsistube Any issues with the transmission? I seem to recall them being a trouble spot for the LH cars
They shocked the industry the same way the Ford Taurus did.
@@chrisfreemesser5707 they have the same issues any other 90s front wheel drive cars have. Excessive heat.
Dare I say the eagle vision looks gorgeous still to this day
I dare you to say that. Looks like a Lumina 😂
Dodge Inteprid looked waaay better
You dared.
@@mikmoe6829 no way. The lumina looks cheap by comparison.
@@Koexistence13 yet, this car was actually cheaper. Lumina was a pos, but this thing was worse. Didn't last as long either.
2:11 That guy was banging that gear stick lol
Spanking
@@kamrankhan-lj1ng hahaha indeed
He clearly had anger issues, I wonder what ever became of him.
These cars were fantastic and well ahead of their time. I had a Chrysler LHS and I still love the styling.
I had a 2nd gen concord, and it was a piece of shit!
Man, I don't know about all that. I had one of these and traded it for an Integra GSR that was wayyyyyyy better in every single way, despite being a couple years older than the Vision was.
I haven't seen any Visions in a long time. I would buy one of these today if I ever cane across one. And dare I say it looks better than alot of newer cars?
We had one. Had 250k on the 3.5 when we sold it. It was a big, quick comfortable car that handled well. Only issues were suspension bushings.
Yea it’s crazy how much more reliable that engine was compared to the 2.7 which was almost the same design. The 3.5 and 4.0 usually outlasted the rest of the vehicle they were in lol
Suspension bushings are a problem in any aged car. Even second generation Lexus LS400 has bad wearing bushings.
This would have been a great companion vehicle to my 1998 Cherokee. Always liked the looks of the LH cars. But the Eagle was certainly the best looking. Too bad they don’t seem to exist today
They were gorgeous cars, but ultimately they were disposable junk. A shame as the design still looks good now.
@@MercOne Funny I saw a 1st gen LH car drive down my street a few months back. Probably the 1st time I've seen one in a decade or so.
Imagine an Eagle Vision with the build quality of a Lexus... It'd be an alternate reality dream!
@@marco1173 I would seek one out to put in the garage forever. It’s a gorgeous car all these years later.
@@tomdell9836 I can’t remember the last time I saw one. We had several in the family back when but they were so problematic that most of my family went Japanese after that.
This was my first car in 1996, green with the grey trim. I loved it. I crashed out a few years later but our first cars are always filled with amazing memories.
I had an Eagle Premier as my first car.
The Intrepid/LHS, Chrysler Cirrus LXI were sharp cars IMO back then..I remember..too bad they didn't last long. Almost never see any today.
@@MyerShift7 whatever tough guy...I daily drive a 95 Grand Cherokee which I love. Oh yeah...isn't that a Chrysler product?
the front end looks like an early 90s Honda Prelude
Your right it does!!
I was just about to comment that.
No doubt! Wish edition
Now I can’t unsee it!
Absolutely. I read that Honda modeled the Prelude after an eagle. Yes the bird. No surprise that Eagle modeled their flagship car after an Eagle as well.
Can't remember when the last time was when I saw one of these on the road.
That's because they no longer exist!
Yesterday.
@@Canadian_Gamer I see plenty of cars this old and older, just never these….
Maybe because it was a long long time ago?
Chrysler didn't build that many Visions over 4 years. They were slow sellers even when new. The only LH rarer than the Vision is the New Yorker (94-96)
I had a '95 model in my early 20's. Still one of my favourite cars I've owned
Why is that man slapping the stick so hard
For the emphasis on “sport” and “slap stick” lol.
I was in one of these back in the day, and noticed that the ride was very smooth, and the interior and instrumentation well thought out... However, the owner rarely ever used it in the "slapshift" mode, and only once to show me how it worked while I was in it... He said that the whole thing had gotten old fast, and how he would've been better off saving a little money and choosing the regular Chrysler branded fully loaded LHS of that model year...
He wouldn't have saved any money lol the LHS was the flagship for Chrysler, over $30,000. He should've gotten an ESi if he wanted to save some money lol
@@nolimitsnuttbusts4u - In '96 the area where he resided (Kansas City and surrounding area, where everyone also had a Ram, Ford, or Chevy truck), the Eagle Vision, Plymouth Breeze, and Dodge Intrepid were the sought after cab forward vehicles (Fully loaded, including the 3.5 V6 and the Infinity stereo, of course) while those huge LHS and New Yorkers sat in the lots gathering dust... You could literally make your own deal with those! It depended upon which part of America you resided in then...
@@Jhihmoac still wouldn't have saved money lol
I had a 2001 Chrysler Intrepid. Loved it. Big, comfortable and handled like a compact. Yes it was a Chrysler, not a Dodge because it was a Canadian version that was brought to the US.
I love the styling of the first gen LH cars. They were so modern for the time and still look modern today. The styling had so much sportiness and contemporary.
The exterior styling still looks good in 2023. The interior plastic is harsh looking.
But better than GMs of that era
I'm late 40s now and I like this car. Interior a little plasticy but over all a nice package. Its almost 30 years later so seeing one in the wild is unlikely but I wonder if they have longevity
I can't remember the last time I saw any of the first-generation LH cars in the wild, so that tells me something.
@@danmccarthy4700 I saw a LHS about a month ago but it was a total beater
Haven't seen one of these in years - I owned a 94 Vision briefly (stolen) and a 94 Dodge Intrepid, both base models with the 3.3L V6, fairly reliable overall but the transmissions were dicey and some interior materials were cheap and brittle. I remember the front suspension on the Intrepid was fairly clunky and seemed to need refreshing even at lower mileage. Great looking cars though, I traded the Intrepid in for a new Olds Aurora in 96 then a new LHS in 99 which I loved. Last Chrysler was a 2005 300C which I still own today as a 2nd car but I currently daily drive a 2018 Infiniti Q70.
@@Stressless2023 Aurora? That was another interesting car to me. Almost a higher quality answer to the LHS type car. Trying to balance big American car with sport sedan qualities.
When I was a young salesman for Hall automotive in Virginia,I could sell across multiple new car lines .I had some customers drive this Vision ,and looked at 96 Nissan Maximas a few times. The Vision was a bit bigger obviously, but handled and drove as good or better than a Maxima SE Automatic for over $1500 less cash. Some actually chose this over the Maxima,which was import car of the year in the mid 90s! Chrysler had a good design and engineering team then ,to say the least! It still looks great too imo.
I hadn't seen one of these in a decade think they were some good looking cars always liked the style of exterior these and Intrepid's around that time are rare now.
@@dr.jillalicecooper2587 good one, Alice. Wrong, but funny. 🕷️🕸️
Most didn't make it out of the 90s. Add cash for clunkers in the 00s . These may be close to extinct by now.
The infinity sound system in these lh sedans is still to this day the best I’ve heard in any car. I had a 94 Concorde for many years.
I'll agree. I've had many top-of-the-line systems too. I have a 96 vision TSI with new infinity reference speakers and the factory headunit, sounds simply amazing, and the most musical, rich bass I've ever heard, in any car OR home system.
Yes I had a 2000 Sebring Jxi with the infinity stereo system and it was such a good system! Great well rounded sound ❤
The Eagle Vision was hands down the best looking first gen LH car, and in retrospect, I can't believe they couldn't do more to keep the brand alive, considering they also had the Talon, which was the best looking version of the Diamond-star trio for 2 generations straight.
My favorite Talon is the base model ESi. It's something about the clean nose, standard rear spoiler and cheesy plastic wheel covers that's irresistible to me lol best looking definitely
I haven't seen an Eagle Vision in a long time.
I’ve always felt these were the best looking of the LH cars. I’d totally own one now if I could just find a good example of one nowadays.
I also can’t seem to find any. I’m looking for that dark purple TSi.
You can find good examples in Sweden since he hurt almost everyone put their American cars in a warm garage over the winter and a lot of the autumn and bring them out. When does spring comes
I had one that I put 200k miles on. I loved that car.
Man, that rear legroom is on another level.
Can't say I've seen any of these after like 2002.
Compare that backseat to a Charger or 300 with a 120" long wheelbase and it makes you wonder why Chrysler got rid of everything it made such a big fuss about in the 80s and 90s...."front wheel drive traction"..."cab forward design". All that LH innovation went out the window with the LX cars for 2005. It's like they contradicted themselves lol
@@nolimitsnuttbusts4u yup
This styling always looked good to me.
My great aunt had one when I was a kid, she drove it everywhere and I’m thinking of getting one for old times sake
Blacked out with those chrome wheels looks mean! Beautiful car. Definitely the best looking of the LH platform.
The Eagle Vision that was only Eagle that Chrysler designed themselves. Every other Eagle model was either an AMC/Renault or Mitsubishi design
I love these old videos. Thank you! In watching this, I swear if you didn't know better, you'd think this was a Pontiac....especially in front end styling and everything in the interior.
Eagle was Chrysler's Pontiac LoL
I think it's in the headlights. The '97 Grand Prix's headlights are nearly identical.
When I was very young back in 2000 my grandparents had one of these and it was white My grandparents died when I just turned one year old I miss these cars and the memories I had in them
My best friend's dad in elementary school bought one of these new. It was a cool car then and still is today.
Bought a 96 Concorde in 06, 42400 miles when bought for $2500. That car would still kick most cars asses
2:12 That shirt just screams 1990's.
i like it
I never liked the looks, but these were a good product, especially for the time, it’s too bad none of these were ever really taken care of, I’m from DC and I used to see these in peoples backyard on bricks or full of leaves 🍃
This was my dream car back then. If I found one in good shape today I would buy
Chrysler was on top of their game here, remember my dad bringing home and LHS for the weekend no we were a Japanese car family since my dad worked for the fork lift division of Toyota but we were impressed with the car!
I never saw many of these back then. I like the rear end design.
The second gen Eagle Vision (aka Chrysler 300M) was the best of the LH cars, in my opinion 👌🏿
300M - such a nice car
The 300M Special Edition was a beauty
@@suwinky I have two of them 02 and 04
The 300M was a vision of a beauty.
I don't consider the 300M a Vision replacement because it only came in one model on debut unlike the Vision which offered 2 and the Vision offered 6 passenger seating.
2:12 this was the inspiration for Paul Walker's character in The Fast and The Furious
He punched that 4 speed like 6 times
IDK about longterm reliability, but Chrysler built some of the best looking, best bang-for-the-buck, best performing cars in the mid to late 90's. In early 2000 I was in the market for a car and wanted this '96 Stratus ES (fire engine red, V6) SOOOOOO BAD!! My grandpa wouldn't cosign for me, then changed his mind a couple days later and the car had been sold. 😭😭😭
I’ve always loved the LH cars, and the Vision is probably my favorite. Followed by the LHS.
Still looks handsome today.
I used to own a '95 Concorde. Loved it.
Good looking car especially in this all black guise.
Cab forward design...loves these cars along with the Diamante back in the day
These were great driving cars. I drove both the Chrysler and Eagle versions during this period as company cars. Very quiet and well behaved cars on the road at most speeds. Very good on gas when we really did not think about gas prices all that much! Sad we don't see these around any longer. I have not seen one in at least 15+ years.
I had a 91 eagle premier loved that car
The last time I saw an Eagle Vision TSI with autostick was this clip.
LH cars didn't have a long shelf life.
These interiors were giant
I remember those so well! They sold like hot cakes back then! They where so modern looking for their times! Now you hardly see them anymore!
Hot cakes😼
In 1994 my mom bought a brand new Dodge Intrepid. It was one of the best cars we ever had and we loved it. I always thought the Eagle Vision was the nicest variant of that car. It still looks great today.
I had the Chrysler version LHS and I loved it. It spent a lot of time in the shop though.
My favorite car of the mid 90s was the Vision TSi in that purple shade.
Still a beautiful car. There's just something about cars that came out in the early 90s that still look so good to this day. The Vision undersold compared to the Intrepid it was based on, probably because it was nothing more than a higher priced rebadging of that car. Similar to the way Mercury was with Ford.
There was no price difference but they didn’t get the advertising the others did. Plus not every dealer sold Eagle
The Vision was good looking for the time and innovative with the auto stick and you could also get a built in car seat in the center position. It just didn’t make sense to have the Eagle brand by the mid 90s, so it wasn’t surprising when they cancelled it.
Always have my eye out for one of these =)
Could you upload the 2004 Volkswagen Phaeton episode?
My dad was a livery driver. He had 3
Dodge Intrepids. I was a small, imported car guy. But damn I loved driving the LH cars. Felt very nimble for the size.
Loved LH cars. I remember when I was a kid we test drove one and the oil pump failed on the test drive. Next one had a bad transmission - both brand new 😭
I remember when a decent used car was that cheep. Now a decent used car rivals the down payment of a nice house. Well, it does in the dead end town I am stuck in.
This 24 valve v6 was a slug when brand new. When it had 5 k miles on it, it was a totally different impressive motor.
That’s true. I know my 3.5 94 Concorde went to 0-60 faster than the 8.5 seconds mentioned here.
I preferred the Eagle Vision over Dodge Intrepid; it had a different personality…
He was petty rough with that stick lol. And funny how every car has that feature now
I think the early to late 90’s was Chrysler/Dodge most innovative decade, stylistically. Personally don’t love what they have coming out now.
Agreed. It’s sad how far they’ve fallen.
The merger with Daimler in '98 destroyed the company...hasn't been the same since, unfortunately
@@chrisfreemesser5707 and you can thank that German junk pos company for that
Dodge must be doing something right. They are the choice brand at trailer parks, poor areas and Walmart parking lots…
@@stevemcgowen
I can't stand Dodge, but I have to disagree with you. Chevrolet is the choice brand for trailer parks, the hood and Walmart parking lots. (Particularly the 2000-2013 Impala.)
I know where one of these is sitting abandoned in tall grass along the shores of Nova Scotia. I haven't been there in a long time but google earth shows it still snug in the tall grass.
No way! I’m not far from NS. I’d love a Vision
@@jonmopar7917 it's in Louisbourg (not Lunenburg) and it's rough looking. Got that 90s Chrysler paint peel on the hood.
Google Earth often uses old imagery
@@kowalski5599 that’s how they all ended up…neglected long before they expired. And with the trade mark burnt paint no less lol
I swear this car is rocking Galant Headlights.
LOVE the Vision and LH cars! I have some videos on my channel of my Custom 96' Vision TSI that I have a full Chrysler LHS interior installed in, 3.89 final drive gears from a 300m special. and a few other things.
Good stuff
These are so rare. I have not seen one in well over 10 or 15 years. Looks good for a 1996 though.
Man. I really wanted one
it's rare to see any of the LH cars still on the road which is a damn shame because they look so good
A very handsome sedan!
Now we’re talking! Compared to everything else, in 93 when they first came out, this was the pinnacle
My dad had a 99chrysler 300M nice handling car in my opinion the best in the Chrysler line up smooth driving car with plenty of power
3:46 Nice
I had the intrepid those years with the 3.5. It was as quick as my buddys SHO. Had the 3.2 automatic car.
Bring back Eagle. Love to see a new Vision and Talon and a electric Summit.
MW seemed to really praise this car back in the day! I've never had the chance to spend time with one of these cars but I did see them pretty often from about 1996 to 2010, then they sharply declined in sightings along with other first gen LH cars. Was the Vision more reliable than the Dodge and Chrysler LH offerings?
Vision isn't any more or less reliable than it's sister cars. These cars were actually just as reliable as any other V6 powered large front wheel drive cars back in the day. The reason why you don't see many now is because they are challenging to work on thanks to the unusual engine layout and they have poor resale value which means the slightest little parking lot ding will total the car and send it to the scrap yard in perfectly good safe running condition.
This helped turn their image around for sure. I dont think these we're bad cars at all for the time
My parents had one. I think it was the best car they ever owned.
Unfortunately it was rear ended and pushed into the back of a pickup truck at a traffic light.
“So in response to Eagle dealer demands for a unique model… _they got a rebadged LH car.”_ 💀😩😂
Sensacional 👏👏👏
That boy is really slapping his stick!
Eagle Talon and Vision TSi was a great pair of American cars
I mean...the Vision was just a sister car of the Intrepid. And the Talon was a Mistubishi Eclipse in different clothes. I wouldnt car them great. Or American.
Early paddle shifters that still no one uses.
Best car ❤
I haven't seen one in years
Looking back I would say the only problem with this vehicle is the quality and reliability of vehicles Chrysler produced just prior to these which haunted consumers. This seems like a highly under appreciated vehicle which had that been realized earlier could have saved the Eagle brand.
Related to the platform that would inspire the Kuruma, the most iconic car in GTA 3 (though the Kuruma's exterior styling is mostly based off the 1999 - 2004 300M and 2001 - 2006 Sebring)
yea, its on the first mission lol
The platform for this vehicle originally derived from American Motors
our family owned one of these from 96-2010 . engine was very reliable, but transmission fluid dissappeared with no signs of leaks and motor mounts and steering rack bushings disintegrated. we got 150k miles before selling it. This one was So reliable we bought another chrysler and that was a disaster.
It's a good looking car.
like an Olds Intrigue basically.
I remember watching this review back in 96'. When I heard John Davis said, using the "auto stick" adds 1/10 of a sec. I thought it was a joke back then, it still is today.
AutoStick doesn't do anything more than manually selecting the gears with a PRND21 shifter can. It just makes it easier I guess lol I'd say a non beneficial gimmick and a sales tactic at best. But ever since then we have seen a rise in slap shifters. They're useless. If people want to shift they should man up and buy a manual. And these same people then complain about the automatics they shift manually being unreliable lol
@@nolimitsnuttbusts4u Autostick in my 99 300M changes the RPM and shift quality. It shifts a little higher, almost just before the rev limiter and shifts slightly harder, not tire chirping, but it does change some. I don't know if it's the same for the Eagle or not.
@@JrGoonior Noooo lol it doesn't change the actual performance results wide open throttle. It's a gimmick. The firmer shifts aren't a good thing, either. It's your transmission wearing out. The 42LE is a self adjusting smooth operator, not a firm operator. Expect a transmission replacement soon lol.
Uau que carro lindo em amigão olha que lembra pura nastalgia sensacional 😁👍🎤🎤
This was the first mainstream, affordable vehicle to offer a “manumatic” (which Chrysler called Autostick) transmission. I remember reading somewhere that Porsche and I believe Acura offered a manumatic transmission but of course those were much more expensive, rarer vehicles at the time which is why this vehicle truly was the first mainstream vehicle to offer it. I also vaguely remember reading an article that advertised how you could downshift at lower speeds in order to slow the car down instead of using the brakes (thereby extending the life of your brakes) but then later I heard that one should NOT downshift to slow down because it was so hard on the transmission and engine and they were already unreliable and prone to failure!