The Chrysler 300C SRT8 Touring Is The Muscle Wagon You Always Wanted (But Still Can’t Get In The USA)

Long before the days of dropping Hellcat motors into Durangos or 392s into Wranglers, Chrysler built the 300 SRT8. The 300C and 300 HEMI both were well-received sedans. Fans loved the even more extreme SRT8 version but here in the states we never received an even rarer beast, the Chrysler 300 SRT8 Touring.

This isn’t the same Touring trim found on many US models of the 300 either. This is a 300 SRT8 Wagon built in the factory and then heavily modified with a peak power figure featuring 500 horses. When we say heavily modified, that’s putting it a bit light if we’re honest. The original car made just 431 horses.

Under the hood is the same 6.1-liter HEMI V8 from the original car but now it’s sporting a bevy of performance upgrades. They include an HHP/BES Stage 1 Custom 268 Camshaft, a MagnaFlow exhaust System, Kooks 2-inch stainless steel headers, and a Diablosport CMR Performance tuner to make sure all of the components are happy and healthy.

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The transmission is also a custom unit built to handle up to 1,000-horsepower according to the ebay listing. What’s truly incredible though is that the rest of this 300 SRT8 Touring is just as unique. Inside you’ll find technology that a new 300C won’t have. That includes a custom steering wheel with carbon fiber inserts and a screen displaying lots of data including shift timing, speed, and RPMs.

Then there’s the trio of screens. The center control stack features a fairly standard center screen but what’s surprising, for a car made in 2007, are the other two in the back. On each front seat headrest is another tablet-style display for each rear seat passenger. The interior upholstery is upgraded with quilted leather.

Then there’s the outside which, despite looking like a very gaudy wrap, isn’t. It’s actually a very gaudy hand-painted orange accent atop the original black paint. The rear decklid and canards are custom carbon fiber pieces too.

The seller is asking just $47,500 for the car on eBay. On the face of it, that sounds like an awful lot, but then again, it’s a model that Chrysler never offered here in America and barely sold overseas. Keep in mind that it won’t be legal here in the USA for many years to come. It is however legal to import to Canada from its current home in Greece. So if you’re in the great white north, perhaps this could be your unicorn.