Word: chromed
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Ralph Gilles is showing off his Chrysler 300C, and as he points out details like chrome accents on the door trim, he insists that he has just one complaint: "It doesn't come with dubs." In hip-hop car lingo, dubs are oversize, 20-in. wheels. And Gilles is a big-wheel guy. An amateur racer, he hits the track on weekends with his 10-cylinder Dodge Viper--a nerve-racking hobby for his wife, the mother of his two young kids. As soon as he got his 300C for street use, he supersized it with black dubs. "It looks...
FATHER FIGURE Few Presidents have been bald. The last was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Luckily, he ran both times against another chrome dome, Adlai Stevenson...
With its high shoulders, squat stance and a front grille that struts like a chrome peacock, Chrysler's new 300C draws its styling cues from the big American rumble seaters of the 1950s--and if you like that retro Big Daddy look, it doesn't disappoint. Powered by a V-8 Hemi, a revival of a classic Chrysler engine design, the car delivers 340 h.p. and 390 lb.-ft. of torque to the rear wheels, escalating the power wars for vehicles in its class. Considering its curb weight (4,018 lbs.), it handles with a surprisingly nimble feel and features...
...Qualia digital camera (available in June) is a techie piece de resistance, with styling that evokes Connery-era Bond. Thumb size and weighing just 2 oz., the camera comes in a leather-and-chrome briefcase with loads of accessories, from flash unit to telephoto lens to video-output connector for viewing shots on TV. The camera uses a thin lithium-ion battery and the smallest autofocus lens available and has only two buttons on its exterior. Image quality is a mere two megapixels, but some nice software tricks compensate for the lack of resolution...
Qualia's extravagance gets a bit out of hand with the $1,900 MiniDisc player (also out in June), which is chrome plated, carved out of solid brass--to eliminate structural seams that weaken over time--and accompanied by silicone-tipped brass earbuds. Sure, it basically performs the same functions as a run-of-the-mill $80 player, but its slick, cold body has a heft that's absolutely seductive...