Cirrus

Introduced for the 1995 model year, this midsize Chrysler sedan was part of the brand’s 1990s reboot and sat on the JA platform alongside related siblings from the same corporate family. It arrived during Chrysler’s cab-forward design era, when the company was moving away from its earlier boxier front-drive sedans and toward a more European-influenced shape and packaging philosophy. The nameplate was used on a single continuous generation that ran through the 2000 model year. In period context, it occupied an important middle ground in Chrysler’s lineup: larger and more upscale than compact entries, but below the flagship full-size sedans, with an emphasis on style and comfort rather than performance. The car is also remembered as part of the broader family of mid-1990s Chrysler sedans that helped define the brand’s modern identity before the nameplate was retired after the 2000 model year.