This luxury two-seat roadster was the product of Chrysler’s late-1980s collaboration with Maserati, conceived as an upmarket halo car to give the brand a more exotic image. Although the project had originally been planned for an earlier debut, the nameplate reached the market for the 1989 model year and was built in limited numbers during a short, single production run. The car was assembled in Italy and sold as a premium convertible with a strong grand-touring emphasis, aiming to blend American branding with Italian styling and craftsmanship.
The model became known for its unusual positioning: it sat well above mainstream Chrysler convertibles in price and exclusivity, yet it arrived just as the company’s more conventional front-drive convertibles had already established the basic market shape. That timing, along with the car’s related-but-not-identical styling language, made it both distinctive and controversial from the start. Enthusiasts often remember it as one of the most ambitious and most talked-about Chrysler specialty cars of its era.
Production was curtailed early, with the build run ending in calendar year 1990 and only a small number of 1991 model-year examples completed as carryover cars. Because it did not disappear and later return under the same nameplate, it is best understood as a single, brief chapter in Chrysler history rather than a revived or multi-era badge.