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The car featured much aluminum in the chassis. In many cases, the components were adhesive bonded. One of the most striking features of the car was the open, Indy-racer-style front wheels. The design of the Prowler was said to have been done by Chrysler engineers after they were given free reign over whatever they wanted in a "hot rod" or "sportster" type car. At one point or another, the Prowler was available in the following 12 colors: Prowler Purple Metallic; Prowler Yellow Clear Coat; Prowler Black Clear Coat; Prowler Red Clear Coat; Woodward Edition (Two-tone Black/Red); Prowler Silver Metallic; Black Tie Edition (Two-tone Black/Silver); Orange Pearl Coat; Midnight Blue Pearl Coat - Mulholland Edition; Inca Gold Pearl Coat; Deep Candy Red Pearl Coat; High Voltage Blue Pearl Coat - Conner Avenue Edition; (only one of which was produced and auctioned at Christie's) The Prowler was first introduced as a 1997 model, offered only in purple the first year. There was no 1998 model. After the Plymouth marque was discontinued in 2001, the Prowler was sold as a Chrysler until 2002. The model was replaced by the Chrysler Crossfire for 2004. In 1998, a Prowler prototype was buried in a time capsule in Tulsa, Oklahoma to be unearthed in 2048, whereupon it will be returned to DaimlerChrysler.
TriviaA scale model Prowler carved out of amethyst was made in 1997 to celebrate the car's launch. The finished car had about 9600 karats of jewel in it. It also included 1 lb of white gold for some components. More detail can be found here. (picture and information taken from Guinness Book of Records Millennium Edition. Here is a link to the Guinness Book of Records website.)
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