Could it be that Chrysler was just following the pattern of having its mid-size coupe and convertible share the same name?Īlternatively, it’s been suggested that naming the JX convertible “Sebring” was a move made in response to the Sebring coupe’s low demand. With the LeBaron convertible ending production in 1995, it came as somewhat a surprise that its in-house, Chrysler-engineered successor also wore the Sebring badge, despite no mechanical or visual relation to the coupe.
Due to these circumstances, the Sebring and Avenger coupes shared little in common with non-DSM Mopar products. Built by Diamond Star Motors, Chrysler’s manufacturing joint-venture with Mitsubishi, the 1995 Sebring coupe and its Dodge Avenger sibling were mechanically related to the Mitsubishi Eclipse/Eagle Talon, as well as the Mitsubishi Galant, from which their platform was derived from. Recycling the name of a trim level used on the Plymouth Satellite in the early-’70s, the first Chrysler Sebring arrived mid-way through the 1995 model year in the form of a fixed-roof coupe, as replacement for the 1993 LeBaron coupe. Much like later Cutlasses, the final Sebring sedans left more than just a unique name in the way of desire. Just like Oldsmobile and their proliferation of various, vastly different from one another Cutlass models, Chrysler was also guilty of this same-name frenzy, first with its LeBaron and New Yorker nameplates, and then with the Sebring.
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