The Chrysler Akino is a 3-door hatchback from Chrysler, built from 2005, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 1.5 L I4. Akino Tsuchiya drew it.
The story
The Chrysler Akino is a concept car created by Chrysler. The Akino was first shown at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. It was designed at Chrysler's Pacifica Studio in California and was named after the designer of the concept car, Akino Tsuchiya.
What is underneath
Power comes from 1.5 L I4. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Aston Martin Vantage, the Bugatti Veyron, the Kia Sportage — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Chrysler catalogue sit the Chrysler Falcon and the Chrysler Chronos.