The Chrysler Patriot is a car from Chrysler, built from 1993, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: traction engine. Paul Brown drew it.
The story
The Chrysler Patriot was a turbine-electric hybrid sports-prototype racing car utilizing flywheel energy storage, built by Reynard Motorsport and SatCon Technology Corporation for Chrysler in 1993 as a concept car but with the express intent of winning the Le Mans 24 Hour Race.
What is underneath
Power comes from traction engine. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the Subaru Outback, the Renault Twingo — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Chrysler catalogue sit the Chrysler Falcon and the Chrysler Chronos.