Start with what the Plymouth Prowler is: a Two-door roadster with 3.5 , built from 1997 to 2002, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Tom Gale.
The background
The Plymouth Prowler, later the Chrysler Prowler, is a two-door, two-seat sports car, manufactured and marketed by DaimlerChrysler for model years 1997 through 2002. It is widely known for its hand-crafted aluminum bodywork and its retro-hot rod styling with open, Indy racer-style front wheels.
Based on the 1993 concept car of the same name, Chrysler offered the Prowler over a single generation, with a V6 front-engine, and a rear-transaxle, rear-drive configuration. Total production was 11,702 Plymouth- and Chrysler-branded Prowlers.
The engineering
The engine is 3.5 . On the scales it comes to 2800 lb. Drive goes through a 4-speed 42LE automatic. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 113.3 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
In the Plymouth line-up the Plymouth Prowler has a clear place: it handed the line to the Chrysler Crossfire; the factory was Detroit, Michigan, U.S.. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Subaru Forester, the Toyota Prius, the Saab Automobile Saab 9-3. Its Plymouth stablemates include the Plymouth XNR and the Plymouth Laser.