Chrysler Made a Faster, Cheaper Hypercar Than Mercedes. So They DESTROYED It.

In 2004, Chrysler built an 850-horsepower, quad-turbocharged hypercar with a carbon-fiber chassis and a projected 248 mph top speed. It was faster and cheaper than the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and it used AMG's own engine to do it. So Daimler quietly killed it. This is the story of the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve: the secret 11-engineer team, the 2.9-second 0-60 time, the 4-turbo V12, the active rear wing producing 925 pounds of downforce, and the corporate politics that buried America's greatest "what if" in a basement. We break down exactly why this car was cancelled not because it couldn't be built, but because it was too good for its own company. The SLR made no sense next to it. The German side made sure it never had to compete. Chapters: 02:30 The Specs 05:30 The January 2004 Reveal 07:19 The Six-Month Window 08:46 The Kill 10:40 The One That Got Away 12:32 Chrysler Today No tips. No nostalgia filler. Just the real engineering and the real reason behind why the ME Four-Twelve vanished. If you want to understand the machines that got this close to reality and then vanished, subscribe every video on this channel goes exactly this deep #Chrysler #MEFourTwelve #Hypercar #Supercar #CancelledSupercars