Video: 2015 Chrysler 200 -- 2014 Detroit Auto Show

It's all new from the ground up and not to be confused with the old 200, which was an aggressive refresh on the Sebring. And that car was all terrible. Let's check it out. The 200 is built on an Alpha Romeo platform from Chrysler parent Fiat. Alpha Romeo is one of Fiats European properties about an inch longer, and it's wider than the old 200, very flowing car. It doesn't look very similar at all, really in any way, the rear end gives a little bit of Chevy Impala in it. We think that's definitely a good look. It looks like a much sleeker car, especially you get around the front, not a bad look, Chrysler dealers likened the 200 to kind of a larger version of the Dodge Dart at a private unveiling in 2012. And it's easy to see why the Dart, also like the 200 also built on an Alpha platform. The wraparound dashboard has pretty good materials here. A nice look and feel to it. Other soft touch materials where they need to be along the upper parts of the doors, areas like that. Things like real wood trim here. It's got kind of a textured neat surface to it in the Auto Show car. A lot of storage areas Chrysler says there's a rotary knob shifter here now instead of a conventional mechanical shifter, this is an electronic shifter and it clears up a lot of space underneath it. So there's actually an area here that Chrysler says is big enough to put an iPad with the little hole that loops through for power if you need it to. In this area, there's a little mat with the city of Detroit skyline embossed in it. Definitely reinforces Chrysler's whole imported from Detroit advertising slogan. And it makes sense in the 200, which is built in Sterling Heights, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Multimedia options include a five inch center screen, or Chrysler's 8.4 inch Uconnect touchscreen, which is still simple, fast, and really easy to use, especially compared to some of the competition out there. Let's take a look at the backseat. Cabin volume has increased to a little over 101 cubic feet now, that helps out in the backseat, which was a little tight in the last 200. I'm about six feet tall. That's where I would sit to drive definitely a good amount of room here and a nice cushion angle to actually create the sensation of the seat being higher off the ground. I actually have enough thigh support here. Head room not exceptional, but not a bad story there. Trunk volume up to about 14 and a half cubic feet, actually up about 7% over the last 200, still on the small side though, of a class that includes cars like the Ford fusion, the Toyota Camry, the Honda Accord, the Nissan Altima. The four cylinder will employ MultiAir valve technology from Chrysler parent Fiat. There's also a nine speed automatic transmission. Good for about 35 miles per gallon on the highway. Chrysler says still short of the high thirties, even 40 miles per gallon in certain non-hybrid versions of the Honda Accord, a Nissan Altima and Mazda 6. A Pentastar V6 will be available as will All Wheel Drive, which is something we haven't seen since this car was called the Sebring. Fortunately, there's nothing else that reminds us of the Sebring, which is a very good thing for Chrysler. Check out the 200, it goes on sale this spring (engine roaring)