Cab forward (car)

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Cab Forward was a car design utilized by the Chrysler Corporation for its models starting after 1988. It entailed moving the wheels to the edge's of the vehicle in order to enlarge the vehicle interior as a whole while improving ride and cornering through greater stability. It has been utilized by many vehicles including theDodge Neon, Mazda Protege, Dodge Stratus, Chrysler Concorde, Dodge Intrepid and Eagle Vision sedans.

The term refers to a collection of styling tropes commonly used by the Chrysler Corporation since 1993, in which the passenger cabin is "pushed forward" so that the front wheelwell directly abuts the leading edge of the front doors, and the windshield extends forward near the front axle, while the rear wheels are "shifted" towards the back corners of the vehicle. This is mainly done to expand interior room. Several models built from 1993 to 2004 on the Chrysler LH platform were marketed as cab forward cars.