10 Of The Strangest Cars Ever Built By Chrysler – SlashGear

The Norseman is one of Chrysler’s biggest mysteries, as despite there being concrete proof of its existence, almost no one outside of select members of the brand’s development team ever saw it. They never will, either: it sits, decaying, at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, with divers reporting that it’s now almost unrecognizable save for its tires. The car was designed in collaboration with Ghia and was being shipped back from the Italian studio’s facilities after initial testing, with a grand unveiling planned once it reached American shores. However, the ship it was being carried on, the “SS Andrea Doria,” was involved in a major collision with another ship, with 51 people tragically losing their lives in the accident.

The Andrea Doria sank, carrying all of its cargo, including the Norseman, with it. In a turn of events that draws a parallel with the recent Titan submersible disaster, the shipwreck became a popular site for exploration dives but proved very dangerous, with over two dozen divers killed there to date. The Norseman was said to be packed with innovations, the most notable of which was the pillarless roof. It was claimed to hold several times the car’s weight, making it safer than many other cars of the era, yet impressively futuristic looking. The car benefited from a reported 50,000 hours of research, some of which was lost forever when the Norseman sank. A cutting-edge Chrysler, no doubt, even if the public never laid eyes on it.