The 1955 Chrysler C-300-the Beautiful Brutes By: Don Levy | - If ever a nickname was appropriate, the one writer Karl Ludvigsen came up with was perfect when he called the 1955 Chrysler C-300 the "Beautiful Brutes". This car was truly a brute in looks as well as power and was the car that really kicked off the horsepower race when it came out with the first 300 horsepower engine in a production car. The C-300 could be considered to be the first muscle car but it didn't fit the popular description of what was then called a super car. To be a super car the e ... Tags:1955 chrysler c300, chrysler c300, 1955 chrysler, c300, 1955 c300, hemi engine, 1955 nascar, virgil exner, the beautiful brutes, 1955 daytona flying m