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==Concept car== The '''Eagle Optima''' was a 1990 concept car.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dunne |first=Jim |title=Detroit Spy Report |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=April 1990 |volume=167 |issue=4 |page=50 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OuMDAAAAMBAJ&q=Eagle+Optima+concept&pg=PA50 |via=Google Books |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> It was a four-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]] that used [[cab forward]] design and was powered by an experimental, 32-valve all-aluminum V8 engine with all-wheel drive.<ref>{{cite web|title=1990 Eagle Optima - Concepts, Source: 1990 chicagoautoshow.com |url= https://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1990_eagle_optima/ |website=carstyling.ru |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> The Optima was on the show circuit to judge consumer reaction to the thinly disguised version of the [[Chrysler LH platform|LH platform]] sedans that were to be introduced for the 1993 model year.<ref>{{cite news|title=For a Good Time, Call on Auto Show |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=15 February 1990 |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/02/15/for-a-good-time-call-on-auto-show/ |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> Two earlier concept cars emphasizing the cab-forward designs that lead to the LH-based 1993 [[Eagle Vision]] were the 1987 [[Lamborghini Portofino]] and the 1989 [[Chrysler Millennium]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.motor1.com/news/63008/concept-we-forgot-1987-chrysler-lamborghini-portofino/ |title=Concept We Forgot: 1987 Chrysler Lamborghini Portofino |first=Adrian |last=Padeanu |date=25 May 2016 |website=motor1.com |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://testdrivejunkie.com/1989-chrysler-millenium-concept/ |title=1989 Chrysler Millenium Concept |date=14 March 2013 |website=testdrivejunkie.com |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
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