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== [[Background:]] == | == [[Background:]] == | ||
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== [[Year by Year Changes, Production Numbers, and Cost:]] == | == [[Year by Year Changes, Production Numbers, and Cost:]] == | ||
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Contents
- 1 Background:
- 2 History:
- 3 Year by Year Changes, Production Numbers, and Cost:
- 3.1 1938-1948 Pre and Post War
- 3.2 1949-1956 The Keller Cars
- 3.3 1957-1961 Forward Look
- 3.4 1962-1964 Exner's Last
- 3.5 1965-1968 Slab Sides
- 3.6 1970-1973 Fuselage
- 3.7 1974-1978 The Broughams
- 3.8 1979-1981 R-Bodies
- 3.9 1982-1983 M-Bodies 5th Aves
- 3.10 1983-1987 K-Cars
- 3.11 1988-1993 K-Cars 2nd Generation
- 3.12 1994-1996 LHS
- 4 Wiki Topic References:
- 5 Magazine References:
- 6 External Links
Background:
New Yorker has almost always been the model name reserved for Chrysler's top of the line model -- Letter cars and when Imperial was not its own make excluded.
History:
The New Yorker name can be traced back to 1938, when Chrysler called it top of the line model the "New York Special". In 1939, the model name was changed to New Yorker, a name the stayed with Chrysler until the LHS was dropped in 1996.
Model Predecessor
AirStream
Model Successor
Concorde
Related Models
Royal, Newport, and Saratoga were all Chrysler's lesser model of the New Yorker.
Competition
- Buick
- Mercury
- Edsel
- Oldsmobile
Year by Year Changes, Production Numbers, and Cost:
1938-1948 Pre and Post War
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1949-1956 The Keller Cars
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1957-1961 Forward Look
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1962-1964 Exner's Last
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1965-1968 Slab Sides
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1970-1973 Fuselage
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1974-1978 The Broughams
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1979-1981 R-Bodies
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1982-1983 M-Bodies 5th Aves
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1983-1987 K-Cars
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1988-1993 K-Cars 2nd Generation
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
1994-1996 LHS
Platform
Engines
Transmissions
Specifications:
Wiki Topic References:
- Old Cars Weekly - October 15, 2009
