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The Plymouth Road Runner (or Roadrunner) is a mid-size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. By 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price.
Basic-trim mid-size muscle car Duster: 1970 1976 Chrysler A platform: 1 Two-door sports car Superbird: 1970 1970 Chrysler B platform: 1 Two-door race car / muscle car Cricket: 1971 1973 Subcompact car, rebadged Hillman Avenger: Colt: 1974 1994 6 Compact / subcompact car, rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage: Trail Duster: 1974 1981 Chrysler AD platform ...
The most recent public sale was at the June 2014 Mecum auction in Seattle, where a blue-on-blue 4-speed sold for US$3.5 million (plus buyers premium). [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Several replica cars were created to look like Hemi 'Cudas and driven by the title character in the late-1990s police procedural Nash Bridges . [ 39 ]
In Autumn 1968, Richard Petty left the Plymouth NASCAR Racing Team for Ford's. Charlie Grey, director of the Ford stock car program, felt that hiring Petty would send the message that "money rules none". However, the Superbird was designed specifically to lure Petty back to Plymouth for the 1970 season.
1968 Plymouth Roadrunner, one of the Muscle car era models. For 1965, the Plymouth Fury models were built on the new C-body platform. The Savoy line was discontinued and the Belvedere was classified as an intermediate, retaining the B-body platform used starting 1962.
Right-hand-drive Plymouth Valiants were assembled and sold in South Africa Branded as the DeSoto Rebel from 1960 and were assembled at the Chrysler plant in Cape Town. The cars followed the U.S. Plymouth and Dodge Dart models and the knock-down kits were sourced from Canada. By 1966 the Valiant was the top selling car in South Africa.
The 440 Six Pack was down to 385 hp (287 kW), but the Hemi was still rated at 425 hp (317 kW). Due partly to rising insurance rates on muscle cars, sales dropped to fewer than 3,000 units in 1971 (2,942), and only 30 cars were equipped with the Hemi engine, which was discontinued after this year. [5]
The 1978 model year was technically a mid-size B-body car, but the 1978 Plymouth Fury was Plymouth's largest car with the discontinuation of the full-size C-body Plymouth Gran Fury after 1977. TorqueFlite automatic transmission and power steering were now standard on all Fury models and the same selection of V8 engines was still available.