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The B platform or B-body was the name of two of Chrysler's midsize passenger car platforms – at first rear-wheel drive, from 1962 through 1979; and the later, unrelated front-wheel drive platform, used by the Eagle Premier / Dodge Monaco, from 1988 through 1992.
The 1978 mid-size, B-body Dodge Monaco was unchanged from the previous model year. It became Dodge's largest car during the 1978 model year. The Dodge Monaco was discontinued at the end of the 1978 model year. The B-body cars continued in the form of the Dodge Magnum until 1979.
The Plymouth Fury, 1975-1978, shared its B-body and unibody structure with the Dodge Coronet (1975-1976), Dodge Monaco (1977-1978) and the corporation's new personal-luxury coupe models, Chrysler Cordoba (1975-1979) and Dodge Charger SE (1975-1978). All the four-door models, wagons and sedans, continued with the basic body shells that were ...
The mid-size B-body 1978–1979 Dodge Magnum coupe in the United States and Canada was an addition to Chrysler's line up that allowed Richard Petty to continue racing with a Mopar. For the 1978 NASCAR season, the 1974 Charger that Chrysler teams had continued to use was no longer eligible for competition. Chrysler worked on several car designs ...
"A" Body, "B" Body, "E" Body: Lynch Road Assembly: Detroit, Michigan: 1928: 1981: Various models from Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, and Plymouth: A San Leandro Assembly: San Leandro, California: 1948: 1954: Dodge and Plymouth cars: Plant sold to International Harvester in 1955, then sold to Caterpillar in 1970.
The full-sized C-body Dodge and Plymouth lines were dropped for 1978, in part because they were finding few customers outside the fleet market (the C-body Chryslers lasted one more year). At this point, the mid-sized B-body Monaco and Fury were left as Chrysler's largest cars, but an outdated design that could not compete with GM and also by ...
Dodge Plymouth D: 1957–1966: full-size car: Imperial--- A: 1960–1976: compact car--Dart Lancer: Barracuda Duster Valiant: B: 1962–1979: mid-size car-Cordoba: 330/440 Charger Coronet Dart Magnum Monaco Polara: Belvedere Fury GTX Road Runner Satellite Savoy: C: 1965–1978: full-size car: Imperial: 300 New Yorker Newport Town and Country ...
The Satellite name was dropped after 1974, after which Plymouth's intermediate offerings on the B-body chassis took the Plymouth Fury name. The Satellite Sebring, named for the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida , was replaced by the Chrysler Cordoba (a car which was originally intended to be called Plymouth Sebring) [ 7 ] and ...