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1955 Chrysler - Philco all transistor car radio - "Breaking News" radio broadcast announcement. (Optional on 1956 Imperial car models) On April 28, 1955, Chrysler and Philco announced the development and production of the world's first all-transistor car radio, [17] the Mopar model 914HR. It was developed and produced by Chrysler and Philco and ...
Unlike the 1955–1983 Imperial, this car was a model of Chrysler, not its own marque. Based on the Y platform, it represented the top full-size model in Chrysler's lineup, above the New Yorker Fifth Avenue. The reintroduction of the Imperial was two years after the Lincoln Continental was changed to a front-wheel-drive sedan with a V6 engine.
Instead, the third car was nominally based in Detroit and was used around the country. The cars continued to be owned and serviced by the Chrysler Corporation. After three years of service, the cars were brought back to the factory in 1955 to be updated to 1956 Imperial appearance, in which form they continue to exist to the present day.
1955 1965 300 non-letter series: 1962 1971 [n 2] Airflow: 1934 1937 Airstream: 1935 1937 Conquest: 1987 1989 Cordoba: 1975 1983 E-Class: 1983 1984 Executive: 1983 1986 Fifth Avenue: 1984 1989 Imperial: 1926 1954 1990 1993 Imperial Parade Phaeton: 1952: 1952 Laser [n 3] 1984 1986 LeBaron: 1977 1995 Newport: 1940 1941 1950: 1950 1961 1981 New ...
The model was introduced in 1931, with a body manufactured by LeBaron, and competed with other luxury cars of the era, such as Lincoln and Packard. After purchasing LeBaron with its parent Briggs Manufacturing Company, Chrysler introduced the luxury make Imperial in 1955, and sold automobiles under the name Imperial LeBaron from 1957 until 1975 ...
Cars that were produced in the 1950s — from 1950 to 1959. ... Cars introduced in 1955 (62 P) Cars introduced in 1956 ... Chrysler Imperial; Chrysler New Yorker;
Until mid-decade, all radios in automobiles used vacuum tubes, but on April 28, 1955, Chrysler and Philco announced the development and production of the first all-transistor radio for an automobile. [57] Dubbed the Mopar model 914HR, it was jointly developed by Chrysler and Philco and offered as a $150 option for 1956 Imperial and Chrysler car ...
[12] [13] Imperial continued to offer a hardtop also starting in 1956, but to distinguish it from other Chrysler products, the Imperial hardtop was renamed Southampton until 1963. [14] Briefly in 1955, Chrysler used the nameplates St. Regis for the New Yorker and Nassau for the Windsor hardtops with two-tone paint schemes but ended the practice ...