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These cars are sometimes referred to as A-body cars. Cars using the A platform in various markets around the world include: 1960-1976 Plymouth Valiant; 1960-1981 Chrysler Valiant; 1961-1962 Dodge Lancer; 1961-1963 DeSoto Rebel; 1963-1976 Dodge Dart; 1964-1969 Plymouth Barracuda; 1971-1976 Plymouth Scamp; 1970-1976 Plymouth Duster; 1971-1972 ...
Mopar (a portmanteau of "motor" and "parts") [1] is an American car parts, service, and customer care division of the former Chrysler Corporation, now owned by Netherlands-based automobile manufacturer Stellantis. It serves as a primary OEM accessory seller for Stellantis companies under the Mopar brand.
Engines and body parts: Chrysler Australia Tonsley Park plant: Clovelly Park, South Australia: 1964: 1980: Cars: Sold to Mitsubishi Motors in 1980. Chrysler production ended in 1981. Chrysler Australia Lonsdale plant: Lonsdale, South Australia: 1968: 1980: Engines and components: Sold to Mitsubishi Motors in 1980. Chrysler Australia: Fishermans ...
The MoPar (later Mopar) brand was not used in Canada, where parts were sold under the Chryco and AutoPar brands, until the Mopar brand was phased into the Canadian market beginning in the late 1970s. Many Chrysler Corporation vehicle parts also bore variants of the DPCD monogram, for Dodge-Plymouth-Chrysler-DeSoto , well after the 1961 end of ...
The M-body was also the successor to the short-lived R-body, as the Chrysler New Yorker and Plymouth Gran Fury moved to it following the R-body's demise in 1981. The M platform was the final production passenger car with a solid rear axle mounted on Hotchkiss-style, parallel semi-elliptical leaf springs sold in the U.S. [ 1 ]
An Australian sculptor has created a model of what the human body would have to look like to survive a car crash-- and it's the stuff of nightmares.. The artist, Melbourne-based Patricia Piccinini ...
A judge told the parents of 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a Philadelphia teacher found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011, that the city's declaration of suicide was "puzzling."
The A-body designation was resurrected in 1964 for a new series of intermediate-sized cars including the Chevrolet Chevelle, Pontiac Tempest, Oldsmobile Cutlass, and Buick Skylark. These later A-bodies underwent a switch in drive layout from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive in 1982. The switch in the drive layout spawned the G-body.