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Adopted Mopars: Cars Related to Chrysler

Purchased companies

• Maxwell, the original maker of Chrysler cars, and creator of the Chrysler Four and Plymouth.
• Dodge Brothers
• Graham Brothers, which made Dodge Brothers trucks
• AMC (American Motors):
  • Jeep
  • Hudson
  • Kaiser-Frazer (Kaiser/Jeep)
  • Nash (a rename of Jeffery)
  • Willys/Jeep
• SIMCA, the highly successful French automaker
• http://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/rootes.htmlRootes Group, which had acquired Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam, Singer, and Talbot.
  • Hillman Avenger and Tiger
• Barreiros, Spanish truck and diesel engine maker

Sunbeam: from a successful rally-car maker to a Chrysler model
Chalmers: the first car to get Chrysler hydraulic brakes
Farmobile: German-Greek truck sold by Chrysler Europe
Humber: the legendary upscale British car acquired by Chrysler

Companies which purchased Chrysler:

• Fiat, which purchased Maserati and Alfa Romeo
  • Giulia • 4C • 4C Spyder • Stelvio
• Cerberus
• Daimler-Benz

Some cars using Chrysler engines, transmissions, or designs

Monteverdi Hai: sleek 440 and 426 Hemi powered sports carshttp://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/consulier-gtp.html
Bristol: a competitor to Rolls-Royce which used Chrysler engines for 40 years in their highly advanced cars
Powell Sport Wagon: making SUVs out of discarded Plymouths
Maserati: Selling Chrysler-based cars to the luxury crowd
Facel Vega: Chrysler-powered cars of the stars

• Matra
• Jensen Interceptor and the revolutionary Jensen FF (1966 4x4/ABS)
• http://www.allpar.com/old/powell.htmlConsulier GTP
• FEI X3
• Maserati Ghibli and Quattroporte
• Other companies using the Chrysler TorqueFlite automatic were Aston Martin, Karrier, Mitsubishi (meidum duty trucks), Land Rover, Iveco, Stonefield, Matbro, Sirmac, and Boss. AM General used the A-904 and A-999 in their postal vehicles.
• Sno-Cats used straight-six Dodge engines or early Hemi V8s when those engines were new.
• Checker Cab was loosely tied to GM after World War II, but they did use Chrysler 318s in the Aerobus model (1963-64) and slant sixes in some of its regualr cabs.

More adopted / export cars

Simca 1100 and 1204: Smash hit in Europe, failure in the US
Simca 1300 and 1500: Chrysler Alpines with new suits

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