Cars, trucks, and Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-Jeep by year

Before Maxwell was called "Chrysler"

• The companies that became Chrysler
• Chronology: 1864 - 1911 * 1912 - 1919
• Dodge Brothers starts up in 1914 (more on Dodge Brothers)
• John Willys starts selling cars in 1900
• Repeating a historic cross-country trip in a 1909 Maxwell
• Maxwell: the company that turned into Chrysler
• Graham Brothers: makers of Dodge trucks

Chrysler begins with revolutionary cars

• Chronology: 1920 - 1939
• 1928-1957 Model / Serial Number Guide
• The first Chrysler, 1924 • Launching the first Chrysler at the New York Auto Show
• Chrysler cars, 1924-1966

• The first Plymouths (1928-1929)
• Plymouth cars, 1929-32 - ahead of the pack
• Plymouth cars, 1930-35: the golden era begins
• Plymouth of 1930: the Model 30U
• Plymouths of 1931-32: the revolutionary new Plymouth PA
• Plymouth of 1932: the PB
• Plymouths of 1933: the PC, PD, and PCXX
• Plymouths of 1934: more innovations in the PE, PF, PG, and PFXX
  • Comparison test: 1934 Chevrolet, Ford, and Plymouth
  • Plymouth pickup trucks: 1934 only
• Plymouths of 1935: The PJ and
  others; comparison to 1935 Ford.

• Plymouth cars, 1936-39chrysler-yearshttps://www.allpar.com/
• Plymouths of 1937: see the many advantages of Plymouth in a record sales year
• Imperial, 1937-38
• Plymouths of 1938: many improvements but sales fall - albeit less than competitors. Includes the PT57.
• Dodge cars of 1939
• Plymouths of 1939: the engineering improvements continue, including a radio, downdraft carb, and fuel pump
• Plymouths of 1940: the best new Plymouth ever? Styling and engineering threaten Ford's #2 position.
• Plymouth for the 1940s
• Fargo Truck
• Hudson: reliable and upscale
• Nash: small and sophisticated

The war years

• Chronology: 1940 - 1949
• Chrysler during the War Years
• Military work: Chrysler helps build the arsenal of democracy

Postwar: filling the demand for cars

• Chronology: 1940 - 1949
• Kaiser jumps the gun
• Chrysler 1946-48
• Chrysler 1949-52
• Chrysler 1953-54
• Dodge cars of 1946
• Plymouth 1946-1959: the full book
• Plymouth 1950-53
• Christmas in May: putting a 1949 Plymouth into emergency action
• Growing up with the post-war Mopars

The high-style body-on-frame cars, 1950s-1959

• Chronology: 1950 - 1963
• Dodge cars of 1954: Meadowbrook, Coronet, Royal
• Plymouth 1954-59: making up for lost time
• Chrysler Corporation cars, 1955-56
• Dodge cars of 1955: the Coronet, Royal, and Custom Royal, with the Hemi Red Ram and PowerFlite transmissions.
• Styling and coloring cars in 1955
• Chrysler Corporation, 1957: hot styling, poor quality
  • The 1957 Plymouths: suddenly, it's 1960, except in quality
• Chrysler Corporation, 1958: better quality, same styling, poor sales
• Insider's History of Chrysler:
  the 1950-1964 period of Chrysler Corporation, including not only
  Plymouth but also Dodge, Chrysler, and Imperial. There is a lot of
  information in this well-written series, much of it not readily
  available anywhere else.
• Jim Benjaminson's book Plymouth 1946-1959 (Reprinted by permission)
• Plymouths of 1949-1952: the Deluxe, Special Deluxe, Cranbrook, Cambridge, and Concord
  • Plymouths of 1953-1954: the Belvedere, Savoy, and Plaza with new automatic transmissions.
  • Plymouths of 1955: the Belvedere, Savoy, and Plaza with the first Plymouth V8
  • Plymouths of 1957: the Bevledere, Savoy, Plaza, and Fury with TorqueFlite, torsion bars, and more
• Electrojector: world's first electronic-fuel-injection car ... from 1958
• Christine, the reason why non-Mopar folk know the 1958 Plymouth Fury
• Inside Chrysler series: 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

Unit-body to muscle: the 1960s

Chrysler had several major technological transitions through the years; arguably, the first was the move from body-on-frame to unit-body, and they handled it with startling speed. Instead of switching one model or body size at a time, they moved just about every car at once, only leaving behind models with very small sales. Amazingly, they managed the change almost flawlessly.

• Chronology: 1950 - 1963 • 1964 - 1971
• Dodge cars of 1960: the Dart, Polara, and Matador (in progress)
• Dodge trucks 1960
• Plymouths of 1960: the Belvedere, Fury, Savoy, and Valiant; unit-body; TorqueFlite; SonoRamic engines
• Plymouth 1960-65: powering on
• Inside Chrysler series: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963
• Chrysler Corporation of 1961
• Jeep 1958-61 - Jeep 1965
• Chrysler Corporation of 1962: Fury, Sport Fury, Valiant, restyling, unit-body, and more
  • Plymouth Sport Fury and styling for 1961-1962
• Plymouths of 1963: Chrysler's ill-timed downsizing and other details, including the Fury Super Sport.
• Plymouths of 1964: the Fury, Savoy, Belvedere, Valiant, and Barracuda; the Hemi; Canada; and racing.
• Plymouths of 1965: the Fury, Belvedere, Valiant, and the rest; Canada; racing. Lots of details and photos.
• Dodge cars of 1966: Polara, Monaco, Coronet, Charger, Dart, Sportsman vans
• Plymouths of 1966: the Belvedere, Fury, and Valiant, the Street Hemi, and racing
• Plymouth 1966-69: growing muscle
• Why Chrysler used different side marker lights in 1968, 1969, and 1970
• Chrysler boats - 1966 | 1969
• Chrysler Corporation cars, 1966
• Chrysler Corporation cars, 1967
• 1969 car prices
• Imperial, 1969-1973 (the other Chrysler boats)
• Plymouths of 1967: the Belvedere, Fury, Satellite, GTX, and Valiant
• Plymouths of 1968: the Barracuda, Fury, GTX, Belvedere, and others.
• Dodge Charger - by Burton Bouwkamp, Manager of Dodge Passenger Car Product Planning
• Running amok with a borrowed Hemi Satellite: Rick Ehrenberg tells what it was like to race a Street Hemi when the muscle car was still in its prime
• Boats and Chrysler Marine

The 1970s: downsizing and depowering

• Chronology: 1964 - 1971 • 1972-1980
• Chrysler Corporation 1970
• Plymouth cars, 1970-74: muscle car heaven
• Chrysler cars of 1971: Imperial Lebaron, New Yorker, Town & Country, Newport
• Dodge cars of 1973: Polara, Monaco, Challenger, Charger, and Dart
• Plymouth cars of 1973: the Barracuda, Duster, Valiant, Fury, GTX, Satellite, and Road Runner meet the Colt and Cricket
• Chryslers of 1974 - 1975: New Yorker, Newport, Town & Country
• Jeep for 1975-76
• Plymouths of 1975: the Valiant, Fury, and Road Runner in transitional years.
• 1976 (Chrysler Corp, Plymouth, Dodge): a key year or just maintenance?
• Plymouth cars, 1975-83: failure and recovery
• Chrysler Corporation cars of 1977: technology, engines, Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth
• 1977 Dodge trucks
• Chrysler Corporation 1978
• Plymouths of 1978: a bunch of imports and a bunch of stalwarts

Front wheel driven, electronically controlled: the 1980s

• Chronology: 1981-1992
• Chrysler Corporation snapshots: 1981 - 1984 - 1986 - 1988
• Chrysler front-drive performance 1983-1993
• Jeep 1987-89
• Dodge cars of 1983: rebadged Mitsubishis, Daytona, K-cars and EEKs, Omni, Omni Charger, Mirada, Diplomat
• The Trans Four Owner's Group
• Dodge trucks of 1983
• Plymouths, Dodges, and Chryslers of 1986: Mitsubishis, EEKs, Gran Fury, Horizon/Turismo, and Voyager
• Plymouth cars, 1984-2001: growth and loss

The 1990s: from losses to industry-leading profits

• Chrysler Corporation full-year views: 1992 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998
• Chronology, 1993-1997
• Model year changes: 1995 • 1998 • 1999
• Fast Facts, 1997 shows the pride of accomplishment just before the takeover.
• Chrysler and the environment, 1993
• 1998 was the final year of Chrysler Corporation.

Under the thumb of Daimler (1999-2007) and Cerberus (2008-09)

• 2000: from global success story to impending disaster
• Model changes for: 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2007 • 2008 - 2009
• Car prices: 1969 - 2000 - 2002 - 2003 - 2003/04
• "Cut costs to growth" bankruptcy / recovery plans: 2008 Recovery Plan • 2009 Recovery Plan
• The Cerberus Years: 2007-2009

Resurrected as part of Fiat: 2009 and beyond

• 2010: carryover cars and some new Daimler-Cerberus-Fiat launches
• 2011: critics start to praise the new cars
• 2012: the year the turnaround gathered steam, "halftime in America," with car prices
• 2013: more new cars and trucks, more praise, better sales
• 2014: continuing recovery
• 2015: sales continue to rise but delays are starting to show

• 2017: what's coming
• Five year plan (2009-2014) • Four year plan (2013-2016) • Current plan (2015-18)
• Moving from CATIA to NX

Production figures and brand histories

• Plymouth-US • DeSoto • Imperial • Valiant • Eagle • Dodge US
• Plymouth-Canada • Dodge Canada • Chrysler (brand) Canada

Chrysler Heritage • History by Year • Chrysler People and Bios • Corporate Facts and History


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