Dodge Coronet (5th gen) #15
Dodge Coronet (5th gen) #15
Dodge Coronet (5th gen) #16
Dodge Coronet (5th gen) #17
Dodge Coronet (5th gen) #18
Dodge Coronet (5th gen) #19
The Coronet, and especially the Plymouth Belvedere/Satellite, from about 1966-1969 are some of the laziest and worst looking cars (SUVs inhabit their own vulgar niche) that this country has produced. In one of the best eras of American car design, Chrysler managed to turn out something almost offensively bland. Both the preceding and following (seen here as the '70) models are good looking, and yet... I understand that Engel was rebelling against some of Exner's rococo excesses, but the opposite of overwrought should not just be a box.
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"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
I like Elwood's Continental and the fuselage Chryslers, but those are indeed boxes. Especially the Plymouths...
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
Visca Catalunya!
I like them. And still better looking than any modern counterpart 😉
The Fuselage bodies are exemplars of clean, unadorned design. Proof that he had good designs in him, which makes the mid-late sixties B-Bodies that much more egregious.
They certainly have the sheen of time; seeing one on the street is special. However, if seen among its contemporaries at a car show or cruise, I think the mundanity becomes apparent.
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
Dodge Coronet Coupe 500 Hemi 1966 #20
I am always surprised that these were sold with Hemis; engine aside, they don't seem to tick any of the boxes of an erstwhile muscle-car buyer. As I mentioned above, I really don't like this design, but this one gets bemused kudos from me and joins the ranks of the R63 AMG and Murano CrossCab purely on the strength of its oddity.
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
I dunno, I'd love for Dodge to sell a new RWD sedan right about now, lazy or not. I don't know how they keep churning out the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300C for so long without too many changes. That's got to be a 20 year old platform at this point.
The R63AMG has got to be the one of the craziest Mercedes ever built. Fast minivan. Much kudos to the AMG division. On a side note, AMG is cashing it in too, they're slapping the badge on everything now.
I sometimes forget how big 426CU really is.
Compared to European engines this is massive.
My car only has 140CU
But I really like boxy styling.
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