by Brandon McCloskey | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
In 1956, the customary facelift was introduced, the front and rear fenders of the car were cleaned up. The 1955 grille created space for the upside-down trapezoidal mouth, and the ‘Twin-Tower’ taillamps fitted reshaping the rear quarter panels; it was the...
by Brandon McCloskey | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
After hearing St. Regis, we think of the 1970s M-body Dodge sedan produced for a couple of years. The name in the ‘50s was attached to a famous five-star hotel in midtown Manhattan so any vehicle named after it had to be equally plush. Chrysler New Yorker St. Regis...
by Brandon McCloskey | Mar 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
The New Yorker was again moved to Chrysler C platform and front-wheel drive in 1988. The Fifth Avenue joined the New Yorker later in 1990, it was still built as an M-body and remained on a stretched platform. The last generation of the New Yorker was introduced as an...
by Brandon McCloskey | Mar 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
In 1979, an upscale sub-model of the New Yorker was launched when the nameplate was changed to the Chrysler R platform. The New Yorker now contained a squared-off body and still the best of Chrysler’s top-selling models. It retained the V8 engine and introduced...
by Brandon McCloskey | Mar 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
This generation of New Yorkers was debuted in 1974 and had a lot of massive slab-sided effect. They were built at a time that coincided well with the ’73 OPEC oil embargo, which contributed greatly to Chrysler’s economic struggles in the late 1970s. The...
