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...
by Brandon McCloskey | Feb 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
This model enabled Chrysler Corporation to establish itself as a producer of luxury cars. The New Yorker name was retained by Chrysler from the 1940 model years all along with a series of K-car and, Eagle Premier based in the 1980s and the 90s. The best of the...
by Brandon McCloskey | Feb 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
1964 was the first complete year of Engel’s designs on Imperials. He dropped the squared-off steering wheel and the electroluminescent dash lights giving the dashboard a conventional look and the ribbon-style speedometer was unchanged. He adopted the split grille...
