The Eleventh and Final New Yorker Generation

This generation began in 1994 and it featured a continuation of the front-wheel-drive on a stretched new Chrysler LH platform. The generation was launched in the 1992 North American International Auto show held in Detroit. The new brand New Yorker was launched at the...

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New Yorker Ninth Generation

It was launched in 1983 and the Chrysler line was becoming complicated as the New Yorker name was getting used in two different models. The M-body car became the New Yorker Fifth Edition which lasted for one year and was replaced by 'Fifth Avenue' which was used up to...

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Chrysler’s Seventh Generation

It was introduced in 1979. It was also Chrysler’s Fifth Avenue and it started as a sub-model of New Yorker and the nameplate was shifted to the Chrysler R platform. The New Yorker used a 318 V8 engine and the 360 engine was optional. Cars on this model year were...

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Chrysler’s Town and Country Wagon

Chrysler's Town and Country New Yorker station wagon was America's top prestige station wagon throughout the 1950s and 60s. Prices were above $5,000 with the New Yorker representing the esteem of the wagon-making craft. For 1959, the New Yorker was a perfect example...

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What Made Chrysler New Yorker Cars Popular?

Chrysler’s popularity in making post-war cars in the 1950s was highly attributed to the head designer Virgil Exner. His designing techniques were influenced greatly by the making of Italian firm Ghia, the iconic was nearly the same but the forms had a touch of his...

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