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The Plymouth Road Runner (or Roadrunner) is a mid-size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. By 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price.
Chrysler introduced major changes in the design of the 1968 model Plymouth B-bodies and the GTX was given a completely new look. A new hourglass body replaced the previous rectilinear design. The high performance 440 was standard in the GTX as was the TorqueFlite automatic transmission, while it was an extra cost option in the Plymouth Road Runner.
1968: The Road Runner entered the Plymouth line-up. 1970: Duster coupe was introduced in the Valiant line for 1970 as well as the new E-body Barracuda. 1971: The British Hillman Avenger was imported as the Plymouth Cricket; it was discontinued in mid-1973. The new Valiant Scamp two-door hardtop was a badge-engineered Dodge Dart Swinger.
The 1968 model year was also the introduction of the Plymouth Road Runner that shared the same body as the Satellite and Belvedere models. The 1968 body continued through 1970, with new grilles in 1969 and a minor front and rear restyling for 1970, which was the last year for the Belvedere name.
Roadrunner: 1968 1980 Chrysler B platform: 3 Basic-trim mid-size muscle car Duster: 1970 1976 Chrysler A platform: 1 Two-door sports car Superbird: 1970 1970 Chrysler B platform: 1 Two-door race car / muscle car Cricket: 1971 1973 Subcompact car, rebadged Hillman Avenger: Colt: 1974 1994 6 Compact / subcompact car, rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage ...
Superbird Interior. The Plymouth Superbird is a highly modified, short-lived version of the Plymouth Road Runner with applied graphic images as well as a distinctive horn sound, both referencing the popular Looney Tunes cartoon character Road Runner.
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The 1970 Superbird was a Road Runner with an extended nose cone and front fenders borrowed from the Dodge Coronet, a revised rear window, and a high-mounted rear wing. The Superbird's unique styling was a result of homologation requirements for using the same aerodynamic nose and rear wing when racing the car in the NASCAR series of the time.