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1992 Chrysler Imperial The 1990s Chrysler Imperial featured full-width taillights. 1990 saw a revival of the Imperial as a high-end sedan in Chrysler's lineup to replace the dated Fifth Avenue. [1] Unlike the 1955–1983 Imperial, this car was a model of Chrysler, not its own marque.
1936 Chrysler Imperial Airflow. Initially, the Chrysler Imperial was introduced in 1926 as Chrysler's flagship vehicle for much of its history. It was based on extended-length platforms of the company's full-size cars and competed with the likes of rival Cadillac, Continental, Lincoln, Duesenberg, Pierce Arrow, Cord, and Packard.
The Chrysler LeBaron, also known as the Imperial LeBaron, is a line of automobiles built by Chrysler from 1931 to 1941 and from 1955 to 1995. The model was introduced in 1931, with a body manufactured by LeBaron , and competed with other luxury cars of the era, such as Lincoln and Packard .
In 1940, Chrysler built six limited production cars with the same approach to uniqueness called the Chrysler Newport Phaeton also using an Imperial chassis. Under the custom bodywork, the mechanicals were standard top-of-the-line Chrysler for the period, with a 331 cubic inch (5.42 L) FirePower V8 engine , torque converter transmission, and ...
Imperial: 1926 1954 1990 1993 Imperial Parade Phaeton: 1952: 1952 Laser [n 3] 1984 1986 LeBaron: 1977 1995 Newport: 1940 1941 1950: 1950 1961 1981 New Yorker: 1939 1996 New Yorker Fifth Avenue: 1983: 1983: 1990: 1993 Royal: 1933 1950 Saratoga: 1939 1953 1957 1960 1961 1966 Shadow [n 4] [n 5] 1988 1994 Six: 1924 1935 Spirit [n 4] [n 5] 1990 1995 ...
Also in 1950, Chrysler introduced disc brakes on the Imperial, the new Chrysler Newport hardtop, power windows, and the padded safety dash. Chrysler introduced their first overhead-valve, high-compression V8 engine in 1951; displacing 331 cubic inches, it was rated at 180 bhp, 20 more horsepower than the new-for-1949 Cadillac V8.
The rear wheel drive D platform was a body on frame chassis used only by Imperial from 1957 until 1966, (although Chrysler would not use such nomenclature until 1964). The standard chassis had a 129.0 inches (3.28 m) wheelbase and the extended wheelbase chassis had a wheelbase of 149.5 inches (3.80 m).
Similarly, Chrysler and Imperial models, excluding T&C wagon, shared slightly longer passenger compartments and greenhouses, riding on 124-inch and 127-inch wheelbases respectively (all of the Imperial's longer wheelbase was in the front clip).