Chevrolet Kingswood
The Chevrolet Kingswood was a station wagon that Chevrolet offered in the 1959 and 1960 model years. The name also reappeared in the model years 1969–1972. The car was based on the rear-wheel drive GM-B platform .
In the model years 1959 and 1960 there was the Kingswood with a straight six-cylinder or V8 engine . It was one of the combination models of the Bel Air , as well as its sister model, the Parkwood . While the Parkwood only had two benches (6 seats), the Kingswood offered three benches with 9 seats. In terms of equipment, both station wagons were in the middle segment, better equipped than the simple Brookwood , but not as good as the top model Nomad .
From 1969 to 1972 the Kingswood was the station wagon of the Impala , and it was only available with V8 engines. Again it represented the middle offer between the simply furnished models Townsman and Brookwood and the more luxurious top model Kingswood Estate with imitation wood equipment . At that time there was the Kingswood with 6 or 9 seats; In 1969 and 1970 an electrically retractable rear window was standard in the latter, and available on request in the former. In 1971 and 1972, power windows became standard equipment in both models.
In the middle of the 1971 model year, the “TurboHydraMatic” automatic transmission became standard equipment. The manual three-speed transmission was no longer offered. Almost every Kingswood of the late 1960s and early 1970s had been ordered with an automatic transmission.
In 1973, Chevrolet discontinued the Kingswood and Kingswood Estate models as well as their sister models Townsman and Brookwood. The station wagons were now called again like their limousine counterparts, Bel Air, Impala or Caprice . The Bel Air was manufactured until 1974 and the Impala station wagon until 1974. The Impala only returned in 1994 as a sedan.
