Chrysler E platform

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Two different platforms from the American car manufacturer Chrysler that were used for a number of passenger cars in the 1970s and 1980s were referred to as the Chrysler E-Platform .

Stern drive platform

From 1970 to 1974 the e-platform was the basis for two sports cars that were positioned in the pony car market segment and were intended to compete with the Ford Mustang . They had rear-wheel drive and were technically related to the B-platform on which the Chrysler Group's mid-range models were based. The following vehicles were derived from the first e-platform:

  • Dodge Challenger Coupe

  • Dodge Challenger Convertible

  • Plymouth Barracuda

Front drive platform

The term E-platform was used again from 1983 to 1988. It was now valid for a derivative of the K platform , was located in the compact area and had four-cylinder engines with front-wheel drive installed transversely . The E platform had a wheelbase that was 76 mm longer than the K platform. Because of their relationship to the K-Cars, the slightly larger vehicles on the e-platform are also referred to as "Super K's" in the USA.

As with the K-Cars, Chrysler also used a front suspension with MacPherson struts for the E-platform, with a torsion crank axle at the rear . The roof line was changed: the sedans of the K-Cars had two side windows, those of the E-platform had a third side window between the rear doors and the C-pillar . An exception was the New Yorker, whose C-pillar was covered with vinyl up to the end of the rear doors. Regardless of the reduction in external dimensions, the interior space of the e-cars was almost the same as that of the larger rear-wheel drive sedans based on the Chrysler M platform ( Dodge Diplomat , Plymouth Gran Fury ).

The vehicles derived from the E-platform were positioned higher than the models of the K-Car family ( Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant ). While the K-Cars were only offered by Dodge and Plymouth , the E-Platform was available from 1983 onwards from all three brands belonging to the Chrysler Group. The Plymouth Caravelle, offered from 1985, replaced the Chrysler E-Class, with which it was largely identical. The following vehicles were based on the e-platform:

The vehicles on the e-platform were exclusively four-door sedans. Dodge (unlike Chrysler and Plymouth) offered not only its version of the E series, the 600 sedan, but also convertibles and coupés with the designation Dodge 600. However, they were not based on the e-platform, but on the shorter chassis of the K-Cars.

In six years, slightly more than 800,000 vehicles were built on the e-platform.

Production
figures for all models of the e-platform
Model year Chrysler New Yorker Chrysler New York Turbo Chrysler E-Class Plymouth Caravelle Dodge 600 total
1983 33,832 - 39,258 - 33,488 106.605
1984 60.501 - 32,237 - 61,637 154,375
1985 60,700 - - 39,971 58,847 159,518
1986 51,099 - - 34,352 59,677 145.128
1987 68.279 - - 42,465 40.391 151.135
1988 - 8,805 - 16,889 55,550 72,439
total 277.411 8,805 71,495 133,677 309,590 800,978

  • Chrysler New Yorker

  • Chrysler E-Class

  • Plymouth Caravelle (identical successor to the Chrysler E-Class)

  • Rear view of the Plymouth Caravelle

  • Dodge 600 (Facelift 1987)

literature

  • James T. Lenzke (Ed.): Standard Catalog of Chrysler 1914-2000 . 2nd Edition. Krause Publications, Iola / Wisconsin 2000, ISBN 0-87341-882-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Model history of the Super-K's on the website www.allpar.com (accessed on August 24, 2012).
  2. ↑ AutoKatalog No. 28 (1984/85), p. 245.
  3. ↑ Model history of the Super-K's on the website www.allpar.com (accessed on August 24, 2012).
  4. ↑ Including coupes and convertibles.