Chrysler E Class
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.jpg) Chrysler E-Class (1984)
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| E class | |
| Production period: | 1982-1984 |
| Class : | Middle class |
| Body versions : | limousine |
| Engines: |
Petrol engines : 2.2–2.6 liters (68–104 kW) |
| Length: | 4717 mm |
| Width: | 1727 mm |
| Height: | 1369 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2620 mm |
| Empty weight : | 1144 kg |
| Previous model | Chrysler Newport |
The Chrysler E Class was a mid-range sedan offered by the US automaker Chrysler in the 1983 and 1984 model years. It was related to the first front-wheel drive version of the Chrysler New Yorker and almost identical to the Dodge 600 and the Plymouth Caravelle . The technical basis was referred to internally as the Chrysler E-Platform .
Model history
Since 1980, Chrysler has consistently switched the model ranges of its divisions to compact front-wheel drive models. After the Dodge Aries and the Plymouth Reliant , the second generation of the Chrysler LeBaron appeared in the fall , which was also based on the K-Car platform and a stylistically only slightly modified version of the Aries / Reliant twins. The position of the top model of the Chrysler Division was to be taken by the Chrysler New Yorker from 1983, also a variant of the K-Cars, but with an extended wheelbase, high-quality equipment and a body modified with conservative design elements. The gap between Chrysler's entry-level LeBaron and the high-priced New Yorker was to be filled by the E-Class model, which shared the long wheelbase and most of the sheet metal parts with the New Yorker, but had a simpler body in the roof area. The E-Class, for example, did without the New Yorker’s vinyl-covered Landau roof; instead it had a third side window in the area of the C-pillar . Overall, the E-Class was less elaborately equipped. The positioning of the E-Class corresponded to that of the previous Chrysler Newport , whose production had ceased at the end of 1981.
On the drive side, the E Class Chrysler's 2.2-liter in-line four-cylinder or the 2.6-liter in-line four-cylinder with balancer shafts supplied by Mitsubishi were available , and in model year 1983 there was also a turbo version of the smaller four-cylinder. The TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission was standard in all models.
The Chrysler E-Class was sold in the USA exclusively through Chrysler Plymouth dealers. For the independent network of Dodge dealers, a model called the Dodge 600, almost identical to the E-Class, was offered, which - unlike the E-Class - was also available in a coupé and a convertible version.
After just two years and 71,000 copies, the E Class dropped out of the Chrysler Division's program at the end of 1984. A largely identical car was offered as the Plymouth Caravelle via the Chrysler-Plymouth dealer network from model year 1985 with a modified radiator grille . The structurally identical Dodge 600, like the Caravelle, was produced until 1988.
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- Flammang, James M./Kowalke, Ron: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976–1999 , Krause Publications, Iola 1999, ISBN 0-87341-755-0
