Dodge Phoenix
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.jpg) Dodge Phoenix (1960)
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| Phoenix | |
| Production period: | 1960-1973 |
| Class : | upper middle class |
| Body versions : | limousine |
| Engines: |
Gasoline engines : 5.2–6.3 liters |
| Length: | 5413 mm |
| Width: | 1974 mm |
| Height: | |
| Wheelbase : | 3023 mm |
| Empty weight : | |
| Previous model | Darts |
| successor | Chrysler by Chrysler |
The Dodge Phoenix was a passenger car that Chrysler Australia built from 1960 to 1973 . The Phoenix was introduced in 1960 as the Australian version of the US Dodge Dart and was positioned as a luxury model above the Chrysler Royal, which was assembled in Australia . The car got its name from the top model of the Dodge Dart series, the Dodge Dart Phoenix. Unlike its American namesake, the Phoenix was only offered as a 4-door sedan and only with a 5.2 liter V8 engine.
As a result, the Phoenix was revised every year together with the respective US Dodge model (initially the Dart, later the Polara ) until a change in strategy for the 1965 model year allowed the Phoenix to be based on the Plymouth Fury for the first time . Like the American Fury of 1965, the Phoenix of the same year also had twin headlights on top of each other. In 1967, a 4-door hardtop sedan was added to the sedan , which was equipped with a 6.3 liter V8 engine, while the normal sedan still retained the 5.2 liter V8. These two body styles were offered until the 1973 series was discontinued. Chrysler by Chrysler , developed in Australia, then took on the role of the top model.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Chrysler Phoenix at Allpar.com
- ↑ a b model range of the Dodge Phoenix (English)
- ^ The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring . (1986). Pp. 120-121