Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for:
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2018-06-21 14:27 |
Franco-British Chrysler, looks like early 180 from 1971. |
◊ 2018-06-21 15:23 |
I don't think anyone British would want to lay claim to this turkey, they must have sold a dozen or 2 here? |
◊ 2018-06-21 16:25 |
.. and my dad had 2 of them as Chrysler lease cars. It was a joint Poissy-Ryton design project also intended for UK production as a new Humber Hawk with a V6 in 2.0 and 2.5 sizes, but Chrysler pulled the plug very late, even though a lot of tooling had already been installed at Ryton, all of which was then scrapped. I've never seen pictures of the Hawk design, but I remember my dad's disappointment when the 160/180 emerged about how bland they looked with the final Simca styling, so I guess the Hawk would have been different. -- Last edit: 2018-06-22 12:29:44 |
◊ 2018-06-21 17:36 |
A teacher at school had one so that just leaves another 21 to account for? |
◊ 2018-06-21 20:19 |
My folks had a 2-litre, ‘orrible it was. |
◊ 2018-06-22 12:06 |
With this body it can't hides its origins (part of it), it is more similar to British cars of that era than to anything French. Personally I do not consider it as ugly representative of this "design trend", prefer its appearance more than e.g. this of Cortina Mk III. The later, also "drawn" in UK, 1307/08/Alpine had already more international look. -- Last edit: 2018-09-12 23:12:13 |
◊ 2020-01-02 18:38 |
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◊ 2020-01-03 10:56 |
In West Germany it was a good seller, but only for a short while, then they extinct quite fast. A red 2 Liter was the car of my wife's early childhood, her father owned one. I had the first high speed adventure in a Chrysler 180, owned by a friend of my father: I was impressed and upset, when I saw the speedometer-needle passing the 140 km/h mark - more than the speedometer in my dad's 9/1967 VW 1300 could show! |