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1962 Valiant Sedán

1962 Valiant Sedán in Matinée, Movie, 1977 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: US — Built in: MX — Made for: MEX

1962 Valiant Sedán

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supcoach US

◊ 2021-10-09 23:21

 Dodge Lancer??

CougarTim US

◊ 2021-10-09 23:22

 1962 Valiant grille, name in Mexico?

Caboverlover US

◊ 2021-10-09 23:29

 Was sold as Chrysler Valiant in Mexico.

night cub US

◊ 2021-10-09 23:49
Caboverlover wrote Was sold as Chrysler Valiant in Mexico.

Do you have info to back that up?

From Allpar:
At that time Chrysler was well established in the country. It had good reputation and its cars were second to none. They were always perceived as technologically superior to Fords and GMs. In 1960-61 we had the Dodge Lancers, Valiants and Dodges like the Savoy. We also had the full-size Plymouths, namely the Belvedere; the Fury was never available here. Plymouth was somewhere between the smaller Valiant/Lancer and the Dodges. There were no Chryslers in the 1960s.

Through its affiliate Automex, Chrysler built the Valiant, by far the prettiest car in its class, in 1963. A luxury version not unlike the Signet was dubbed the Acapulco. The large Dart arrived in 1962 and was renamed to 330 in 1963; it had two and four door sedans and a station wagon. Plymouth was available with a six cylinder engine, 4 door sedans only. Dodges had six and eight cylinder engines, the latter being the 318 "A" engines.

The 1964 and 1965 car lines were the same as in the U.S., except that the two-door Dodge became the 440 hardtop; 1964 Dodges had automatic transmissions, for the first time in Mexico.

In 1965 we saw the Barracuda, some of which had the 318 engine. It competed well against Ford's Mustang, but from the front you couldn't tell it apart from a Valiant Acapulco, with which it shared the grille, trim and interiors. The Barracuda was roomier and had a better engine than the Mustang. While being marketed as a "Valiant Barracuda" the trunk said "Plymouth," a brand that was dropped from 1965 to 1967.

Doesn't really mention brand, except that Plymouth brand didn't exist from 1965-1967. The Valiants later than that did not list a brand in advertising. If you look at the bottom of the ads, it actually looks like Valiant is a stand-alone brand with Dodge and Plymouth:

https://flic.kr/p/rgHFmq
https://flic.kr/p/8SYD1b
https://flic.kr/p/2kXrXZY
https://flic.kr/p/8SYCFU

Caboverlover US

◊ 2021-10-09 23:59
night cub wrote
Do you have info to back that up?

From Allpar:
At that time Chrysler was well established in the country. It had good reputation and its cars were second to none. They were always perceived as technologically superior to Fords and GMs. In 1960-61 we had the Dodge Lancers, Valiants and Dodges like the Savoy. We also had the full-size Plymouths, namely the Belvedere; the Fury was never available here. Plymouth was somewhere between the smaller Valiant/Lancer and the Dodges. There were no Chryslers in the 1960s.

Through its affiliate Automex, Chrysler built the Valiant, by far the prettiest car in its class, in 1963. A luxury version not unlike the Signet was dubbed the Acapulco. The large Dart arrived in 1962 and was renamed to 330 in 1963; it had two and four door sedans and a station wagon. Plymouth was available with a six cylinder engine, 4 door sedans only. Dodges had six and eight cylinder engines, the latter being the 318 "A" engines.

The 1964 and 1965 car lines were the same as in the U.S., except that the two-door Dodge became the 440 hardtop; 1964 Dodges had automatic transmissions, for the first time in Mexico.

In 1965 we saw the Barracuda, some of which had the 318 engine. It competed well against Ford's Mustang, but from the front you couldn't tell it apart from a Valiant Acapulco, with which it shared the grille, trim and interiors. The Barracuda was roomier and had a better engine than the Mustang. While being marketed as a "Valiant Barracuda" the trunk said "Plymouth," a brand that was dropped from 1965 to 1967.

Doesn't really mention brand, except that Plymouth brand didn't exist from 1965-1967. The Valiants later than that did not list a brand in advertising. If you look at the bottom of the ads, it actually looks like Valiant is a stand-alone brand with Dodge and Plymouth:

https://flic.kr/p/rgHFmq
https://flic.kr/p/8SYD1b
https://flic.kr/p/2kXrXZY
https://flic.kr/p/8SYCFU

I agree, from the pictures it does look to be a stand-alone brand.

-- Last edit: 2021-10-10 00:00:10

night cub US

◊ 2021-10-10 00:09

 Finally found a front cover of a 1962 Mexican brochure, now for the rest:
[Image: 272683706822.jpg]

1961:
Link to "www.worthpoint.com"

-- Last edit: 2021-10-10 00:12:08

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