Fury
1962-64 Plymouth: The odd case of prescience interruptus
(EXPANDED FROM 8/28/2020) The 1962-64 Plymouth is one of the most prescient U.S. cars of the 1960s. Aside from the 1953 Plymouth, the 1962 redesign represented the first serious effort by a Big Three automaker […]
1966-69 VIP: Why Plymouth couldn’t sell brougham
(EXPANDED FROM 12/17/2021) At least on paper, the VIP luxury series suggested that Plymouth was keeping up with the Chevrolet Caprice and Ford LTD in the late-60s. However, the car’s terrible sales suggest that something […]
1969-77 Plymouth: Fuselage wasn’t so bad compared to anti-fuselage
(EXPANDED FROM 5/25/2020) Ponderous styling of the so-called “fuselage” Plymouths has been pointed to as the biggest reason why sales were smaller than the well-regarded platform it replaced (e.g., auto editors of Consumer Guide, 2022). Output for […]
1957-58 Plymouth: Suddenly it could have been 1962!
(EXPANDED FROM 11/13/2020) When writing about the 1953-54 Plymouth, I wondered whether there could have been a compromise between the practicality of Chrysler head K. T. Keller and the trendiness of his successor, Tex Colbert. Let’s apply that question to […]
1974 AMC Ambassador: Was its styling ruined by bumper regs?
Readers of Indie Auto can offer feedback either by commenting or by sending a direct message here. Recently a reader used the latter route to defend the looks of the 1974 AMC Ambassador, calling it […]