Nowadays
is the era of high technologies. It
is hard to believe
that some
40 or 50 years ago cars weren’t so perfect as they are
today.
In the late 60’s a muscle car does not contain a full size engine and transmission. The new generation of cars with big cubes came with names Impala SS and Galaxie. The compact vehicles wasn’t very profitable for a huge companies. Sure Chevy II, Valiant and Falcon were popular but the real gain was in selling a big cars. Chrysler Corporation was known for their “suddenly it’s 60” line. It was a turn point in the car industry.
The Fury was the image of the car during that period. This model with dual carbed, special paint and anodized trim gain so much popularity that even Stephen King’s describe it in one of his novels.
Than it was a knockout in vehicle industry. The Plymouth corporation were developing a new small car with asymmetrical styling cues which they roll out in 1962. Later that year Exner drastically scaled down the cars and the asymmetrical details were tossed to make it look cleaner. It lost eight inches and 550 pounds and were presented to public in 1962. But at the same time Galaxie and Impala were still full size and looked not less gorgeous. That was the moment when panic took Chrysler. It turned out that Chevy II became a competitor to a Plymouth Valiant.
Back in 1962 the huge steps to create more perfect car were made. This history experience proves to us that in spite of common thought that the big car were better both the small one and the bigger were competitors in the late 60’s.
In the late 60’s a muscle car does not contain a full size engine and transmission. The new generation of cars with big cubes came with names Impala SS and Galaxie. The compact vehicles wasn’t very profitable for a huge companies. Sure Chevy II, Valiant and Falcon were popular but the real gain was in selling a big cars. Chrysler Corporation was known for their “suddenly it’s 60” line. It was a turn point in the car industry.
The Fury was the image of the car during that period. This model with dual carbed, special paint and anodized trim gain so much popularity that even Stephen King’s describe it in one of his novels.
Than it was a knockout in vehicle industry. The Plymouth corporation were developing a new small car with asymmetrical styling cues which they roll out in 1962. Later that year Exner drastically scaled down the cars and the asymmetrical details were tossed to make it look cleaner. It lost eight inches and 550 pounds and were presented to public in 1962. But at the same time Galaxie and Impala were still full size and looked not less gorgeous. That was the moment when panic took Chrysler. It turned out that Chevy II became a competitor to a Plymouth Valiant.
Back in 1962 the huge steps to create more perfect car were made. This history experience proves to us that in spite of common thought that the big car were better both the small one and the bigger were competitors in the late 60’s.
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