The Imperial was a high end luxury automobile from Chrysler that was so exclusive it spawned its own brand. The Imperial name had been used since 1926 to identify Chrysler Corp.’s top end luxury cars, but in 1955 Chrysler spun off an entire brand to compete with Lincoln and Cadillac. During the second generation (1957-1966) […]
In 1964 Chrysler introduced a new edition of their Imperial Crown high end luxury sedan. The new version put to bed the 50’s tailfins and chrome of the Virgil Exner designed Imperials, and the Elwood Engel designed 1964 model featured slab sides (you might recognize them from Engel’s ’61 Continental design) and razor-edged lines. It […]
Chrysler spun off a brand called Imperial in 1955 to compete directly with Cadillac and Lincoln, but by 1962 it was manufactured in the same plants as the rest of Chrysler’s autos, in 1967 it moved to a Chrysler corporate shared platform (Mopar C-Body) and even the body was shared by 1969. In 1975 the […]