For Imperial models sold under its own marque (1955-1975, 1981-83) see Imperial (automobile)

The Chrysler Imperial, introduced in 1926, was the company's top of the range vehicle for much of its history. Models were produced with the Chrysler name until 1954, and again from 1990 to 1993. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 422 pixelsFull resolution (2268 × 1197 pixel, file size: 1. ... Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... The Chrysler Corporation was a United States-based automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925–1998. ... The Chrysler LHS was a full-size, front wheel drive car based on Chryslers LH platform. ... Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories. ... A full-size car is term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car, usually having a wheelbase greater than 2. ... A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. ... 1955 Imperial Imperial was the Chrysler Corporations prestige automobile brand between 1955 and 1975, with a brief reappearance in 1981-1983. ...

1926-1930

In 1926, Walter P. Chrysler decided to compete with Cadillac and Lincoln in the luxury car field. Chrysler offered a variety of body styles: a four-passenger roadster, a four-seat coupé on a 120 in wheelbase, five-passenger sedan, and a seven-passenger top-of-the-line limousine. The Imperial's new engine was slightly larger than the company's standard straight 6. It was a 3.3 L I6 with seven bearing blocks and pressure lubrication. The car set a transcontinental speed record in the year it was introduced, driving more than 6,500 miles in the week. The car was chosen as the pace car for the 1926 Indianapolis 500. 1926 Chrysler Imperial Roadster at the Great West Road Run rally at Aust Services, Aust, Bristol, England. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... 1923 Ford Model T roadster 1950 Jaguar XK120 roadster This article is about the roadster car body style. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... Look up limousine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... The liter (spelled liter in American English and litre in Commonwealth English) is a unit of volume. ... The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Walter Percy Chrysler (April 2, 1875 - August 18, 1940) was an American automobile pioneer. ... Cadillac is a brand of luxury vehicles, part of General Motors, produced and mostly sold in the United States and Canada. ... Lincoln is an American luxury automobile brand, operated under the Ford Motor Company. ... A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. ... For other uses, including the Chrysler Brand, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ... 1923 Ford Model T roadster 1950 Jaguar XK120 roadster This article is about the roadster car body style. ... The Peugeot 406 Coupé, designed by Pininfarina 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC coupé, noted for its large, angular design 1980s Volvo 480 two-box coupé 1997 Rover Vitesse Coupe, club coupe Mercedes CLS, a modern four-door coupé Gala-Coupé of Leopold II, Brussels 1970s Sunbeam Alpine fastback coupé A coup... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... Look up limousine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The liter (spelled liter in American English and litre in Commonwealth English) is a unit of volume. ... The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ... See also List of Indianapolis 500 pace cars A pace car has been used to start the Indianapolis 500 since 1911. ... “Indy 500” redirects here. ...

1931-1933

The Chrysler Imperial was redesigned in 1931. The car received a new engine, a 6.3 L I8. Marketing materials for this generation of Imperial referred to the car as the "Imperial 8", in reference to the new engine. The engine would be found in many other Chrysler vehicles. The redesign also saw the introduction of new wire wheels that became the standard wheel treatment until the 1940s. Stock car driver Harry Hartz set numerous speed records with an Imperial sedan at Daytona Beach, Florida. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1890 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Chrysler Corporation Chrysler Imperial ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... 1923 Ford Model T roadster 1950 Jaguar XK120 roadster This article is about the roadster car body style. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... Look up limousine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... 1933 Bugatti DOHC straight-8 in a Type 59 Grand Prix racer 1940s Oldsmobile Straight-8 engine A Straight-8 is a straight engine with eight cylinders. ... 1933 Bugatti DOHC straight-8 in a Type 59 Grand Prix racer 1940s Oldsmobile Straight-8 engine A Straight-8 is a straight engine with eight cylinders. ... Daytona Beach in 2005 Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, USA. As of 2004, the population estimates recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 64,422. ...

1934-1936

The 1934 to 1936 Chrysler Imperial ushered in the 'Airflow' design. The car was marketed with the slogan "The car of tomorrow is here today." It featured eight passenger seating and again an eight-cylinder engine. This was the first car to be designed in a wind tunnel. Initial tests indicated that the standard car of the 1920s worked best in the wind-tunnel when pointed backwards with the curved rear deck facing forward. This led to a rethinking of the fundamental deign of Chrysler's line of cars. This was one of the first vehicles with fender skirts. Image File history File links 1934_Chrysler_Imperial_CL.jpg Summary A Custom Imperial CL convertible. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... 1934 Chrysler Airflow Chrysler advertising readily compared the the Airflow to the streamlined locomotive engines of the era Image from the 1936 Chrysler Imperial Airflow brochure showing how Airflow passengers rode inside of the cars advanced frame design, instead of on top of it as other cars of the era... NASA wind tunnel with the model of a plane A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects. ... 1962 Cadillac Series 62 with rear wheels covered by detachable Fender Skirts 1986 Citroën CX Fender skirts are pieces of bodywork that cover the upper portions of the rear tires of an automobile. ...

Unfortunately, the public did not buy the car in large numbers. The relative failure of the Airflow cars led Chrysler to be overly conservative in their styling for the next 20 years. The "standard" styling on the lower-end Chrysler Corporation products outsold the Airflow.

1937-1942

Innovations for 1937 included built-in defroster vents, safety type interior hardware and seat back padding, and fully insulated engine mounts. There were three Imperial models in this generation. The C-14 was the standard eight and looked much like the Chrysler Royal with a longer hood and cowl. The C-15 was the Imperial Custom and the Town Sedan Limousine, with blind rear quarter panels. This model was available by special order. The third model, C-17, was the designation for the Airflow model. They had a concealed crank for raising the windshield and the hood was hinged at the cowl and opened from the front; side hood panels were released by catches on the inside. A Custom Imperial convertible sedan was used as an official car at the Indy 500. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... Categories: Stub | Chrysler vehicles ...

1946-1948

In 1946 the Imperial line was simplified. Two models were produced, an eight passenger four door sedan and an eight passenger four door limousine. The two vehicles had a US$100 price difference and a 10 lb weight difference. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... Look up limousine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

1949-1954

Three Imperial models were produced in 1949. The Imperial C46-2 was a four door, six passenger sedan. The Imperial Crown models, both with the C47 designation, were an eight paseach, respectively, were built in their first year. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ...

1955-1975 / 1981-1983

In 1955 Chrysler spun off the Imperial as its own separate marque in an attempt to compete directly with the Cadillac and Lincoln luxury marques offered by both Ford and General Motors. See the separate page Imperial (automobile) for information about Imperial model years 1955-1975 and 1981-1983. Although there were no Imperials produced between 1976 and 1978, the cars previously sold as an Imperial were sold as the Chrysler New Yorker Brougham during this time. 1955 Imperial Imperial was the Chrysler Corporations prestige automobile brand between 1955 and 1975, with a brief reappearance in 1981-1983. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... 1967 Chrysler New Yorker 1970 Chrysler New Yorker 2-door hardtop. ...

1990-1993

The early 1990s saw the last generation of the Chrysler Imperial. Based on the Y platform, the car was an upscale version of the Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue. The car featured six passenger seating and was powered by either a 3.3 L or 3.8 L V6 engine. A four-speed automatic transmission was standard. Power equiptment came standard, as did air conditioning, ABS brakes, Cruise Control, a cassette player, and a driver's side airbag. This generation Imperial featured the same hidden headlamps behind retractable metal covers as the Chrysler LeBaron and Chrysler New Yorker/Fifth Avenue. The Chrysler LHS replaced the Imperial, as Chrysler's most luxurious sedan for 1994. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 422 pixelsFull resolution (1975 × 1041 pixel, file size: 1. ... Belvidere is a city in Boone County, Illinois, United States. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... A notchback full-size luxury sedan. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FF, or Front-engine, Front wheel drive, layout places both the engine and driven wheels at the front of the vehicle. ... An automobile platform is a shared set of components common to a number of different automobiles. ... The Chrysler Y platform was a stretched version of the front wheel drive Chrysler C platform, itself a derivative of the Chrysler K platform. ... The liter (spelled liter in American English and litre in Commonwealth English) is a unit of volume. ... hp, see HP (disambiguation) The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... The Ford Essex V6 engine V6 and V-6 redirect here. ... Transmissions provide a speed-power conversion known as gear reduction (in speed) to a higher torque (rotational force) using gearsets. ... An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kerb (sometimes mis-spelled as curb by Americans) weight is the total weight of a vehicle with standard equipment, all necessary operating consumables (such as motor oil and coolant), a full tank of fuel and not loaded with either passengers or cargo. ... The Chrysler Y platform was a stretched version of the front wheel drive Chrysler C platform, itself a derivative of the Chrysler K platform. ... Fifth Avenue was a name used by Chrysler Corporation on its largest models from 1979 to 1993. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... ABS is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings: Able-bodied Seaman / Able-bodied Seamen — (the original term was Able Seaman, abbreviated AB) ABS, a popular clothing brand by Allen B. Schwartz Always Better Service, the brand name of a computer manufacturing company. ... Cruise control (sometimes known as speed control or Autocruise) is a system to automatically control the speed of an automobile. ... A cassette deck is a player, or player/recorder, for compact audio cassettes. ... 1937 Cord 812 with hidden headlights Promotional art for the 1942 DeSoto, the first mass produced American car with hidden headlights 1967 Ford Thunderbird with hidden headlights Pop-up headlights on a 1973 SAAB Sonett III. Hidden headlamps are an automotive styling feature that conceals an automobiles headlights when... Chrysler introduced the LeBaron model in 1978 as its lowest priced model, and the name was used on various Chryslers until 1995. ... 1967 Chrysler New Yorker 1970 Chrysler New Yorker 2-door hardtop. ... Fifth Avenue was a name used by Chrysler Corporation on its largest models from 1979 to 1993. ... The Chrysler LHS was a full-size, front wheel drive car based on Chryslers LH platform. ...

Prices

The following are the original base prices for the 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperial:

• 1990 - $25,655 USD
• 1991 - $27,119 USD
• 1992 - $28,453 USD
• 1993 - $29,481 USD

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2006

2006 Chrysler Imperial concept

A Chrysler Imperial concept car was presented at the 2006 North American International Auto Show. This concept uses the Chrysler LX platform. It features a 123 in wheelbase. Riding on 22 inch wheels, the car presents "a six-figure image but at a much lower price" according to Tom Tremont, Vice President of advanced vehicle design for Chrysler. The design incorporates a long hood and front end dominated by an upright radiator and strong horizontal grille. Brushed and polished aluminum pods evoke the free-standing headlamps of past models. Circular LED taillights with floating outer rings harken to the "gun sight" taillight look of early 1960s Imperials. The roof line is pulled rearward to enlarge the cabin and to create a strong profile. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2651x1780, 905 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chrysler Imperial Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2651x1780, 905 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Chrysler Imperial Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Automotive design. ... NAIAS 2005, near the Audi exhibit. ... The LX platform is Chryslers new full_size rear wheel drive automobile platform for the mid part of the 2000s. ... External links LEd Category: TeX ...

Cancellation

On July 17, 2007, Chrysler officially announced it would drop the production plans for the Imperial. This cancellation was due to the Imperial not being able to meet the government's new fuel consumption rates in the United States. ^[1] is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

See also

• Imperial (automobile)

also installed with a v8 hemi engine. 1955 Imperial Imperial was the Chrysler Corporations prestige automobile brand between 1955 and 1975, with a brief reappearance in 1981-1983. ...

References

1. ^ CNN Newsroom, July 18, 2007, 9:45 A.M. U.S. central time

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External links

• Allpar - 1924-1930 Chrysler Imperials
• Allpar - 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperials
• Online Imperial Club
• TeamChicago.com - Imperial, By Chrysler
• TeamChicago.com - Informative Imperial FAQ