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Plymouth was Chrysler's volume brand from 1928 to 2001, producing iconic muscle cars like the Barracuda, Road Runner, and GTX. Classic Plymouths are prized by collectors for their Mopar performance heritage.

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Plymouth was launched by Walter P. Chrysler's Chrysler Corporation on July 7, 1928, at Madison Square Garden in New York. It was created as a separate division to compete with Ford and Chevrolet in the low-priced field. The first car, the Model Q, was developed from the four-cylinder Chrysler 52, itself descended from the Maxwell. Plymouth remained a Chrysler division to the end, by which time the parent company was DaimlerChrysler.
Sources give two origins for the Plymouth name. Chrysler's official explanation tied it to Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrim colony, and the cars carried a Mayflower ship emblem. Several histories of the marque say sales executive Joseph W. Frazer actually proposed it because Plymouth binder twine, made by the Plymouth Cordage Company, was a name farmers already knew and trusted.
Early Plymouths offered four-wheel hydraulic brakes, which Ford and Chevrolet did not provide at the time, along with full-pressure engine lubrication shared with costlier Chrysler models. From 1929 they were built at a new plant on Lynch Road in Detroit. Sales rose quickly: Chrysler's own timeline has Plymouth passing Buick for third place in US sales in 1931, while some other histories date that to 1932.
Plymouth production ended on June 28, 2001, when the last car, a silver Neon, was built at the Belvidere, Illinois, plant. Parent company DaimlerChrysler had announced the decision in November 1999. Reporting at the time cited falling sales and a wish to expand the Chrysler brand, and company president James Holden said Plymouth, sold only in the US, did not contribute to growth. Other Plymouth models were dropped or rebadged as Chryslers.
The Plymouth Road Runner came out for the 1968 model year as a low-priced, no-frills muscle car based on the mid-size Belvedere. Its standard engine was a 383-cubic-inch V8 rated at 335 horsepower. First-year production is most often given as 44,599. The name was last used in 1980 on a Volaré package.
The 1968 Plymouth Road Runner was the work of product planners more than stylists. Plymouth's mid-size car planning group, led by Jack Smith, created it as a stripped, low-priced performance version of the existing Belvedere, a formula journalist Brock Yates had suggested to Chrysler. Gordon Cherry, on Smith's staff, proposed the Road Runner name and cartoon tie-in, and Plymouth paid Warner Bros. $50,000 for the character.
Yes, the Plymouth Superbird was built and sold as a road car. NASCAR rules required race cars to be available to the public through dealers, and for 1970 that meant one car for every two dealerships. Plymouth therefore sold the winged, long-nosed Road Runner variant to ordinary buyers for the 1970 model year only. The generally accepted production total is 1,935, although some sources list 1,920.
The Plymouth Barracuda went on sale on April 1, 1964, about two weeks before the Ford Mustang. The first version was a fastback built on the compact Valiant, sharing much of its bodywork. From 1970 the Barracuda moved to the E-body platform shared with the Dodge Challenger, and the last cars were 1974 models.
The 237 Plymouth listings on Classic Cars Arena right now are priced from $2,500 to $625,000, with a median asking price of $27,995. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.
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Classic Plymouth Cars — Mopar Muscle Heritage

Plymouth, introduced by Chrysler Corporation in 1928, served as the company's affordable, high-volume brand for over seven decades. During the muscle car era, Plymouth produced some of the most powerful and collectible performance cars in American history.

Most Popular Classic Plymouth Models

The Barracuda ('Cuda) is one of the most valuable muscle cars ever made, especially in HEMI-powered form. The Road Runner delivered no-frills performance, while the GTX added luxury to muscle. The Duster and Satellite offered affordable performance, and the Fury provided full-size comfort. Earlier models like the Belvedere and Savoy are popular with restorers and hot rodders.