Another random automotive thought: Chrysler never played the sportster game.
In 1952-1955 EVERYONE was introducing special distinct sporty roadsters. GM had Corvette, Fiesta, Skylark, Eldorado. Ford had T-bird and Continental. Absolutely all of the independents joined the trend. Nash Healey, Hudson Italia, Crosley Hotshot, Kaiser Darrin, Willys Jeepster, Packard Caribbean, Studie’s perfect coupe which quickly turned into the Hawk.
Chrysler ignored it. They did introduce hotted-up regular cars, like the 300 and Fury, but those weren’t cut-down roadsters or distinct bodies. Just the same car with a Hemi. You could argue that the Dual-Ghia was part of the trend, but it wasn’t associated with Chrysler. A separate company was working with Ghia and buying Chrysler engines.
Chrysler finally answered the question weirdly in the 90s with the Viper and Prowler, radical concept cars sent directly into production. At that point nobody else was asking the question.
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