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Plymouth Explorer - Coupé elegance from Ghia without series effect?

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Created on May 16, 2020

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Plymouth Explorer (1954) - this "Idea Car" is certainly not lacking in elegance

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Plymouth Explorer (1954) - concept car first shown in Washington

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Plymouth Explorer (1954) - cockpit with wooden steering wheel and extensive instrumentation, which even includes a stopwatch

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Plymouth Explorer (1954) - tasteful interior with luggage set made in the same way as the seats

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Plymouth Explorer (1954) - Tank opening in the trunk to avoid disturbing the line and prevent fuel theft

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Plymouth (1952) - Chassis with rear rigid axle

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Plymouth (1953) - in-line six-cylinder engine

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Plymouth (1954) - HY-Drive Transmission

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Plymouth Plaza Club Sedan (1954) - standard sedan

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Plymouth Savoy Club Coupe (1954) - how to buy a limousine

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Chrysler K-310 (1951) - 'Starring in Style' - beautiful photomontage of the factory

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Virgil Exner (left) began a collaboration with Carrozzeria Ghia in 1949, posing with Luigi Segre in front of the new Chrysler K-310 (1951)

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Chrysler C-200 (1952) - elegant lines

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Chrysler Dodge Firearrow Convertible (1954) - first shown at the Chrysler National Press Show in November, built by Ghia

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Chrysler Dodge Firearrow Sport Coupé (1954) - shown at the Detroit Automobile Show from February 20 to 24, 1954

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Chrysler Dodge Firearrow Sport Coupé (1954) - with characterful front design

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Chrysler Dodge Firearrow Sport Coupé (1954) - V8 engine, 115 hp, 119 inch wheelbase, built by Ghia

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DeSoto Adventurer (1954) - recorded in Italy in 1953

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DeSoto Adventurer (1954) - first presented on January 18, 1954 at the Chrysler International Salon

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De Soto Adventurer Ghia (1954) - shown at the 1954 Turin Motor Show

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DeSoto Adventurer II (1954) - based on the Supersonic design by Ghia, first shown on June 16, 1954

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Chrysler Ghia ST Coupé (1955) - in its original splendor

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Chrysler Flight Sweep I (1955) - stretched, elegant lines

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Chrysler Flight Sweep II (1955) - view of the successor to the Flight Sweep I from diagonally behind

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Summary

In the first half of the 1950s, Virgil Exner, together with the Chrysler Corporation and Italian partner Ghia in Turin, set off a veritable firework display of innovatively designed concept cars. One of these was the Plymouth Explorer, which was first shown in 1954 and represented an almost perfect symbiosis of Italian lightness and robust American production car technology. This report shows the Plymouth Explorer in historical images and in comparison with other Chrysler concept cars of the time.

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Show car with a pull effect
Well-designed
Simple drive technology
Relatively well-behaved

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In the first half of the fifties, Virgil Exner, together with the Chrysler Corporation and Italian partner Ghia in Turin, set off a veritable firework display of innovatively designed concept cars or "Idea Cars" and "Dream Cars", as the Americans called them. Exner had no shortage of ideas of his own, but there was no better partner for the rapid construction of individually bodied one-offs than the Italian carrozzerias. Not just once, but again and again. This resulted in some similar, some very different concept cars such as the Chrysler K-310, the Chrysler D-200, the Chrysler SS or the Dodge Firearrow coupés and convertibles. There were also the DeSoto Adventurer Coupés, of which there were two completely different designs, namely the one by Luigi Segre and later the Adventurer II inspired by the Supersonic Fiat 8V.

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