Plymouth 1929-2001 - Best-selling brand from the USA
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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of which have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Plymouth, which became the third most produced brand in the USA in its third year of existence. Under Plymouth, spectacular and sensational vehicles were repeatedly brought out, e.g. the XX-500, the Barracuda or the Superbird. There was a brief resurgence in 1996 with the Prowler, but then the brand was dropped in 2001
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In mid-1928, Walter P. Chrysler created the new brands Plymouth (as an entry-level brand and Chevrolet competitor) and De Soto. Both were based on the same chassis; from then on, four-cylinder engines were reserved for the Plymouth. In 1931, this brand catapulted to fourth place in US production, and Louie Miller covered 10,000 km in 132 hours in one of the new PA-Plymouths. The following year, Plymouth became the third most-produced brand behind Chevrolet and Ford; in 1933, the 3.2-liter four-cylinder engine gave way to a 3.1-liter six-cylinder engine, and in 1937, Plymouth sales even reached 552,000 units.
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