Plymouth Savoy

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Plymouth Savoy
Manufacturer	Chrysler Corporation
Production	1951-1965

First Generation
Production	1951-1953
Body style	4-door station wagon
Related	Plymouth Suburban

Second Generation
Production	1955-1961
Class	Full-size
Body style	2-door coupe 2-door hardtop 4-door sedan 4-door hardtop station wagon

Third Generation
Production	1962-1965
Successor	Plymouth Fury

The Plymouth Savoy was an automobile produced by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation of Highland Park, Michigan.

Plymouth used the name Savoy on several automobiles. From 1951 to 1953, the Savoy name was used on a station wagon, upgrading the base model Suburban. Later (and more popularly known) was a line of full-sized Plymouths from 1955 to 1961[1]. Another incarnation was among Plymouth's ill-fated downsized full-size cars from 1962 to 1964.

When introduced in 1954 as a 1955 model, the Savoy was Plymouth's mid-level car and priced between the base Plaza sedans and the top-line Belvedere models. In 1959, Plymouth dropped the Plaza and replaced it with the Savoy, making the Savoy the marque's entry level automobile.

In 1954, the Savoy was available as a two-door coupe and four-door sedan only. In 1956, the line added a hardtop coupe and the Custom Suburban station wagon. In 1957 and 1958, the line added a four-door hardtop sedan. In 1959, the Savoy was downgraded to entry level status. It lost both hardtop models, as well as the side trim and fancier interior trim it enjoyed in its original position in Plymouth's lineup.

Plymouth discontinued the use of the Savoy nameplate at the end of the 1964 model year (except in Canada). In 1965, the full-sized entry level Plymouth model was the Fury I. In Canada, the Savoy name continued one more year, although the upper series were renamed Fury II and Fury III.

In the film adaptation of Stephen King's Christine, Plymouth Savoys and Plymouth Belvederes were used to portray an evil 1958 Plymouth Fury.

[edit] Sources

• Gunnell, John, Editor The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 Kraus Publications, 1987. ISBN 0-87341-096-3
• Don Butler The Plymouth and DeSoto Story Crestline Publishing, 1979. ISBN 0-912612-14-2
• Motor Vehicle Data Book Sanford-Evans Communications Ltd. various issues 1955-1966
• Ben Deutschman-Owner, 1960 Plymouth Savoy 4-dr Sedan http://bencar.freeyellow.com/benscarpage.html

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