1971 Chrysler Vehicle Line Up Sales Features - Dealer Promo Film 

Not power. The compression ratio was reduced in 1970 and even more in1971 because of government standards.

@@fairfaxcat1312 on MoPar engines the compression ratios remained mostly the same until 1972. Even then, some were still the same. The main reason for the power rating drop in ‘71 was because of going to the SAE ratings.

Styling yes. Quality no. My Dad’s ‘71 Newport was garbage. From the time it was new the rear end sang like an off-key church choir; the wind noise whistled unceasingly from the unframed ventless hard top windows; and the unsophisticated 383 would shake the whole car when sitting at a red light.

You can have safe, boring cars or flashy, dangerous cars. Which one would you like to put your children into?

@@plymouth491 good point, safer newer cars I would put my child/children in, the classic would just be a novelty (once in a while crusier)

Lucky son of a gun !!! 👍😊

I think the industry first was Jensen with the Interceptor?

Me too! lol

I had a Cuda with a rim blow, a few times racing people I accidentally honked the horn gripping the wheel to hard when I shifted into 2nd, kind of embarrassing.

Peter Panassow stop!!

Those two were certainly different from one another.

Good gas mileage really? Both of the cars you’re talking about are absolutely killer cars but gas mileage would not be near the top of the list.

Not with bias ply tires

I had a 67 mercury cougar in California. it had emission equipment.

That system 1st started for California cars in 70. All Chryslers for 71 had the vapor recovery system and depending on the tank capacity, even had dual charcoal canisters. Did it work? Maybe on paper.... ;)

Yes 4 wheel ABS. Gm and Ford had 2 wheel systems I believe on their rear wheels, Chrysler had it all around.

Lincolns had it but only on the rear wheels

@@FIVEOFEVER i said that three weeks ago. You must be a Ford owner

in usa yes, euro had it already

First us model with abs was the Lincoln Mark III and thunderbird from 1969 (rear wheel only).

Imperial was a seperate division up to 1983. The 1990's version was the first of the return to Chrysler Imperial. The death of Imperial started with 1969 to 1973 models. They were just Chryslers with higher trim at this point. Even though they were, and true to this very day, the longest production cars made. Ahhh Imperial, beauty in motion.

Chrysler and Phord were so busy trying to emulate GM's confusing, overlapping, and horribly inefficient corporate structure that they weren't paying as much attention to quality and detail as they should have.

LOVE IT!! I'm going to start saying that!!

barrels? hahahaha it's wheel BARROWS, you idiot!!!!

GM had hideaway headlights and wraparound bumpers on several models back then ..

@@marshalllsmith2095gone by 71

@@peterhogan9537 You forgot about the 80's and 90's and Pontiac firebird's and Chevy corvettes, and 2000 models aswell, and I do believe the Vettes still wear them.

That is to tell the projector operator to go to next picture slide

@@FIVEOFEVER Unless it was a filmstrip, lol

it was still registered as its own make but no longer marketed that way (starting in 1971). potential sales demonstrated it wasn't worth it anymore. there were also still separate chrysler, plymouth, and imperial signs at the dealerships(that didn't cost anything). or a couple of years through 1970, imperial even had about a dozen independent dealerships in the midwest(but that's an odd story).

Please study the facts before making a misinformed statement yourself. When you do so you will discover that Imperial was in fact a separate division of Chrysler Corporation, It's own marque from 1955 through 1970. All the documentation is available for your revue. As is easily discerned from this video the information herein concerns the 1971 model year.

ayryz1 Yes Imperial was a division of Chrysler at first but was changed to the top of the line Chrysler. I have a 72 from the original owner with all brochures and it says right on the car Imperial by Chrysler as it does in the books!

@@theoriginalmungaman Indeed! The 1972 was in fact a product of the Chrysler division. The separate marque status was disbanded after the 1970 model run. My 1972 says imperial by Chrysler on the trunk lid and the paperwork all said Chrysler division. My 1969 however didn't say Chrysler anywhere on it and all the paperwork said Imperial division. Always at the top these great cars are enjoyed by many. Thank you for your interest as well.

Dude, in 1959 Chrysler had 5 different makes to directly compete with GM (Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, Chrysler, and Imperial). You're wrong.

Not that any normal brand back then was any better on rust.

Glad somebody mentioned the rust, I had a 72 that was full of holes by 78. Not a good thing with the unibody.

Meaning what, I've thrashed many uni-bodies with no problems.

So why were the C body, Polara in particular, the most common police pursuit cars?

My uncle drove me and my brother back home one day, in our grandfather's '73 fury 3 4-door. I didn't know his car was that fast until that day 🤣

Unfortunately, people began to buy good reliable cars instead of big crappy gas burners. US cars from the 80's were worthless, and ugly. Patriotic doesn't mean blind. I run a japanese Mazda 2013 and a Chevy 72. Best of both worlds.

@@ElwoodBlues830 Well, I dont know about the Chevy? Yikes!