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Plymouth Road Runner

Index Plymouth Road Runner

The Plymouth Road Runner is a mid-size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. [1]

55 relations: Automatic transmission, Beep, beep (sound), Car and Driver, Carburetor, Carter Carburetor, Chrysler, Chrysler A platform, Chrysler B platform, Chrysler Cordoba, Chrysler F platform, Chrysler Slant-6 engine, Compact car, Convertible, Coupé, Dana 60, Detroit, Dodge Aspen, Dodge Charger (B-body), Dodge Charger Daytona, Dodge Coronet, Dodge Super Bee, Emission standard, Ford Torino Talladega, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Hardtop, Holley Performance Products, Homologation, Hurst Performance, Lynch Road Assembly, Manual transmission, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II, Michigan, Mid-size car, Missouri, Muscle car, NASCAR, Petty Enterprises, Pillar (car), Plymouth (automobile), Plymouth Belvedere, Plymouth Duster, Plymouth Fury, Plymouth Gran Fury, Plymouth GTX, Plymouth Satellite, Plymouth Valiant, Richard Petty, St. Louis, Straight-six engine, Torque, ..., TorqueFlite, United States, V8 engine, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. Expand index (5 more) »

Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission, also called auto, self-shifting transmission, n-speed automatic (where n is its number of forward gear ratios), or AT, is a type of motor vehicle transmission that can automatically change gear ratios as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually.

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Beep, beep (sound)

"Beep, beep" is onomatopoeia representing a noise, generally of a pair of identical tones following one after the other, often generated by a machine or device such as a car horn.

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Car and Driver

Car and Driver (CD or C/D) is an American automotive enthusiast magazine.

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Carburetor

A carburetor (American English) or carburettor (British English; see spelling differences) is a device that mixes air and fuel for internal combustion engines in the proper ratio for combustion.

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Carter Carburetor

Carter Carburetor Company in St. Louis, Missouri was established in 1909, and ceased operation in 1985.

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Chrysler

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (commonly known as Chrysler) is the American subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an Italian-American automobile manufacturer registered in the Netherlands with headquarters in London, U.K., for tax purposes.

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Chrysler A platform

The Chrysler A platform was the basis for smaller rear wheel drive cars in the 1960s.

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Chrysler B platform

The B platform or B-body was the name of Chrysler's midsize rear-wheel drive passenger car platform from 1962 through 1979, and the name of a later, unrelated front-wheel drive platform used by the Eagle Premier / Dodge Monaco from 1988 through 1992.

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Chrysler Cordoba

The Chrysler Cordoba was an intermediate personal luxury coupe sold by Chrysler in North America from 1975–1983.

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Chrysler F platform

Chrysler's rear wheel drive F platform was used from 1976 to 1980.

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Chrysler Slant-6 engine

The Slant-Six is a Chrysler automobile engine, known within Chrysler as the G-engine.

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Compact car

A compact car (North America), or small family car in British acceptation, is a classification of cars that are larger than a subcompact car but smaller than a mid-size car, roughly equivalent to the C-segment in Europe.

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Convertible

A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place.

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Coupé

A coupé — also known as coupe — is a car with a fixed-roof body style usually with two doors, however some four-door cars have been marketed as four door coupés or quad coupés due to their coupé-like roofline at the rear.

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Dana 60

The Dana/Spicer Model 60 is an automotive axle manufactured by Dana Holding Corporation and used in OEM pickup and limited passenger car applications by Chevrolet, Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Ford and Land Rover.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Dodge Aspen

The Dodge Aspen, which was produced during the 1976 to the 1980 model years, was a compact car, along with its then-concurrent Plymouth branded counterpart, the Volaré (in Spanish, it means "I will fly away" or "I will blow away"; volare is also Italian for "to fly"), which was launched as a four-door wagon, a four-door sedan and a two-door coupe.

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Dodge Charger (B-body)

The Dodge Charger (B-body) is a mid-size automobile that was produced by Dodge from 1966 to 1978, and was based on the Chrysler B platform.

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Dodge Charger Daytona

Dodge, an American automobile brand, produced three separate vehicles with the name Dodge Charger Daytona, all of which were modified Dodge Chargers.

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Dodge Coronet

The Coronet is an automobile that was marketed by Dodge as a full-size car in the 1950s, initially the division's highest trim line but, starting in 1955, the lowest trim line.

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Dodge Super Bee

The Dodge Super Bee is a muscle car marketed by Dodge, that was produced for the 1968 through 1971 model years.

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Emission standard

Emission standards are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere.

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Ford Torino Talladega

The Ford Torino Talladega is a muscle car that was produced by Ford only during the first few weeks of 1969.

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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an FR, or front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout is one where the engine is located at the front of the vehicle and driven wheels are located at the rear.

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Hardtop

A hardtop is a rigid form of automobile roof, which for modern cars is typically constructed from metal.

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Holley Performance Products

Holley Performance Products is an automotive performance company based in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Homologation

Homologation (Greek homologeo, ὁμολογέω, "to agree") is the granting of approval by an official authority.

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Hurst Performance

Hurst Performance, Inc. of Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, manufactured and marketed products for enhancing the performance of automobiles, most notably for muscle cars.

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Lynch Road Assembly

Lynch Road Assembly was a Chrysler assembly plant located in Detroit, Michigan near Coleman A. Young International Airport.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission, also known as a manual gearbox, a standard transmission or colloquially in some countries (e.g. the United States) as a stick shift is a type of transmission used in motor vehicle applications.

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Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II

The Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II is a muscle car that was produced by Mercury in early 1969.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Mid-size car

A mid-size car (occasionally referred to as an intermediate) is the North American/Australian standard for an automobile with a size equal to or greater than that of a compact.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Muscle car

Muscle car is an American term used to refer to a variety of high-performance automobiles.

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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Petty Enterprises

Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA.

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Pillar (car)

Pillars are the vertical or near vertical supports of a car's window area or greenhouse—designated respectively as the A, B, C or (in larger cars) D-pillar, moving from the front to rear, in profile view.

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Plymouth (automobile)

Plymouth was a brand of automobiles based in the United States, produced by the Chrysler Corporation and its successor DaimlerChrysler.

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Plymouth Belvedere

The Plymouth Belvedere was an American automobile model that was produced by Plymouth from 1954 to 1970.

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Plymouth Duster

The original Plymouth Duster is a semi-fastback two-door coupe version of the compact-sized Plymouth Valiant automobile that was marketed by Plymouth in the U.S. from 1970 to 1976 model years.

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Plymouth Fury

The Plymouth Fury is a model of automobile which was produced by Plymouth from 1955 to 1989.

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Plymouth Gran Fury

The Plymouth Gran Fury is a full-sized automobile that was manufactured by Plymouth from 1975 to 1989.

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Plymouth GTX

The Plymouth GTX is an automobile introduced as the Belvedere GTX in 1967 by the Plymouth division.

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Plymouth Satellite

The Plymouth Satellite is a mid-size automobile introduced in the 1965 model year as the top trim model in Plymouth's "B" platform Belvedere line.

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Plymouth Valiant

The Plymouth Valiant (first appearing in 1960 as simply the Valiant) is an automobile which was manufactured by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation in the United States from 1960 to 1976.

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Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed The King, is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

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St. Louis

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Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine or inline-six engine (often abbreviated I6 or L6) is an internal combustion engine with the cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft (straight engine).

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Torque

Torque, moment, or moment of force is rotational force.

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TorqueFlite

TorqueFlite (also seen as Torqueflite) is the trademarked name of Chrysler Corporation's automatic transmissions, starting with the three-speed unit introduced late in the 1956 model year as a successor to Chrysler's two-speed PowerFlite.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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V8 engine

A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder V configuration engine with the cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two sets (or banks) of four, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft.

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Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. was an American entertainment company active from 1967 until 1970.

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Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner

Wile E. Coyote (also known simply as "The Coyote") and the Road Runner are a duo of characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Road_Runner

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