Dodge VS Plymouth

[INJUNTOM]

Is it just me or is the Dodge kind of a rarity compared to the Plymouths? Did they build more Plymouths, or was the Plymouths the only ones that were saved?

Edited December 31, 2010 by INJUNTOM

[Charlie Olson]

Hi, here is a great MoPar site, which has a short, but very informative home page.

http://www.allpar.com/history/chrysler-years/1945-1948.html

Chrysler Corporation built some very good post war cars and trucks.

Charlie, Social Secretary, Wood Car Company Owners Club

Is it just me or is the Dodge kind of a rarity compared to th Plymouths? Did they build more Plymouths, or was the Plymouths the only ones that were saved?

Edited December 31, 2010 by Charlie Olson

[greg g]

Plymouth owners seem to be more numerous here than Dodges. Production numbers seem pretty similar, survival numbers seem tilted toward Plymouth, don't have an explaination.

[B-Watson]

Plymouth owners seem to be more numerous here than Dodges. Production numbers seem pretty similar, survival numbers seem tilted toward Plymouth, don't have an explaination.

Production numbers were actually far apart. For the 1946-48 P15 and D24 models -

P15-S (DeLuxe) - 197,202

P15-C (Special DeLuxe) - 862,287

P15 Total - 1,059,489

D24-S (DeLuxe) - 170,986

D24-C (Custom) - 479,013

D24 Total - 649,999

Dodge production was 61.4% of Plymouth`s. Which probably explains why there are more Plymouths around than Dodges.

[Reg Evans]

I know I have a Plymouth in there somewhere.

[windsor8]

Weren't Plymouth's a little less expensive than Dodge?

May explain why the higher number of them.

[BobT-47P15]

Yes, I believe Plymouth was a little less expensive than Dodge.

I think getting a Dodge was similar to buying a Merc over a Ford,

a Pontiac over a Chevy.

[B-Watson]

Weren't Plymouth's a little less expensive than Dodge?

May explain why the higher number of them.

Boy, now I am REALLY feeling old!

Plymouth was Mopar's lowest priced line doing battle with GM's and FoMoCo's lowest priced lines - Chevrolet and Ford. "Look At All Three" was Plymouth's slogan back in the 1930's and 1940's when Plymouth was #3 in sales and Mopar's best seller taking over 50% of Mopar sales.

In the Mopar hierarchy, Plymouth was on the bottom, followed by Dodge starting 1933 (DeSoto 1929-32), DeSoto (Dodge 1929-32), and Chrysler. When the Imperial ceased to be a Chrysler for 1955 it became the make on the top of the heap.

The lines were blurred with Plymouth and Dodge sharing bodies in all price categories by the early 1970's. Thus began the decline of Plymouth.

By the late 1970's even prices were the same model for model in many cases and by the late 1980's you need the brochures in hand to tell a Plymouth from Dodge. And the downhill slide of Plymouth accelerated with Dodge becoming Mopar's #1 seller.

A decade later Plymouth was Mopar's poorest seller sliding below Chrysler.

[INJUNTOM]

a Pontiac over a Chevy.

Actually Pontiac was more expensive than a Chevy. Chevy was the lowest line for GM, and likely why there were more of them.

[INJUNTOM]

I know I have a Plymouth in there somewhere.

Awesome collection

[Frank Elder]

Actually Pontiac was more expensive than a Chevy. Chevy was the lowest line for GM, and likely why there were more of them.

Then you answered your own question:)people who couldn't afford a more expensive car are more likely to take care of it....giving it a better chance at survival and maybe being handed down to someone like minded.