Chrysler Town & Country | |
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1972 Chrysler Town & Country 4-door wagon
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Chrysler |
Production | 1940-1941 1945–1989 |
Model years | 1941-1942 1946-1989 |
Body and chassis | |
Class |
Full-size (1941-1942) (1946-1977) Mid-size (1978-1981) Compact (1982-1989) |
Chronology | |
Successor | Chrysler Town & Country minivan (1990-2016) |
First Generation (pre-war) | |
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1942 Chrysler Town & Country 4-door 8-passenger wagon (pre-war)
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Overview | |
Production | 1940-1941 (pre-war) |
Model years | 1941-1942 (pre-war) |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door wagon (1941–1942) |
Layout | FR layout |
Related |
Chrysler Imperial Chrysler Windsor DeSoto Custom |
First Generation (post-war) | |
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1948 Chrysler Town & Country 2-door convertible
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Overview | |
Production | 1945-1950 (post-war) |
Model years | 1946-1950 (post-war) |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door sedan (1946-1948) 2-door hardtop (1950 only) 2-door convertible (1946-1949) |
Layout | FR layout |
Related |
Chrysler Imperial Chrysler Windsor DeSoto Custom |
Second generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1950–1959 |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door station wagon |
Layout | FR layout |
Related |
Chrysler Windsor Chrysler Saratoga Chrysler New Yorker DeSoto Custom DeSoto Powermaster DeSoto Firesweep |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 413 cu in (6.8 L) V8 |
Third generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1959–1964 |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door hardtop station wagon |
Layout | FR layout |
Related |
Chrysler 300 Chrysler Newport Chrysler New Yorker |
Fourth generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1964–1968 |
Model years | 1965–1968 |
Assembly | Detroit, Michigan |
Body and chassis | |
Body style |
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Layout | FR layout |
Platform | C-body |
Related |
Fifth generation | |
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1972 Chrysler Town & Country 4-door wagon
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Overview | |
Production | 1968–1973 |
Model years | 1969–1973 |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door wagon |
Layout | FR layout |
Platform | C-body |
Related |
Imperial Chrysler New Yorker Chrysler Newport Dodge Monaco Dodge Polara Plymouth Fury |
Sixth generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1973–1977 |
Model years | 1974–1977 |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door wagon |
Layout | FR layout |
Platform | C-body |
Related |
Imperial Chrysler New Yorker Chrysler Newport Plymouth Gran Fury Plymouth Fury Dodge Monaco |
Seventh generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1977–1981 |
Model years | 1978–1981 |
Assembly |
Newark, Delaware St. Louis, Missouri |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door wagon |
Layout | FR layout |
Platform |
M-body F-body |
Related |
Chrysler New Yorker Dodge Diplomat Plymouth Caravelle Dodge Aspen Plymouth Volare |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 225 cu in (3.7 L) I6 318 cu in (5.2 L) V8 360 cu in (5.9 L) V8 |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 112.7 in (2,863 mm) |
Length | 205.5 in (5,220 mm) |
Width | 74.2 in (1,885 mm) |
Height | 55.5 in (1,410 mm) |
Eighth generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1981–1989 |
Model years | 1982–1989 |
Assembly |
Newark, Delaware (wagon) St. Louis, Missouri (convertibles) |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door wagon (1982-89) 2-door convertible (1983-86) |
Layout | FF layout |
Platform | K-body |
Related |
Chrysler LeBaron Dodge 400 Plymouth Reliant Dodge Aries |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 2.2 L K I4 2.2 L Turbo I I4 2.5 L K I4 2.6 L Mitsubishi G54B I4 |
Transmission | 3-speed automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 100.4 in (2,550 mm) |
Length | 179.0 in (4,547 mm) |
Width | 68.0 in (1,727 mm) |
Height | 53.2 in (1,351 mm) |
The Chrysler Town & Country was a wagon manufactured by Chrysler from 1940-1942 and from 1945-1988 (during World War II, a three-model-year hiatus, from 1943 to 1945, was starkly imposed upon by the United States Federal Government until the end of World War II during calendar year 1945). The Town & Country was also sold as a sedan, coupe and as a convertible from 1947-1950 and from 1983–1986. 1988 was the last model year for the Chrysler Town & Country wagon, after that and partly during one model year (1989), the Town & Country nameplate was off the market until the 1990 model year run when Chrysler re-introduced the Town & Country nameplate as a rebadged variant Chrysler Town & Country minivan.
Chrysler's Town & Country wagon was distinguished by woodgrain paneling on the body sides and tailgate, a feature also associated with competitive wagons such as the AMC Ambassador, Buick Estate, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Ford Country Squire, and the Mercury Colony Park.
Chrysler re-introduced the Town & Country nameplate in calendar year 1989 as a luxury rebadged variant of the Dodge Grand Caravan/Plymouth Grand Voyager minivan for the 1990 model year and continued to sell this incarnation of the Chrysler Town & Country until the end of the 2016 model year when Chrysler reintroduced the Pacifica nameplate for their minivan in calendar year 2016 for the 2017 model year run.