Mopar the days when new models were eagerly awaited.

[Bob Riebe]

I would love to have the station wagon version of this with a slant-six.



https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/nobodys-kid-brother-the-1960-valiant-by-chrysler/#more-66354

And from the world of automobiles that the net has made easily accessed compared to forty years ago when such info was hard to come by.



https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-lost-marques-of-chrysler/

[JeffG]

I miss the old Satellite.

[Lloyd Smale]

anyone remember that old rapid transit system adds. I used to drewl on them when I was young. My first new care was a white 440 gtx first new car was a blue 340 duster. Finally came back full circle and today have a wrangler, a ram and this challenger. had some cool gm stuff through the years like my ls6 Chevelle and handful of camaros and vettes and a grand national but the mopar stuff allways just had a cool factor to it. 

[Lloyd Smale]

that's a road runner but close enough. I one that actually like that newer style road runner. Buddy in the service had a new red 340 like that. He bought it from the same dealer in Va I bought my 340 duster from. 

I miss the old Satellite.

[ironglows]

It seems the old excitement over "new models" has worn off.  Perhaps it is just myself, but it seems most new cars are very much 'look alike'!
  I suppose that was due to happen, once they found the most efficient body shape for  an automobile.
  I can recall when folks eagerly looked forward to the new models being announced.  Of course, the manufacturers played it to the hilt...having the cars shipped in coverings, and in the showroom, leaving the new car covered by canvas until "unveiling" day.

  Thank goodness, people have out grown that juvenile excitement!

 Back then, a friend had a 1960 Valiant with /6 engine, but it was a 4 door sedan.    That
 /6 was a nice engine.  However, with yourself as well as I, living in snow and ice country,  those front engine/rear drive cars were not an ideal combination..and having a heavier engine with plenty of power, only exacerbated the problem.

 

[Bob Riebe]

It seems the old excitement over "new models" has worn off.

 Perhaps it is just myself, but it seems most new cars are very much 'look alike'!
  I suppose that was due to happen, once they found the most efficient body shape for  an automobile.

1970-71 were the last year/s that styling change was really part of new car models.

Efficiency had zero to do with it, government regulations and Carter's oil snafu were the real reason, i.e. $$$$$ and nothing else caused it.

Roger Smith, head of GM, who destroyed what made each make different, was also a MAJOR reason in GM's blah autos. (In how big business now works he was paid BIG MONEY to go away.)

I GREATLY miss the styling change days and if you read online, and in print to the degree print mags exist, styling changes still are a buzz among gearheads.

The maybe, maybe not, changes for Chrysler products are gossip on a number of online sites, as was the , now probably dead, true full size Cadillac to compete with BMW and Mercedes.

[ironglows]

  " Carter's oil snafu were the real reason, i.e. $$$$$ and nothing else caused it.

  Exactly what I mean..Carter's oil snafu, along with the CAFE standards being set, made the manufacturers design the most fuel efficient bodies they could.  Turns out, they all look pretty much alike !

[wtxbadger]

Its really hard to tell one year model from another now and most cars and SUV's seem to share similar lines also. Darn sure makes it hard to tell one from another. Years back even if the basic car's body line hadn't been changed there would have been a minor change to distinguish one year model from another be it a taillight lense or headlights or something. Instead of looking at the body lines and knowing what it is I find myself having to get close enough to read the nameplate on who made it.

[Lloyd Smale]

i don't miss the complete changes ever year or two. Heck it made me mad when two out of the three last chev trucks I bought were bought the year before big changes. Its like you have a year old truck that's old technology and everyone knows its an old truck. Id much rather see them change every 10 years. Its much easier on resale values. Add to that todays big changes are a different look and a bunch of new electronics that I don't want or need. Seems the biggest selling point today for a new truck is how big and complicated the info screen is or how much horsepower they can squeeze out of the smallest displacement motor.

[ironglows]

I drove beetles for many years, both here and in Germany.  I liked them and didn't worry about new models each year.