Chrysler Imperial

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The Chrysler Imperial was Chrysler's flagship luxury automobile line, produced in various generations throughout the 20th century to compete with high-end American and European luxury cars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model line
luxury car
assemblyLocation Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
bodyStyle 2-door coupe
4-door sedan
convertible
branding sometimes marketed simply as Imperial
class full-size luxury car
competitor Cadillac
Duesenberg
European luxury cars
Lincoln
Packard Motor Car Company
surface form: Packard
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designerAssociation Virgil Exner
designLanguage Forward Look styling (1950s)
engineType V8 engines
inline-six (early models)
straight-eight (early models)
layout front-engine, front-wheel-drive
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
manufacturer Chrysler
marketPosition flagship model line
marketRole to compete with European luxury cars
to compete with high-end American luxury cars
marketSegment premium luxury
notableEra postwar American luxury boom
pre-World War II American luxury market
notableFeature advanced engineering for its era
distinctive styling
high-output engines
luxurious interior appointments
notableGeneration 1955–1963 Imperial as separate marque branding
notableTechnology air conditioning (on later models)
power brakes (on later models)
power steering (on later models)
parentCompany Chrysler
surface form: Chrysler Corporation

Chrysler
surface form: Chrysler LLC

Stellantis
surface form: FCA US LLC

Stellantis
positionInLineup above standard Chrysler models
productionEnd 1993
productionPeriod 1926–1954
1955–1975
1981–1983
1990–1993
productionStart 1926
successor Chrysler 300
surface form: Chrysler 300 (as later flagship)

Chrysler LHS (in Chrysler lineup positioning)
Chrysler New Yorker
surface form: Chrysler New Yorker (in Chrysler lineup positioning)
transmission automatic transmission options

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Chrysler notableProduct Chrysler Imperial