CHRYSLER E-CLASS — specifikacijos ir VIN paieška

Apie CHRYSLER E-CLASS

The Chrysler E Class is a mid-size car that was produced by Chrysler from 1983 to 1984. Taking its name from its Chrysler platform designation, the E Class commenced an era of downsized Chrysler vehicles, serving as a companion model for the first front-wheel drive Chrysler New Yorker.

The Chrysler E Class is a mid-size car that was produced by Chrysler from 1983 to 1984. Taking its name from its Chrysler platform designation, the E Class commenced an era of downsized Chrysler vehicles, serving as a companion model for the first front-wheel drive Chrysler New Yorker. Alongside the twelfth-generation New Yorker, the E Class shared the Chrysler E platform with the Dodge 600 and the Plymouth Caravelle (initially sold by Chrysler Canada). For its entire production, Chrysler assembled the E Class in its Jefferson Avenue Assembly facility (Detroit, Michigan).

Model overview

In launching the E Class, Chrysler introduced its first front-wheel drive cars larger than its K-Cars, as its R and M-platform cars were far larger than the mid-size segment. Along with the New Yorker adopting the new chassis, the E Class inherited the role of the long-running Chrysler Newport; sharing its body with the New Yorker, the model line was slotted between the K-car LeBaron and the M-body Fifth Avenue in size. While Ford would not produce a mid-size sedan with front-wheel drive until the 1986 Taurus/Sable, Chrysler targeted the E Class against the Buick Century and Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera (among the best-selling model lines for each brand). Originally intended to be named the "Chrysler Grand LeBaron", the E Class name (styled without the hyphen, in contrast to Mercedes-Benz) was selected instead, in deference to its E platform.

Chassis The Chrysler E Class utilizes the Chrysler E platform (E=extended), which increases the K platform wheelbase 2.8 inches (from 100.3 to 103.1 inches). Carrying over the majority of its chassis design from the K platform, the E Class is fitted with a MacPherson front strut suspension and rear trailing arms with a coil-sprung rear beam axle. Along with cast-alloy wheels, an upgraded sport suspension was available as a stand-alone option. The standard engine was a 2.2 L I4 (producing 94 hp) and a Mitsubishi-sourced 2.6 L I4 (producing 92 hp, with increased torque); a 3-speed automatic transmission was paired to both engines. For 1984, the engine lineup was revised, with the 2.2 L engine replacing its carburetor with electronic fuel injection (increasing output to 99 hp); the 2.6 L I4 was retuned (producing 100 hp). As a new option, a turbocharged version of the 2.2L engine was released (producing 140 hp).