NFSC Car: 1969 Plymouth Road Runner

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−	The Plymouth Roadrunner was introduced in 1968 as a budget-friendly performance car. The low pricetag appealed to younger buyers who were interested in performance but could not afford the expensive musclecars being built at the time.	+	[[Image:NFSC Car - 1970 Plymouth Road Runner.jpg|thumb|right|1969 Plymouth Road Runner]]
−	The Roadrunner was creating using the Satellite body series but included less trim and fewer options than a Satellite or the GTX performance car. Less trim meant lower weight, and the standard high-performance engine meant fun, fun, fun!	+	The Plymouth Road Runner was the no-frills muscle car version of intermediate Belvedere, Sebring, and later Volare sedans built by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation in the United States between 1968 and 1980. In 1968, the original batch of muscle cars were in the opinion of many moving away from their roots as relatively cheap fast cars as they gained more and more options. Although Plymouth already had a performance car in the GTX, they decided to go back to the drawing board and reincarnate the original muscle car concept. Plymouth wanted to create a car that would run 14 second times in the quarter mile and would sell for less than US $3,000. They met both of their goals and the idea of the low-buck musclecar hit the street. The success of the Road Runner would far outpace the upscale and lower volume GTX, with which it was often confused.{{source|http://en.wikipedia.org|Wikipedia}}
−	Chrysler licensed the Roadrunner name and image from Warner Brothers.  Chrysler also licensed the cartoon bird's sound, installing a special horn in the Roadrunner to sound like the cartoon bird.  This special horn gave the Roadrunner it's street nicknames, "beeper" or "beep beep".	+	==Car Info==
−	'''Make:'''Plymouth	+	'''Make:''' Plymouth<br/>
−	'''Model:'''Roadrunner	+	'''Model:''' Road Runner<br/>
−	'''Year:'''1970	+	'''Year:''' 1969<br/>
−	'''Class:'''Muscle	+	'''Class:''' Muscle<br/>
−	'''Confirmed:'''Yes	+	'''Confirmed:''' Yes
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		+	==Related Pages==
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		+	[[Need for Speed Carbon Car List]]<br/>
		+	[[Need for Speed Carbon]]
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		+	==External Links==
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		+	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Road_Runner Wikipedia entry]
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		+	[[Category:Need for Speed]]

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Latest revision as of 04:11, 25 December 2006

The Plymouth Road Runner was the no-frills muscle car version of intermediate Belvedere, Sebring, and later Volare sedans built by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation in the United States between 1968 and 1980. In 1968, the original batch of muscle cars were in the opinion of many moving away from their roots as relatively cheap fast cars as they gained more and more options. Although Plymouth already had a performance car in the GTX, they decided to go back to the drawing board and reincarnate the original muscle car concept. Plymouth wanted to create a car that would run 14 second times in the quarter mile and would sell for less than US $3,000. They met both of their goals and the idea of the low-buck musclecar hit the street. The success of the Road Runner would far outpace the upscale and lower volume GTX, with which it was often confused.

[edit] Car Info

Make: Plymouth
Model: Road Runner
Year: 1969
Class: Muscle
Confirmed: Yes

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