Wining Ticket

As the ‘Summer of Love’ in 1967 was fading, Chrysler Corporation was preparing to introduce a car that would place ‘Mopar muscle’ in the annals of automotive history. The car was the Plymouth Road Runner. Based on the intermediate Belvedere platform, the Road Runner was introduced for the 1968 model year to complement the GTX, which had been introduced for 1967 to emulate, and compete with, the Pontiac GTO. The GTX, however, was not the sales success that Plymouth Division had hoped for.

With its big 440 cubic inch V8, the GTX was a quick and capable car, and with a plush interior and comprehensive options list, it was every bit as competitive an offering as the GTO. Performance-wise, the GTX was more than capable of giving any GTO a hard time, even in stock showroom condition. But, during this turbulent period, all the auto manufacturers were looking for a piece of the muscle car action, and even Dodge Division came out with its own intermediate offering – the Coronet