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Plymouth made some of the coolest American cars of all time. They had some of the largest, loudest engines and were usually only available for a few model years. That makes them exotics in our book, and you can't change our minds.
For a while, the 1968 and 1969 GTX models were seen as the more desirable ones. But the past few years have been all about this 1971 look.
Unless we're mistaken, this was also the end of the line for the GTX. The following year, you could order it as a kind of package. Round about that time, the horsepower numbers also began to drop. Gosh darn hippies and their emissions!
A 1971 GTX with the 440 Big Block made about 370 horsepower. People say this engine was better for a daily driver muscle car because it had more low-end torque for smooth pulls. This was Plymouth's idea of a car for the successful businessman who put in the hours and found his success. It was big and had a number of luxury features, like air conditioning.
The GTX brings a unique look to the muscle car world, with that special frame around the lights and grille, which reminds us of a bulldog's face. But it wasn't super-fast back in the day, partly because the body was so big and heavy.
This interesting rendering by a_r.visual (Andreas Richter) tries to fix that problem by having a twin-turbo system installed.
The aluminum snail cones go right through the hood of the car, just like they did on that crazy widebody 1969 Mustang we showed you yesterday. However, this time, we've also got a couple of cone air filters to protect the delicate turbines.
The laws of physics don't apply in the 3D rendering world, so this artist was easily able to graft a widebody kit onto the GTX. The change is accompanied by some meaty tires that make a radical departure from the 1970s era, where you would have used 14 or 15-inch alloys.
Unless we're mistaken, this was also the end of the line for the GTX. The following year, you could order it as a kind of package. Round about that time, the horsepower numbers also began to drop. Gosh darn hippies and their emissions!
A 1971 GTX with the 440 Big Block made about 370 horsepower. People say this engine was better for a daily driver muscle car because it had more low-end torque for smooth pulls. This was Plymouth's idea of a car for the successful businessman who put in the hours and found his success. It was big and had a number of luxury features, like air conditioning.
The GTX brings a unique look to the muscle car world, with that special frame around the lights and grille, which reminds us of a bulldog's face. But it wasn't super-fast back in the day, partly because the body was so big and heavy.
This interesting rendering by a_r.visual (Andreas Richter) tries to fix that problem by having a twin-turbo system installed.
The aluminum snail cones go right through the hood of the car, just like they did on that crazy widebody 1969 Mustang we showed you yesterday. However, this time, we've also got a couple of cone air filters to protect the delicate turbines.
The laws of physics don't apply in the 3D rendering world, so this artist was easily able to graft a widebody kit onto the GTX. The change is accompanied by some meaty tires that make a radical departure from the 1970s era, where you would have used 14 or 15-inch alloys.
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