Nekojishi ending guide Continue The 1960 DeSoto line was a fresh, new look. The second generation of Forward Look cars, dramatic when introduced in 1957, became fussier during the refreshed in 1958 and 1959. The 1960 model year brought Unibody construction for all domestic Chrysler Corporation cars except Imperials.Despite signs that the brand was on the way out, DeSoto was a fresh redesign for the 1960s.Virgil Exner's style for the unit of the body of the senior 1960 Mopars was a radical, outwardly canting fins, rising from the point halfway to the front door and finishing with the rear boomerang lights. The wide-angle grille, which includes triangular parking lights in the lower far corners, looked a bit the same as just visiting the orthodontist, but the overall effect was harmonious, slightly brighter than that of a similar Chryslers. The suspension continued to consist of front xersion bars and springs of the rear leaves. Period journal reports generally liked the effect the combination of the new body design and suspension Torsion-Aire had on the ride. Spring seems to be a good compromise that isn't too soft to cause unwanted swaying on the open road, nor too harsh for comfort in the city, Motor Life reported. Motor Trend's Walt Raven said '60 Adventurer acted well on the speed of the highway, but added: On several times we felt that the front end was spinning traffic, not just the normal up-and-down traffic that most cars after they got out of the fall. For the first time since 1948, there were no DeSoto station wagons. There were no convertibles, leaving in each series only a coupe with a hardtop, four- door sedan and non-stop sedans. The market segment has been squeezed, too, with the lowest-priced DeSoto, a Fireflite four-door sedan selling for $3,017 and the most expensive, adventurer four-door hardtop, for $3,727. Both series used the Chrysler B-Series engine, the Fireflites 361-cube-inch version, Adventurers 383. Both had 10:1 compressions and a Carter BBD double-barrelled carb, making 295 horsepower for fireflies and 305 for adventurers. Any series can be ordered with a four-barrel 383, good for 325 horsepower. A version of the Chrysler Ram Induction System, using customized, extended variety installed with dual quads, was available on Adventurer. It gave a meager five hp more than one foursome job, but produced a hefty 460 pound-feet of torque. (The package also included double exhaust gases and, quite wisely, large brakes with a diameter of 12 inches.) Published road tests showed that this Ram Charge engine served the car well through a wide range of rpm. Motor Life and Motor Trend both cited 8.8-second 0-60 mph times for a two-door hardtop with a dual-core engine; Motor Trend covered a quarter of a mile in 17.2 seconds at 85.5 mph. the firefly transmission was, at least theoretically, a three-speed manual transmission, though several cars were so equipped. The three-step torqueFlite automatic was standard on adventurers and the $227 option on Fireflies. Two automatic PowerFlite, entering its final year of service, can be ordered on Fireflies for as little as $189. Among the quirky options of the plant was Ultra-Fi. Fifty-two dollars would add this RCA-designed record player to Radio AM, myself $89 extra. Unlike earlier Highway Hi-Fi, which required special 162/3-rpm records, the new unit played standard 45s. Another $106 would get front seats that turned to the side automatically when the doors were open to facilitate entry and exit. In a year when car production grew to 6.6 million cars - better than in 1957's pretty good 6.1 million, though not equivalent to 7.9 million in 1955 - DeSoto suffered. A total of 26,081 cars came off the line in the 1960 model year, for a very disappointing 14th place. DeSoto's market share was only one-third of 1 percent. Only Imperial, Lincoln, Checker and the strewn Edseli are worse. (One consequence of DeSoto's slide was that his Warren Avenue factory was taken by The Imperial in late 1958; DeSoto's production was moved to Jefferson Avenue, mixed with The Chryslers and Dodges.) Poor performance rarely goes unpunished, and when the 1961 model year began, it was obvious that DeSoto was in the woods. The product line was parried again. Gone are the adventurer and Fireflite. There was only one series untitled, although it was roughly equivalent to the 1960 Fireflite. It had a hardtop coupe and a hardtop sedan. The precarious position of the brand did not go unnoticed. In its '61 new car preview, Motor Trend can hardly contain its surprise. Many observers seriously doubted whether DeSoto would introduce any car, let alone a new car in 1961, he said. Overall, most people thought that if the car really came out, it would be a luxurious compact. Powertrains started with one engine choice, a two-barrel 361. Thanks to the reduction of the compression ratio to 9.0:1, the power was reduced to 265 horsepower. The carb has been improved and the intake valves have been enlarged, however. The mechanical transmission, Chrysler's new heavy three-speed unit, was listed as standard, but most, if not all, cars were equipped with an optional TorqueFlite. The styling became arrest, Motor Trend complaining that the front and back looked like they came from different styling studios. While only the taillights and trim have changed at the back, the front headlights with the front wells and the two-drain grille with the cyclopean-like upper section, which was considered unattractive. Chrysler vehicles all made the transition in '61 from generators The AC current for the best electric current output at low engine speeds is all better for the power-friendly function. There have been Options galore for DeSotos: air conditioning (for $501), power brakes, steering, six-way seat power, and multiple amenities and style groups. Ultra-Fi recording player is back, called simply RCA Automatic Recording Player in catalogs. However, turning points were no longer offered. It's tempting to contrast DeSoto's seemingly sudden death with the slow, excruciating demise recently doled from Plymouth and Oldsmobile from the hunger of developing new products. With 20/20 hindsight, however, we see that the end of DeSoto, with the timing of the decision to assemble the last car, was anything but fast. The ringing was sounded by the time the 1960 product plans were hatched, and canny industry observers could see signs: a clear pruning of the DeSoto product line and a gerrymandering chrysler catalog to take a slack. If the compressed 1960 DeSoto lineup didn't get their attention, surely the expanded Chrysler line in 1961 did. Windsor, for ten years of entry-level Chrysler, has been pushed up the prestigious by a half-throw. Below is a new series, Chrysler Newport, with a full line of body styles from four-door sedan to hardtops, to station wagons, convertible, priced from $2,964 to $3,622, about where DeSoto Firesweep was in 1959. DeSoto has been replaced by the new Chrysler. The DeSoto product line wasn't the only victim. DeSoto's management also felt the axe. In June 1959, Chrysler DeSoto was rolled into the new Plymouth DeSoto division under Plymouth general manager Harry Cheseboro. In November it became Plymouth-DeSoto-Valiant with the addition of a new compact car, which was sold initially as a separate version. For more picture-packed articles about big cars, see: Advertising Last Update October 14, 2020 Today didn't turn out as you planned, but that doesn't mean you're weak. It just means you're human and you're not bad just because you've had a bad day. Not every day is a good day, but there is something good in every day. -Alice Morse Earle It's not the end of the world when you find yourself thinking I've had a bad day, but it can feel like that. You may have had plans that have fallen apart, experiences that will take you back, and interactions that only hurt. You may have started the day thinking that you could take it all over, only to find you could hardly get out of bed. 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