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| ===First Generation (1975-1979)===
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| | colspan=2 style="padding:0; background:#996; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" | [[Image:Chrysler-montalban-cordoba.jpg|300px]]
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| ! colspan=2 | '''Chrysler Cordoba'''
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| ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal; background:#ddb;" | [[Chrysler]]
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| | Production
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| | 1975-1979
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| | Class
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| | Intermediate
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| | Body Style
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| | 2-Door Coupe
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| |- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| | Length
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| | 215.8"
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| | Width
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| | 77.1"
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| | Height
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| | 53.1"
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| | Wheelbase
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| | 114.9"
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| |- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| | Weight
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| | 3600 - 3900 lb
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| |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#f0f0f0;"
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| | Transmissions
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| | 3-Speed Automatic, RWD
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| | Engine
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| | 5.2L (318 cid) [[V8]] (1975-1979)<br>5.9L (360 cid) [[V8]] (1975-1979)<br>6.6L (400 cid) [[V8]] (1975-1978)
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| | Power
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| | {{{horsepower and torque}}}
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| | Similar
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| | [[Dodge Charger (B-body)]]<br>[[Dodge Magnum (B-body)]]
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| | Platform
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| | B
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| *'''1975''' Cordoba's premier year, based on the B-body [[Dodge Monaco]]/[[Plymouth Fury]] (formerly [[Dodge Coronet|Coronet]] and [[Plymouth Satellite|Satellite]]) platform. Available with front bench or bucket seats and a choice of column or console automatic. 400 cid [[V8]] is standard, but the smaller 360 and 318 [[V8]]s were available as credit options.
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| *'''1976''' Cordoba's sophomore year (and its most successful in sales), the year was a virtual rerun of 1975.
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| *'''1977''' Unleaded gas becomes mandatory for all models this year (some 75s and 76s required it, some didn't - depended on the altitude and if it was a California model or not). Some minor body alterations included a slightly revised grille and a squared off chrome strip surrounding the side rear opera window instead of rounded on previous versions. T-bar roof (T-Tops) became available this year.
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| *'''1978''' While [[GM]] downsized their "personal [[Luxury Cars|luxury cars]]" ([[Chevrolet Monte Carlo|Chevy Monte Carlo]], [[Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme]], etc) this year, [[Chrysler]] went the other direction and actually ''upsized'' the Cordoba slightly this year, even though it rode the same 115" wheelbase as before. The most obvious change was the stacked quad headlights (a la 1976-77 [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo|Chevy Monte Carlo]]) and new larger, more flush taillights. Interior dimensions remained as before. Some applauded the change, some thought the changes made the Cordoba look bloated and more boat-like. Either way, sales started to slip quite a bit this year, no doubt partly to [[GM]]'s new downsized car lines and another looming fuel crisis on the horizon surely didn't help either.
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| *'''1979''' This was a virtual rerun of 1978 save for very few body trim alterations and the 400 [[V8]] no longer being offered (the 360 [[V8]] was now the top offering). One interesting model was the 300, based (obviously) on the Cordoba. All were Spinnaker White with red interiors. The instrument panel had the unique "engine turned" design, much like the current [[Pontiac Firebird|Pontiac Trans Am]]. The 300 also had red white and blue nameplates that were like the legendary 300 letter series cars back in the 50s and early 60s. Most (if not all) had the 195-horsepower 360 4bbl [[V8]] with either column or console [[automatic transmission]]s, and they gave decent performance for the day. These have now become a minor collectible. This was also the last year for the B-body [[Chrysler]] line.
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| ===Second generation (1980-1983)===
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| ! colspan=2 | '''Chrysler Cordoba'''
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| ! colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal; background:#ddb;" | [[Chrysler]]
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| | Production
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| | 1980-1983
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| |- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| | Class
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| | Intermediate
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| |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#f0f0f0;"
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| | Body Style
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| | 2-Door Coupe
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| |- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| | Length
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| | 209.8"
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| | Width
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| | 72.7"
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| |- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| | Height
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| | 53.3"
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| |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#f0f0f0;"
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| | Wheelbase
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| | 112.7"
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| |- style="vertical-align:top;"
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| | Weight
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| | 3300 - 3600 lb
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| | 3-Speed Automatic, RWD
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| | Engine
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| | 3.7L (225 cid) [[I6]] (1980-1982)<br>5.2L (318 cid) [[V8]] (1980-1983)<br>5.9L (360 cid) [[V8]] (1980)
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| | Power
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| | {{{horsepower and torque}}}
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| | Similar
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| | [[Chrysler Imperial]]<br>[[Dodge Mirada]]
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| |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#f0f0f0;"
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| | Platform
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| | J
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| *'''1980''' An all-new redesigned Cordoba debuts this year on [[Chrysler]]'s new J-body platform. These were based on the [[Dodge Aspen]]/[[Plymouth Volare]] chassis. This was also the first time a [[V6|6-cylinder]] engine was offered in a Cordoba, being the legendary near-indestructible 3.7L 225 cid Slant-6. The 318 and 360 [[V8]]s remained optional. The new Cordoba was about a foot shorter and about 500-600 lbs lighter than the outgoing 79 model, but overall the buying public was underwhelmed as sales dropped dramatically. Performance was also down - aside from those very few with the 360, the Slant-6 and 318s were no tire squealers by any means. It wasn't much of a sales threat to GM's personal luxury coupes, but it did compete more on an equal footing with the newly redesigned [[Ford Thunderbird]] and [[Mercury Cougar]] XR-7 this year.
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| *'''1981''' Other than solid instead of horizontally slatted parking lights, the 1981 Cordoba was a virtual rerun of 1980. To make things further depressing, the 360 [[V8]] engine option was dropped, making the 318 [[V8]] the top engine option. An LS version became available with year with a unique crossbar grille much like the 1979 300 had that separated it from the other versions.
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| *'''1982''' No news or changes to speak of.
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| *'''1983''' About the only news was that the 318 [[V8]] was your only engine choice this year (which is what most people chose anyway). By this time the Cordoba (and its [[Dodge Mirada]] twin) had become outclassed by the competition from [[GM]], and this year [[Ford]] and [[Mercury]] redesigned both the [[Ford Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] and [[Mercury Cougar|Cougar XR-7]], so the fact that it now lost its major sales competition was certainly another nail in its coffin.
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| Some have mourned the Cordoba's passing, others claim it didn't pass soon enough. These are still currently very cheap on the used car market (if you can find one in good shape). If you desire an older rear-drive [[Mopar]] that doesn't cost an arm and a leg like an [[E-body]] [[Dodge Challenger|Challenger]] or [[Plymouth Barracuda|Cuda]] would, a Cordoba might be a cheap attractive alternative if that's your desire, especially a 2nd generation model.
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| ==Main Competitors== | | ==Main Competitors== |