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The Dodge Phoenix is an automobile which was produced by Chrysler Australia from 1960 to 1972. The Phoenix was introduced in May 1960 as an Australian assembled version 〔Latest Dodge is Assembled here, Australian Motor Manual, 1 July 1960, page 11〕 of the American Dodge Dart,〔(The Phoenix ) Retrieved from allpar.com on 12 September 2008〕 positioned above the locally developed Chrysler Royal as Chrysler Australia’s luxury model. It borrowed its name from the top Dart, the Dodge Dart Phoenix, but unlike its American namesake it was offered only as a four-door sedan 〔Glass’s Dealer Guide, Passenger Vehicle Values, South Australian and Northern Territory Edition, June 1973, page 42〕 and only with a 318 cubic inch V8 engine.〔 The Phoenix was subsequently restyled in line with the 1961 and 1962 Dodge Dart. For 1963 the new TD2 series Phoenix was derived from the US Dodge 440,〔Gavin Farmer, Great Ideas in Motion, 2010, page 84〕 and for 1965 and beyond the Phoenix was based on the Canadian Plymouth Fury III.〔Gavin Farmer, Great Ideas in Motion, 2010, page 87〕 Like the 1965 Fury, the 1965 Phoenix featured vertically stacked headlamps.〔 A four-door hardtop body style joined the sedan in 1967.〔 The hardtop was fitted with a 383 cubic inch V8 engine 〔 whilst the sedan continued with the smaller 318 cubic inch V8.〔 The two body styles continued to be offered until the Australian Phoenix was discontinued.〔The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, pages 120-121〕 Although the 1965 and later Phoenixes were basically Plymouth Furys, they did feature the North American style full size Dodge Polara instrument panel (adapted for right hand drive). They also continued to use the old-fashioned "clapper" windshield wipers (while North American models used modern parallel-action wipers). After the Phoenix was discontinued, the Australian developed Chrysler by Chrysler inherited the role of the top level luxury model in Chrysler Australia's model range. ==Model history== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dodge Phoenix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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