Mitsubishi Chrysler series

The Mitsubishi Chrysler series was a pair of top-grade passenger cars that Mitsubishi Motors sold in Japan from 1972 to 1974. They were Valiants built by Chrysler Australia and imported under the Mitsubishi brand, a four-door sedan called the Chrysler 318 and a two-door coupe called the Chrysler Charger 770. The idea followed the joint venture that Mitsubishi signed with Chrysler in February 1970 when it split its car business off from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Both cars used the 5.2 litre, 318 cubic inch Chrysler LA V8 with a three-speed automatic, were lightly modified at the Nagoya works for Japanese rules, for example with fender mirrors, and were priced at more than twice a Debonair. With an oil shock, rising fuel prices and tighter emission rules, only 240 reached the road in total, and the Plymouth Volare took their place in 1976.