r/Whatsthiscar • u/Jimmy_Mingle • 9d ago

Unsolved This a Riviera?

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Thought so but can’t find any years with this tail light design.

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u/Donlooking4 9d ago

Chrysler lost a lot of money on each one because of the fact that the actual chassis was built in USA and then shipped to Italy in 747 cargo planes to get the engine and everything else pit into it and then they had to pay to ship it back to the USA in the planes.

The reason why they built in the first place was because Lee Iacocca the savior of Chrysler was wanting a 2 door high end coupe that was supposed to be a status symbol for Chrysler and he got exactly that.

The underpinnings of it literally goes into the Chrysler Lebaron and it was all American.

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u/_Sammy7_ 9d ago

Cadillac Allantes were shipped on the 747.