On August 8 , 1934 , Walter P. Chrysler drive the one - millionth Plymouth off a Detroit assembly air . It was a 1934 Plymouth PE DeLuxe four - room access sedan , much like the one fancy here . It was then demo at the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago .
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introduce on July 11 , 1928 , Plymouth zoomed from nowhere to become the nation ’s third best - selling make by 1931 . Hydraulic brake were standard right from the beginning . " Floating great power " engine climb , giving the four - cylinder gondola " the smoothness of an eight " come up on job for 1932 . Plymouth ’s first six appeared with the all - novel 1933 models , while main front abeyance bowed a year later on .
By 1934 the Depression had loosened its chokehold on the economy a bit , and Plymouth sale rose 37 percent . A good product helped too , Plymouth urge buyers to " Look at All Three . " What they saw was a 22 - modelling lineup starting at $ 485 , compared to Chevrolet ’s $ 465 and Ford ’s $ 505 .
The L - caput inline six was enlarged to 201.3 cubic inch , and HP increased 10 per centum to 77 . Wheelbase grew two inch on the PE serial to 114 inches , two more than Chevrolet or Ford .
Some two - thirds of all Plymouths sell for 1934 were DeLuxes , with the five - passenger , 2,848 - pound , four - door sedan the most pop by far . A deal at $ 660 , it direct 108,407 of 321,171 full sales .
This totally reestablish Palm Beach Gray beauty with taupe internal sports a Gabriel form - conniption trunk , automatic grip , and freewheeling . Walter P. Chrysler would be gallant of it .
