This was Chrysler’s first production car powered by a dual-overhead-cam engine, and it used other neat tricks unusual for an American I4 at the time, like individual intake runners, a central spark plug, distributorless ignition, …. It was very strange; felt just like a Passat only a good bit heavier (the W8 pushed 4000lbs with the bigger engine, standard 4WD, and every conceivable option) and with the smoothest, strangest-sounding engine under the hood. … …

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