Chrysler K Platform Article Index for
Chrysler
Website Links For
Chrysler
 

Information About

Chrysler K Platform




  Manufacturer Chrysler Corporation
  Production 19811995
  Predecessor F-body <br> M-body
  Successor PL <br> JA <br> LH
  Class Compact Car <br> Mid-size Car <br> Full-size Car
  Layout FF Layout
  Body Style 2-door Convertible <br>2-door Coupe <br>3-door Hatchback <br>4-door Sedan <br>4-door Station Wagon <br>5-door Hatchback
  Engine 22&nbspL I4 <br>25&nbspL I4 <br>26&nbspL Mitsubishi I4 <br>30 L Mitsubishi V6 <br>33 L V6 <br>38 L V6


The Chrysler Corporation 's K-Car platform of the 1980s ranks as one of the most overt uses of Platform Sharing in automotive history. Chrysler even advertised the K-Cars as a group, using the term in publications, and put "K" badges on some models. They later advertised the LH Cars similarly, but with lesser emphasis.

Technically, only the Dodge Aries , Plymouth Reliant , Chrysler LeBaron , and the Dodge 400 used the K platform. The rest of the group had different platforms based on the K. The famed Chrysler Minivan s were also based on the K platform to a lesser extent. The "last of the K-cars" was the long-hood fixed-headlight LeBaron convertible that was superseded in the 1996 model year by the "cab-forward" Chrysler Sebring convertible.

It should be noted that Chrysler often reused platform designations; thus the E platform based on the K cars was unrelated to the company's E platform of the early 1970s. The following cars used the K platform and its variants:




K-CARS IN POPULAR CULTURE