Chevrolet's flagship family wagon borrowed a sports-car trick: the 1969 Kingswood Estate could be had with hidden, flip-up headlights, just like the Caprice it was built on.
Lead trim: Kingswood 350 V8
Chevrolet KingswoodKINGSWOOD-1969 · 1969–1972
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FactChevrolet's flagship family wagon borrowed a sports-car trick: the 1969 Kingswood Estate could be had with hidden, flip-up headlights, just like the Caprice it was built on.
The Kingswood name returned for 1969 on a station wagon based on the Impala, available only with a V8. It sat above the Bel Air-based Townsman, and a Caprice-based Kingswood Estate was positioned above the standard Kingswood as the flagship Chevrolet station wagon; like the Caprice, the 1969 Kingswood Estate was available with concealed headlights. All full-size Chevrolet wagons received new sheet metal for 1971, each nameplate keeping its place in the lineup through 1972; midway through the 1971 model year the Turbo-Hydramatic became standard and the three-speed manual was eliminated, a Turbo-Hydramatic having been ordered on nearly all Kingswoods built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. For 1973 Chevrolet eliminated the Kingswood Estate and Kingswood, with the Townsman and Brookwood, and its full-size wagons used the Bel Air, Impala and Caprice nameplates of their sedan counterparts. The page lists the engines for the generation without years or power figures, so none are entered.
Collectors Spotted in the Chevrolet Kingswood Lineage
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood 350 V8 | 1969–1972 | 5.7 L V8 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Kingswood 400 V8 | 1969–1972 | 6.6 L V8 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Kingswood 454 V8 | 1969–1972 | 7.4 L V8 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Photographs
Chevrolet's flagship family wagon borrowed a sports-car trick: the 1969 Kingswood Estate could be had with hidden, flip-up headlights, just like the Caprice it was built on.
The 1959 Kingswood wore "cat's eye" tail lights found on no other Chevrolet — a one-year-only styling touch replaced the very next model year.
Rivals
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