The Kingsway was a rebadged Plymouth built solely so overseas Dodge dealers had something to sell below the Dodge price class.
Lead trim: Kingsway (1949–1952)
Dodge Kingsway1940–1959
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FactThe Kingsway was a rebadged Plymouth built solely so overseas Dodge dealers had something to sell below the Dodge price class.
The Dodge Kingsway was an automobile built by Dodge for export markets (and Canada), the Kingsway name adopted for the 1940 models (before that the Plymouth-based export models had no unique model names; the first export models were made in 1935 and they continued through the 1959 model year). Kingsways were rebadged Plymouths, often with Dodge bumpers and trim, meant to help overseas Dodge dealers sell cars in a lower price class; they were assembled in Canada (Windsor), Australia (Mile End), Belgium (Antwerp), India (Premier Automobiles, Mumbai), New Zealand (Todd Motors, Petone) and Sweden (ANA, Norrköping, 1955–57). The Kingsway was the lowest-priced Plymouth Deluxe-based model in 1949–1952 (111 in wheelbase), 1954–1958 (Plaza) and 1959 (Savoy); the Kingsway DeLuxe was based on the Plymouth DeLuxe (1946–50, 118.5 in wheelbase), Cambridge, Savoy and Belvedere; the top-line Kingsway Custom was Dodge's version of the Special DeLuxe, Cranbrook, Belvedere and Fury; for 1959 only the Kingsway Lancer was based on the Sport Fury. The first use of the name was in Canada for 1940 (model D14, business coupe and 2- and 4-door sedans, with a base model with one taillamp, one sunvisor and one windshield wiper all on the driver's side) and 1941 (D20, base and Special); Chrysler of Canada reintroduced it for 1951 as the rebadged Plymouth Concord (dropped for 1953). Chrysler Australia released the D43 series in 1953 with all major panels pressed locally and assembled the D49 in 1954–57, plus a coupe utility from 1956. With the Dodge Dart for 1960 the Kingsway line was dropped.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsway (1949–1952) | 1949–1952 | — | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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