Canada's cheapest Dodge was barely a Dodge at all — the Regent was a Plymouth body wearing a Dodge-style front end.
Lead trim: Regent 313 cu in V8 (1959)
Dodge Regent1951–1959
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FactCanada's cheapest Dodge was barely a Dodge at all — the Regent was a Plymouth body wearing a Dodge-style front end.
The Dodge Regent was built by Dodge Canada from 1951 to 1959, a low-priced line with a front end similar to the U.S. market Dodge attached to a Plymouth body (basically a Plymouth Cranbrook for 1951, later a Plymouth Savoy with a Dodge front clip, replacing the Special DeLuxe name used from 1942 through 1950). As with all Canadian Plymouths and Dodges from 1938 to 1959 it used the Chrysler big-block (25-inch) flathead inline-six (218.1 cid) rather than the American Plymouth's 23-inch 217.6 cid block; body styles were club coupe, 4-door sedan and (new for 1951) the Mayfair hardtop, which was spun off into its own series in April 1953 with a larger 228.1 cid engine and Hy-Drive. 1954 models received grille, trim, taillamp and interior changes and, late in the model year, Powerflite; for 1955 the lower-priced Crusader and Regent came only with the flathead six (228.1 cid with the 3-speed manual or 250.6 cid with Powerflite); in 1956 Chrysler Canada opened a new V8 engine plant (277 cid for Plymouth and Dodge) and the Regent offered the six or the V8, 1956 being a high-water mark breaking the 50,000 mark for Canadian Dodge production; the 1957 Forward Look bodies were plagued by tooling errors and poor body engineering; 1958 added a 4-door hardtop; and in 1959 the new top series was the Viscount, with the Mayfair the middle series and the Regent the bottom (2- and 4-door sedans and Suburban wagons with the 251 flathead six or 313 poly V8), ending when the Dodge Dart Seneca replaced it in 1960. Engines per the infobox: 218 cu in (3.6 L) six (1951), 228 cu in (3.7 L) six (1952–54), 250.6 cu in (4.1 L) six (1955–58), 277 cu in (4.5 L) V8 (1956–58), 251 cu in (4.1 L) six and 313 cu in (5.1 L) V8 (1959).
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Trims & Figures
6 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent 218 cu in flathead six (1951) | 1951–1951 | 3.6 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Regent 228 cu in flathead six (1952–1954) | 1952–1954 | 3.7 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Regent 250.6 cu in flathead six (1955–1958) | 1955–1958 | 4.1 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Regent 251 cu in flathead six (1959) | 1959–1959 | 4.1 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Regent 277 cu in V8 (1956–1958) | 1956–1958 | 4.5 L V8 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Regent 313 cu in V8 (1959) | 1959–1959 | 5.1 L V8 | 220 hp | 325 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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