Richard Petty won the NASCAR Grand National title in this Belvedere generation, the last before the nameplate was dropped for Satellite.
Median 103 hp across 226 similar cars
Lead trim: Belvedere / Satellite 273 V8 · up to 275 hp
Plymouth Belvedere and SatelliteBELVEDERE-1968 · 1968–1970
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FactRichard Petty won the NASCAR Grand National title in this Belvedere generation, the last before the nameplate was dropped for Satellite.
In 1968 the Belvedere, along with the rest of Chrysler's B-body offerings, was reskinned with "Coke bottle styling": the Belvedere II was dropped and the Sport Satellite added on the same sheet metal (2-door coupé, 4-door sedan and 4-door station wagon), the new LA-style lightweight 318 engine was introduced and stayed available throughout its production, and the Plymouth Road Runner arrived as a low-price high-performance alternative to the GTX (the GTX standard with the 440, the Road Runner with the 383 Magnum, the 440 six-barrel or 426 Hemi optional — both catalogued separately). Richard Petty won the NASCAR Grand National championship in a Belvedere, and Belvederes were used in police service from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, prominently by the LAPD and the NYPD. The Belvedere name was dropped at the end of 1970 in favour of the Satellite, originally reserved for higher-end Belvederes, which lasted only through 1974. Wheelbase 116.0 in (2,946 mm), length 202.7 in, width 76.4 in, height 54.7 in. The page gives no power figures for this generation.
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvedere / Satellite 273 V8 | 1968–1970 | 4.5 L V8 | 180 hp | 260 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Belvedere / Satellite 318 LA V8 | 1968–1970 | 5.2 L V8 | 230 hp | 340 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Belvedere / Satellite 340 V8 | 1968–1970 | 5.6 L V8 | 275 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Belvedere / Satellite 383 V8 | 1968–1970 | 6.3 L V8 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Photographs
Richard Petty won the NASCAR Grand National title in this Belvedere generation, the last before the nameplate was dropped for Satellite.
A 1967 Belvedere played the LAPD's standard cruiser in the pilot episode of Adam-12.
This Belvedere introduced the 426 Hemi and swept the top three spots at the 1964 Daytona 500, Richard Petty among the winners.
Chrysler shrank the Belvedere for 1960 and buyers punished it for being smaller, even though a magazine test called the six-cylinder version pleasant transportation.
This 1957-58 Belvedere hardtop is the car Stephen King made the villain in Christine.
Chrysler's PR chief drove a Belvedere with a turbine jet engine bolted in across the country to prove the idea worked.
Plymouth buyers waited until March 1954 for their first real automatic — the two-speed PowerFlite, arriving right in the middle of the Belvedere's debut model year.
The 1953 restyle moved this car's gas cap under the trunk lid — and promptly caused a full tank to spill gasoline straight into the trunk until Plymouth added baffles mid-year to fix it.
Rivals
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