A 1958 Fury inspired Stephen King's Christine, but the movie used Belvederes instead because Plymouth never built a red '58 Fury.
Median 88 hp across 172 similar cars
Lead trim: Fury 318 twin four-barrel V8 (290 hp, 1957–1958) · up to 305 hp
Plymouth Fury sub-series of the BelvedereFURY-1956 · 1956–1958
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FactA 1958 Fury inspired Stephen King's Christine, but the movie used Belvederes instead because Plymouth never built a red '58 Fury.
The Plymouth Fury was introduced for the 1956 model year as a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere, sold only as a sandstone white two-door hardtop with gold anodized aluminum trim in 1956 and 1957 (buckskin beige with gold anodized trim in 1958), with special interiors, bumper wing-guards and V8 engines with twin four-barrel carburetors. The 1957 and 1958 318 cu in (5.2 L) engine produced 290 hp (216 kW), shared with the Dodge Coronet; the 1957 models were restyled longer and wider with very large vertical tailfins and Chrysler's new Torsion-Aire torsion bar front suspension replacing coil springs, and while the new styling boosted sales, quality control suffered as the cars were brought quickly to market. In 1958 the optional engine was a "big block" 350 cu in (5.7 L) "Golden Commando" with two four-barrel carburetors producing 305 hp (227 kW); a 315 hp fuel-injected option was available but the Bendix electronic fuel-injection system was recalled by the factory and owners were given a conventional dual four-barrel setup. A 1958 Plymouth Fury was the title subject of Stephen King's 1983 novel Christine (Belvederes were used in the film because the Fury was not sold in red that year).
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fury 318 twin four-barrel V8 (290 hp, 1957–1958) | 1957–1958 | 5.2 L V8 | 290 hp | 330 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Fury 350 "Golden Commando" twin four-barrel V8 (305 hp, 1958) | 1958–1958 | 5.7 L V8 | 305 hp | 370 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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This Fury wasn't Plymouth's flagship anymore — in 1975 Chrysler demoted the nameplate off its full-size C-body car and stuck it on the mid-size B-body line that used to be called Satellite.
For one year, the humble Fury rode on the same all-new C-body platform as Chrysler's flagship Imperial, a mid-market Plymouth sharing its bones with the brand's most expensive car.
Order the right box in 1970 and your Sport Fury GT came with three two-barrel carbs stacked on a 440 — the fabled "6-Barrel," good for 390 hp and 490 lb-ft.
The 1970 Sport Fury GT could be ordered with three two-barrel carburetors on its 440 — a setup Plymouth called the '6-Barrel' — for 390 hp and 490 lb-ft.
Plymouth marketed this trim's own name as an acronym, calling it the very important Plymouth when it launched in 1966.
Australia sold this Fury generation as the right-hand-drive Dodge Phoenix, a full-size American body reborn under a different badge.
This Fury was downsized in 1962 amid Chrysler corporate scandals, and buyers stayed away until the 1963-64 restyle fixed it.
Styling locked in back in 1957 aged so fast that Chevrolet and Ford grew sales in 1960 while Plymouth barely held its own.
Chrysler Canada built a one-year-only Dodge Viscount by grafting a 1959 Dodge front end onto this Fury's body.
A 1958 Fury inspired Stephen King's Christine, but the movie used Belvederes instead because Plymouth never built a red '58 Fury.
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