Buried in the humble Savoy's options sheet for 1962 was the 413 Max Wedge - a race-only 410+ horsepower V8 that Plymouth built just 289 times.
Lead trim: Savoy 225 cu in Economy 6 (145 hp) · up to 335 hp
Plymouth Savoy1962–1964
- 0spots by members
- Unclaimednobody has spotted one yet
- 0sets it belongs to
Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Plymouth Savoy yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactBuried in the humble Savoy's options sheet for 1962 was the 413 Max Wedge - a race-only 410+ horsepower V8 that Plymouth built just 289 times.
New for 1962, the redesigned Savoy (a mid-size Plymouth on the B-body, 116.0 in wheelbase, 202.0 in long or 210.0 in for the wagon) started with the 225 cubic-inch (3.7 L) "Economy 6" engine producing 145 hp. Three optional V8s were available initially: the 318 cubic-inch (5.2 L) Fury V-800 (230 hp with the two-barrel) and Sport Fury V-800 (260 hp with the four-barrel), and the top 361 cubic-inch (5.9 L) Golden Commando producing 305 hp; later in the year Plymouth added an optional 383 V8 with twin four-barrel carburettors and 335 hp, followed by the Super Stock "Max Wedge" (covered as its own generation). Plymouth discontinued the Savoy nameplate at the end of the 1964 model year, except in Canada, where it continued through 1965 (the entry-level full-size Plymouth in the US in 1965 being the Fury I, while Canada's Savoy sat below the Fury II and III).
Collectors Spotted in the Plymouth Savoy Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Plymouth Savoy yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savoy 225 cu in Economy 6 (145 hp) | 1962–1964 | 3.7 L Inline-6 | 145 hp | 215 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Savoy 318 cu in Fury V-800 V8 (230 hp) | 1962–1964 | 5.2 L V8 | 230 hp | 340 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Savoy 318 cu in Sport Fury V-800 V8 (260 hp) | 1962–1964 | 5.2 L V8 | 260 hp | 345 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Savoy 361 cu in Golden Commando V8 (305 hp) | 1962–1964 | 5.9 L V8 | 305 hp | 395 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Savoy 383 cu in Golden Commando twin four-barrel V8 (335 hp) | 1962–1964 | 6.3 L V8 | 335 hp | 420 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
We don’t estimate running costs for a car like this. What it costs depends on its condition, its specialist and how it is driven, and an average would mislead.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
Plymouth's race-only 413 Max Wedge was never meant to be common — Chrysler built just 289 of them before handing the job to the bigger 426 for the following two years.
Buried in the humble Savoy's options sheet for 1962 was the 413 Max Wedge - a race-only 410+ horsepower V8 that Plymouth built just 289 times.
Plymouth's own historians don't defend the 1961 Savoy's face: period writing says it was "hit with the ugly stick," blaming odd chromed "eyelashes" stuck above the headlights.
When Plymouth dropped the Plaza in 1959, the Savoy inherited its spot as the cheapest full-size Plymouth — and sales didn't suffer; taxi fleets and police departments snapped it up instead.
In 1956 you could option a Plymouth Savoy with the Highway Hi-Fi — an honest-to-goodness in-dash record player.
Plymouth changed the Savoy's engine mid-model-year in 1954 — on February 26th, displacement jumped and power rose from 100 to 110 hp, without so much as a new badge.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
It briefly served as senior sibling to Marquette, a GM companion brand cancelled after just one year.
Nissan hired former BMW engineers to help develop the 510's suspension, which is why period reviewers frequently compared its handling to the BMW 1600/2002.
A Trabant 601 won its class at the 1970 Monte Carlo Rally, with a second 601 right behind it in second.
The 600 was a stopgap: the P50's body over the 601's mechanicals, and for a while its estate was built alongside the new 601 saloon.
The G80 Sport brought a 370 PS twin-turbo 3.3 V6, a mesh grille and copper-tinted chrome with copper stitching to match.
The Vigor was sold only with a five-cylinder engine, an unusual configuration Honda used to fit a longer engine transversely under a short hood.
The GS/E coupe earned the nickname "German Charger" for its long hood, short deck stance borrowed from Detroit muscle cars.
This DeVille/Fleetwood was the first production car anywhere to mount its V8 sideways, Cadillac's front-drive gamble on the new C-body.