Start with what the Chrysler AP5 Valiant is: a 4-door sedan / 5-door station wagon with 225 cuin I6, built from 1963 to 1965, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. What it meant takes a little longer.
The story
The Chrysler AP5 Valiant is an automobile produced by Chrysler Australia from 1963 until 1965. It was the third Chrysler Valiant model to be produced in Australia.
What is underneath
The engine is 225 cuin I6. On the scales it comes to 2679 lb. Drive goes through a 3-speed manual / 3-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 106.0 inches (2692 mm). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Chrysler line-up the Chrysler AP5 Valiant has a clear place: it replaced the Chrysler SV1 Valiant; it handed the line to the Chrysler AP6 Valiant; the factory was Mile End. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Aston Martin DB5, the Buick Riviera, the Pontiac GTO. Nearby in the Chrysler catalogue sit the Chrysler Falcon and the Chrysler Chronos.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Chrysler AP5 Valiant has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.