Plymouth does not build many cars like the Plymouth Savoy: a 2-door Sedan (automobile) / sedan / 4-door Sedan (automobile) / sedan / 2-door Club Coupe / 2-door coupé utility (Australia) with 217.8 CID Chrysler flathead engine#Six, built from 1954 to 1965 at the height of the post-war boom.
The story
The Plymouth Savoy is an automobile which was produced in the 1951 through 1964 model years by Plymouth. As with Plymouth's Plaza and Belvedere models, the Savoy was named after an upscale hotel, the Savoy Hotel in London.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 217.8 CID Chrysler flathead engine#Six; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 3-speed Manual transmission / manual / 3-speed manual with Overdrive (mechanics) / overdrive / 2-speed Automatic transmission / 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 114.0 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Plymouth's history is not in doubt: it was built at Detroit, Michigan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Chevrolet Corvette. Nearby in the Plymouth catalogue sit the Plymouth XNR and the Plymouth Laser.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Plymouth Savoy 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.