The Plymouth Road Runner arrived as a blunt instrument just as muscle cars were getting fancy, and that bluntness was exactly the point. Instead of more chrome, gadgets, and plush trim, it offered a ...
Plymouth sold a record 81,105 Road Runners in 1969, but only 787 units were ordered with the 426-cubic-inch Hemi V8 engine.
Plymouth introduced the Road Runner in 1968 to reclaim the budget muscle car market. The concept was simple: a stripped-down coupe with high-performance hardware and a low price tag. Plymouth paid ...
The Pontiac GTO and the Plymouth Road Runner did more than light up quarter miles. Together, they rewrote what American performance could be, first by creating the muscle formula and then by stripping ...