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The Dodge Diplomat was a large car of the 1970s and 1980s from the Chrysler Corporation's Dodge brand and practically identical to the Chrysler LeBaron of 1977, the Plymouth Caravelle sold in Canada, and the Plymouth Gran Fury from 1982. It was built from 1977 to 1989.

The Diplomat name was originally used from 1950 to 1954, to designate the 2-door hardtop body style in Dodge's line. It was later used on export versions of the DeSoto until 1961.

The Diplomat name was also used on a trim package available on the Royal Monaco two-door hardtop between 1975 and 1977.

The Dodge Diplomat, as a model rather than a trim, was based on the Dodge Aspen, on the M-body platform. While the Aspen had the F-body, the M-bodies were related to it: the wheelbase was often identical and doors often interchangeable. Hence, another M-body sedan, such as the 1989 Chrysler Fifth Avenue, had interchangeable doors with the 1976 Aspen. Like the Aspen, the Diplomat had coupe and station wagon variants, though the latter was cancelled after 1981 and the former in 1982.

It was sold in Mexico between 1980 and 1981 as the Dodge Dart, and in Colombia as the Dodge Coronet.

Beginning in 1982, the Plymouth Caravelle was offered in the US as the Plymouth Gran Fury.

The Diplomat was offered with a base 225 in³ six-cylinder engine. In 318 in³ V8 form (and an optional 360 in³) it, and its Plymouth Gran Fury twin, were widely favored as a police car in the US. After 1984, the only engine offered was the 318 in³ V8.

As the 1980s progressed, fewer private customers purchased the Diplomat (in part because of a lack of advertising and also because people favored more modern models), and the Diplomat (along with the Plymouth Gran Fury) was dropped in 1989. Diplomats built from mid-1988 until the end of production were among the first Chrysler-built products to have a driver's side airbag as standard equipment, some two model years before the remainder of the lineup.

The Diplomat was replaced by the Dodge Dynasty, which was introduced for 1988.

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