The St. Regis was the model name for a fullsize Dodge automobile built from 1979 to 1981. The St. Regis was based on Chrysler's rear wheel drive R-body platform, itself based on a stretched version of the circa 1971 B-body design that provided the underpinnings for such cars as the Dodge Charger and the Chrysler Cordoba. Engines available included the 225 in³ (3.7 L) I6 as well as the 318 and 360 in³ (5.2 and 5.9 L) V8s. The St. Regis name had originally been used for a trim package on the mid-1970s Chrysler Newport.
Offered only as a four-door sedan, the St. Regis was differentiated from its sister models, the Plymouth Gran Fury, Chrysler Newport, and Chrysler New Yorker by retractable, transparent plastic headlight covers.
Underwhelming sales, coupled with Chrysler's corporate and financial problems, led to the demise of the St. Regis and the other R-body models mid way through the 1981 model year, leaving the Dodge Diplomat to soldier on as the marque's sole "full-sized" model until the introduction of the Dodge Intrepid in 1993. After 1979, the bulk of St. Regis sales were for fleet use.
Although it does not hold much collector interest, fans of Chrysler products sometimes search junkyards for its disc brakes as an upgrade for earlier cars such as the Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda.
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