Chrysler

No other car of the immediate post war touched the hearts of so many people as the 1946 Chrysler Town & Country. “It has,” said a Chrysler manual, “the grace and elegance of a yacht.” The steel front end looked “town” and the wood portion looked “country” so it was appropriately named the “Town & Country.”

The Town and Country  was introduced by the Chrysler Corporation in 1941, as a highly styled "station wagon", designed to attract the wealthy. This first incarnation featured "barrel back", or "clam shell" rear doors, opening to a storage area behind the rear passenger seats. The rearmost seats could be stowed in a forward position, to enlarge the storage area, or in a rear position, to enhance passenger leg room. Two models were offered, a 6-passenger and a 9-passenger. The larger car had limo type folding seats, located between the standard front and rear seats.

The CG Imperial was Chrysler’s answer to the luxury automobile market dominated at the time by Packard, Cadillac, and Duesenberg.