Chrysler styling for 1951 and 1952 was nearly identical. The tail lights are the only distinguishing characteristic, with the 1952s featuring integrated back-up lights. Chrysler didn’t even keep separate production figures for the model years. The Saratoga was just above the base-model Windsor in the Chrysler lineup, on a 125.5-inch wheelbase, and didn’t return for 1951 until well into the model year. With its return, the Saratoga became the smallest Chrysler to offer the new 180-horsepower 331-cubic-inch PowerFlight V8 engine with its hemispherical combustion chambers, and was capable of going from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 10 seconds with a top speed of nearly 110 miles per hour. The Club Coupe shown here at the Northwest Car Collectors Association Car Show & Swap Meet at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center in Portland, Oregon, on October 18-19, 2003, represents the only 2-door Saratoga body style, with 6-passenger and long-wheelbase 8-passenger 4-door sedans and a Town & Country 4-door station wagon also available. The Saratoga model would be discontinued after 1952 and would not return until 1957.
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