Chrysler , An American Automotive Icon

ktmrfs wrote:
Chrysler was inovative in earlier years. One of the first american companies to drop generator and go to alternators, one of the first to make front disk brakes standard on cars, one of the first to make disk brakes an option, early use of fuel injection (although didn't work to well), the hemi engine, early adopter of good automatic transmissions, areodynamics with the chrysler airflow (even if it did hit in the middle of the depression) and some pretty wild cars to take advantage of NASCAR rules with the charger daytona, charger 500 and plymouth superbirds. And some of the dealer available cars for drag racing with plastic windows, stripped interiors etc.

Lots of early innovation like a more modern high compression motor, safety glass, hydraulic brakes, the Airflow was also one of the first to have a weight balance between front and rear. The program showed some of the test where they pushed a Airflow off a cliff and it rolled several times and the roof did not collapse. A car way ahead of its time but the aerodynamic styling did not go over.

In later years to add to your list they were the first to use electronic ignition instead of points and condenser.