After three years of small vehicles (116" wheelbase B body for Plymouth) Chrysler was overjoyed they finally got full size Plymouths and Dodges. Their competitors (Chevrolet and Ford for Plymouth, and Pontiac and Meteor for Dodge) were full size cars and had dominated the market.
All six of the vehicles in that size/price market offered a six cylinder engine as standard equipment and a small V8 next up the line. Options in 1965 went up to 413 on Plymouth and Dodge, 427 on the Chevrolet and Pontiac and 428 on the Ford and Meteor.
Plymouth was not the only one pushing a tiger in 1965. Imperial Oil was busy pushing their gasoline with a "put a tiger in your tank." Imperial Oil even had a tiger tail you could attach to your gas cap.
There was one black cloud on Chrysler Canada's positive view - a strike starting in January, 1965, and ending in March. Thus February production was zero while the first quarter production was down about 50%. Someone either in Windsor or Detroit came up with the idea of shipping cars built in Detroit to Windsor. Apparently the idea did not go over well with the buying public. Many dealers still had the U.S.-built cars on their back lots in July - all lined up against the back fence.
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