A look back at color-matched wheels and wheel covers. A design feature worthy of a comeback…

Chrysler 1980s painted wheel cover

Chrysler color matched wheel cover

With the introduction of their small front-wheel-drive LeBaron for 1982 and New Yorker for ’83, Chrysler equipped many high-end versions of both with these color-matched wheel covers through 1985. Styling was heavily inspired by Mercedes-Benz.

Photo: O. Stein

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