Chrysler's Plymouth division introduced the Sport Fury in 1959 as a premium model available in two versions, a 2-door hardtop, and a convertible. A 318 cubic inch V8 was standard, putting the sport in the standard Fury. It marked the third year for Chrysler's "Forward Look" for Plymouth. If a manufacturer wanted flamboyancy, this may be the most acceptable blend of sporty and flashy to end the fifties. A distinctive Sport Fury feature, outside Chrysler's tendency to rapidly rust, is the upper side spear curving upwards to match the line of the rear fins. This is filled with a silver or gold anodized aluminum panel with "Fury" script mounted at the far end. The front end of the car is as bold as the modified tailfins from the previous years, with its sweeping size and thinner shape, canted slightly outward. The trunk featured the “Sport Deck,” a fake adornment fashion trend of the "continental kit," itself a fake derivative of an actual spare tire carried typically at the rear of an automobile in the twenties and thirties. The 2-door hardtop had a starting price of $2,927. A similarly equipped model from General Motors, the Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe, was priced at $2,717.
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