This is cool. I had no idea.

[Bubba]

The name Falcon was originally intended to be the name of the Plymouth Valiant, but Ford Motor Company released a production car with the name first, after Henry Ford II requested use of the name.[1] Chrysler agreed, scrambling to change it at the last minute with a contest among their employees.


Copy and pasted off of wikepedia. If its a lie, they told it.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Falcon#cite_note-1

 

[moparlee]

Acutally Chrysler used the name in th 50's on this........................

http://www.valiant.org/falcon.html

 

[goldfish65]

Acutally Chrysler used the name in th 50's on this........................

http://www.valiant.org/falcon.html

There's a resemblance between today's Chrysler 300 and the Falcon's grille and front-end styling...