In 1961, the Plymouth Fury lost the iconic tail fins entirely, replaced by a rounded shape with a more rounded front end that Motor Trend once retrospectively compared with "a generation of Japanese sci-fi monsters."
In 1960, the Fury was no longer a high performance sports sedan, but a whole line of top-series Plymouths. Sport Fury took up the Fury performance banner.
In 1959, Plymouth introduced the Sport Fury as its top model, and the Fury as its second from the top model to replace the Plymouth Belvedere at the top of the regular Plymouth line-up.