Dyfed-Powys Police were called to Mwnt at 19:50 BST on Friday after reports of a car going through a field and over the edge.
Mr Chilton's body was recovered from his car at the base of the cliff at Ty Gwyn Caravan Park.
An inquest has been opened and adjourned.
A man who died after his car plunged over a cliff in Ceredigion has been named as Gary Christopher Chilton, 42, from Manchester.