(February 2020) The Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries are mid size cars introduced for model year 1981 as the first "K-cars" manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation. The K-car platform was a key automotive design platform introduced by Chrysler Corporation for the 1981 model year, featuring a transverse engine, front-wheel drive, independent front and semi-independent rear suspension configuration—a stark departure from the company's previous reliance on solid axle, rear-drive unibody configurations during t.
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OLD PARKED CARS. 1982 Plymouth Reliant K Coupe.
The Plymouth Reliant and its Dodge Aries counterpart came as coupes, sedans, and wagons, all with room for six. Although the wagon survived until 1988, it and almost all other wagons died out as. No Reserve: 1984 Plymouth Reliant K Sedan for sale on BaT Auctions - sold for $6,500 on April 5, 2022 (Lot #69,764) | Bring a Trailer This Chrysler K-Car got away, but there are more like it here. 1984 Plymouth Reliant K Sedan No Reserve Sold for $6,500 on 4/5/22 238 Comments View Result Make Chrysler Model Chrysler K-Car Era 1980s Origin American The Cars That Saved Chrysler: 1981 Plymouth Reliant K and Dodge Aries K Posted on December 26, 2021 by MCG Collectors don't give them much notice, but the 1981 Chrysler K-cars are among the most historically significant cars ever produced by the Motor City. This MINT 1987 Plymouth Reliant K is quite likely the best condition, lowest mileage K-car in the world.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubDeboss | Merch: https://d.
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OLD PARKED CARS. 1982 Plymouth Reliant K Coupe.
The Original K-Car that started this club has almost 300,000 miles. 1981 Plymouth Reliant Wagon 2.2 saved in Alameda, California.. We recognize and appreciate these cars, and our goal is the sole historical preservation of Chrysler K-Cars through repair assistance, seller assistance, buyer assistance, and car events in an interactive social. Published Oct 27, 2021 Lee Iacocca found a way to save Chrysler by changing the way we make cars, even today! Via: CNET Back in the late 1970s, Chrysler was just about finished as a company. During the course of the 2013 season, the 1986 Plymouth Reliant-K station wagon race-prepped (if that's the word) by NSF Racing in Florida sort of, but mostly not really, competed in 14 races. K-Body: Dodge Aries / Plymouth Reliant This was the figurative Adam and Eve of the K-car family. Introduced in 1981, these were solid sedans devoid of any sporting pretensions and advertised as being able to carry six passengers.
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The Chrysler KCar Club • View topic 1986 Plymouth Reliant K 57831
Regular Car Reviews 876K subscribers Subscribe 9.4K 259K views 3 years ago Finally, we get our hands on a Chrysler K-Car. This is Plymouth Reliant K Wagon. It is almost identical to a. It's impossible to understate the importance of the compact, front wheel-drive K cars to the Chrysler Corporation in the early 1980s, as the automaker's future was literally riding on those cars. Replacing the Volare and Aspen , the Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries sold strongly right out of the gate, moving 100,137 and 114,631 copies.
The Plymouth Reliant (or Reliant K, as it was sometimes called) was one of the first two so-called "K-cars" (the others being the Dodge Aries. the second generation Chrysler LeBaron, and the Dodge 400) the Chrysler Corporation, introduced for the 1981 model year.The Reliant replaced the Plymouth Volaré/Road Runner, which was the short-lived successor automobile to the highly regarded Plymouth. 1981-1989 Dodge Aries/Plymouth Reliant K-Cars. Lee Iaccoca gets blame (or credit) for the Dodge Aires and Plymouth Reliant K-cars, but unlike the minivan, this one's really not his fault. He simply took the ball and ran with it. Though Iaccoca touted the virtue of K-cars aggressively once onboard as Chrysler's newly installed chairman.
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Excellent condition Plymouth Reliant K Car Classic Plymouth Reliant K
Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca, right, sits on the fender of K Car Number One, a Plymouth Reliant, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1980, Detroit, Mich. The automaker showed off its new front-wheel drive model. The car will also be sold as the Dodge Aries, and will be manufactured in Detroit and Newark, Delaware. (AP Photo/Dale Atkins) An early 80's. [Verse 1] Is it just a car or is it so much more? It's a superstar with the gas to the floor Zero to sixty in remarkable time It's the automobile that's top of the line [Chorus] Yeah, we got a K.