In the early 80s, Lee Iacocca demanded high quality and even starred in commercials saying there cars are just as good as Honda & Toyota. He also said "If you can find a better car, buy it"
@karoltakisobie6638
Жыл бұрын
And people did just that. That's when Civic, Corolla, Sentra etc really took off and became objects of desire of young,thrifty and mod crazy backyard mechanics.
@nlpnt
Жыл бұрын
@@karoltakisobie6638 I always thought the emphasis should've been "if you can *find* a better car, buy it!" that being the era of "voluntary" import quotas.
@jaydawg4632
11 ай бұрын
We had three of these in the driveway, and my uncle had one next door. I bought an 87 daytona in 95. These cars were very reliable. They developed an engine knock after a while. That old daytona got me back and forth to college for 4 years, commuting 40 km every day. I sold it after I graduated, and it ran for another 4 years.
@thefinalroman
10 ай бұрын
The TBI ones got piston slap that sounds like a knock
@BenoitDavid-g1s
Жыл бұрын
I have the exact same car, colour and all, but with the 2.5l and the Plymouth Reliant badges. The most reliable and easy to work on vehicule I ever owned
@andrewdopple6946
Жыл бұрын
imn glad that there are people out there actually trying to preserve these cars. I dried saving a Plymouth Sundance, lost that fight as a dirt poor college student.
@sneaks01
Жыл бұрын
Crazy.. earlier a year but was a car I drove as a first car. Got many memories of it! My Dads had the Mitsubishi.
@tomdell9836
Жыл бұрын
The brings me back drove a 88' Aries K Coupe 2.5 with the 3-Speed auto through most of the 2000's
@capcom7794
Жыл бұрын
this video makes me exited for the day you review my wagon. :) I'm the one with the 86 Buick century love your videos, and good for you for so much growth! getting over 100k is definitely an achievement.
@rtdc5662
5 ай бұрын
My first car was a truck. 87 dodge Dakota. 8' man size bed. Same color and engine as this car. Oh, 5 speed MANual trans.
@Andyface79
10 ай бұрын
Actually the wagon sold pretty well. The later 2-doors were the really rare ones.
@moosehead8898
Жыл бұрын
I currently own an 87 aries sedan I love it and everyone thinks it's odd so it's perfect. It's been down for a couple years and im trying to make it road worthy again. It's nice to see people talking about it!
@sergeantbigmac
6 күн бұрын
My Grandmother had (actually still has, she refuses to get rid of it at my Grandfathers behest) an 87 Dodge Caravan. I say this because the interior/dash layout and parts etc is EXACTLY the same and it brought back memories. And I just have to add the thing is total shitbox. Riding in it is like bouncing around in a tin can. I hated that thing. My Mom hated it too, she begged my Grandma to get something safer for us kids to no avail. My siblings half joke when she passes away its getting junked and were gonna get popcorn and watch it get crushed.
@landonbenford8369
Күн бұрын
Dude! One man's junk is another man's treasure! When "my ship comes in" I'm looking at restoring a gang of 80's cars. Trust me, you Won't have a hard time finding someone to reacclimate that Caravan. Especially if it's got the Mitsu 3.0 v6 or even the 2.6 Hemi.
@andregonsalvez9244
Жыл бұрын
The venerable K car were pretty reliable back in the day and were everywhere in the 80s and early part of the 90s .
@harrybaulz666
7 ай бұрын
I had a special order blue 2 door 89 with a manual 5 made in mexico and it showed a step up from a yugo
@NunyaBusIness-tl1ev
8 ай бұрын
If you are addicted to wagons, this K car, and the Taurus wagon will suffice, BTW, The aries easily buries the speedometer on the interstate, 100Mph is easy
@johnjones393
Жыл бұрын
A guy in my hometown back in the early 90s had an Aries wagon with a 5-speed. Unicorn.
@davinp
Жыл бұрын
The minivan also helped save Chrysler. It was their cash cow. By the late 1990s, Chrysler's quality started to fall again
@mromatic17
Жыл бұрын
the minivan was a K car too it just had a bigger ass end.
@weegeemike
Жыл бұрын
You can thank Iacocca's horrible successor, Robert Eaton, for the fall in quality and the "merger" with Daimler Benz
@mromatic17
Жыл бұрын
@@weegeemike yeah my uncle was CFO of chrysler durring the merger with benz and chrysler was making a huge profit ratio over mercedes it was sad like $120:1 and mercedes thought they were richer and better in everyway. this was even when chrysler was circling the drain. mercedes is always hemmoraging money typical european socialist bullshit!
@marks6663
Жыл бұрын
my first car I got myself as an adult in 1992 was a 1984 Chrysler Town and Country wagon. Then I got a 1984 Dodge Aries wagon then a 1984 Plymouth Reliant wagon. I started by business in them. I loved the stately looks on a budget. I got each one for a song and dance because I had no money, I was renting a room, and this was all I good afford and I was happy. I was proud of it. To be 24 again. Remember guys, life will never be as good as it is when you are young and starting out.
@dave11686
Жыл бұрын
Karl is a great dude
@bextar6365
Жыл бұрын
He also said be American / buy American ! But he used Mitsubishi Japanese engines.
@bwofficial1776
Жыл бұрын
I like those gauges. Clean, simple, and functional. The woodgrain print isn't even bad. For sitting for so long, this car looks pretty decent. The floors aren't as rusty as you'd expect from a Midwestern car. The engine is so simple that this probably fired right up with some fresh fluids. It's nice to see these once-disposable cars still on the road with loving owners. It is impressive how this shared the road with the Taurus wagon. The Taurus came out only a few years later but looked like it was 10 years ahead.
@cmcb09
11 ай бұрын
My parents had that exact model/colour great car thanks for bringing back some good memories, ironically enough my sister owned a white model of the Plymouth model that you showed.
@90sbuickguy84
Жыл бұрын
Kudos to Carl for rescuing that Chrysler Aries from a field and putting it back on the road and keeping it running the K car across the board, no matter which model it is is getting more rare because it’s going extinct because so many people don’t care for them. It’s refreshing to find someone that does because they are unique in the fact that that is the soul vehicle that kept Chrysler afloat and saved the company from bankruptcy and that’s why we have Chrysler today so be it it’s morphed into a glorified Fait but if Chrysler would’ve went under show would dodge and we wouldn’t have any of the 5.7 V8 chargers and challengers and hellcat and the demon. They will be nothing there if it wasn’t for the humble K car that saved not just Chrysler, but dodge as well and that is what makes the K car special thanks to Lee Iacocca and his K car
@trumpet12345
11 ай бұрын
,I''m late to the party here, but I hate how people fail to mention just how much Daimler held back and robbed Chrysler. They put them in the position to not have money (got jacked by Daimler) and need the bailout. If people forget, GM needed bailed out, Ford almost did - they even put up their logo as collateral for their loans. Chrysler had the money to be fine before Daimler. Daimler gave parts here and there, but even made the Crossfire on the old platform to prevent them from competing with the new mercedes version coming out. Daimler almost came close to canceling the pentastar engine as they were going to use a modified version and knew the merger was going to be dissolved soon. Imagine getting what is the biggest engine change that was put in almost everything - deleted. The pentastar did have some recalls, if I remember it was piston 6 that was out of spec mostly from the mexican plant. I am surrounded by pentastar engine powered cars in the family. Not one had a failure. Well, actually one did. It wasn't the engine it was the operator. They had a coolant leak and didn't fix it. They still drove after seeing the white smoke and temp needle screaming for help. Thus, head gasket failure. At the rate of fixing versus dropping in a new one - it was just easy for the indepedent mechanic to pull and replace. The vehicles actually treated with dignity have had no more issues than any of my friends other makes and models. I almost feel though, Fiat wanted to do the Dart last minute and fail as Obama said the Fiat 500 doesn't count for the mpg car promised as part of the government loan. Had it been reliable, or not brought in the market as manual only for while - it could have been great. Hyundai provided the 6 speed auto, and guess what - every single automatic made was recalled due to a linkage issue that could cause the vehicles to roll away. Sometimes you don't go to competitors for a vital part. The 2nd gen 200 was also lovely, but people were not prepared for dog clutches in the zf 9 speed. The whole ordeal about the rear entry was also probably done to kill the car. My y gess was it made more room for the platform money printer - the jeep cherokee.
@martialarts151
8 ай бұрын
I learned to drive on an Aries! When I was a driving-age teen both my friend and my parents had K-Cars which we drove to high school. He once said to me, "Driving this car will kill any teenage libido that you have." I nodded in agreement and thought it for the best, as having this car achieved the opposite effect on in the dating dept. Still this video brought back fond memories, just none that could have taken place in the back seat, sadly.
@VladimirBlarp
Жыл бұрын
Your videos are weird, interesting, at times comedic, and with a left field approach. Very cool. Would love to see your take on a Fisker Karma
@carlosmalave540
Жыл бұрын
My first car was a Pontiac J2000 station wagon and this Dodge brings back memories.
@edclemonsjr
Жыл бұрын
This update came out in 1985. Pre Taurus!
@ItalianCJM8232
Жыл бұрын
Any new video on a K car makes for a good day!🎉🎉🎉
@pl5624
Жыл бұрын
Especially a wagon.
@bevorules77
Жыл бұрын
The front bench seat was offered til the end of K-Car production. My 1989 Aries sedan had one. Bucket seats were an option.
@MAGNUM05
7 ай бұрын
I love these Chrysler K cars. I really do. I think they're pretty cool. I wouldn't mind owning one for myself. I'd want a light blue '87 Aries 4 door sedan.
@markhealey9409
2 ай бұрын
So ugly! 🤣🤣 The rusty gearstick! Definitely a rare survivor!
@JCVACCARO
Жыл бұрын
That's the original style radio. I used to own a silver 85 Dodge 600ES Turbo convertible. King of the K cars.🙂
@packard5682
11 ай бұрын
The original K cars were not available with a V-6. They come with the 2.2, 2.5 and the 2.6 Mitsubishi motor. And they did have a bench seat in these Aries as well usually in the base car and buckets were optional.
@colinschmitz8297
Жыл бұрын
An excellent simile comparing Chrysler to an attics behavior. The sad thing is I don't think it's exclusively Chrysler that has this problem I think it's all three of the former Big Three, just some have been more successful at barely squeezing out than others. The problem for whatever reason is the companies have leadership that lack discipline and lack vision And will not remain consistent. They find a cash cow then they ride high on the cash cow and try to shut down everything except for the cash cow, then the market changes and the cash cow becomes an old dog and instead of holding on to the products that are not as profitable that can save them during the hard times, they focus on the short-term and almost die in the long term. They also had a problem with refusing to use their good engines like the 3.3, 3.5, and AMC straight 6 and anything other than they absolutely had to, then with their bad engines like the 2.7 and their mediocre engines like the powertech family using them in practically everything. In the same thing applies with the Ultra Drive transmission. They should have gave up on it excepted the loss, and purchased a proper unit that was not going to let their customers down or at least build a four speed off of the torqueflite family.
@aenoymotors
Жыл бұрын
FOLKS! Seeing the video title I thought you were talking about me and my obsession with these darn cars hahaha. But yes, I do have the carpet for it as well as the lower trim panels that hold it in. No, there was no center console when this car was built... it's a el cheapo fleet special so buckets and open space is what you got. I think I might have some old videos about the thing when I first got it but after swapping the wheels and tires, putting on a new timing belt, and resealing the valve cover I haven't done anything with it besides store it for a while because my plan for it is to install a 3.0L V6 with some Diamante parts for a substantial boost over the 2.2L TBI engine and replacing the fender that got socked by a deer before my ownership. It's just been on the backburner for a while because I kind of like my blue 81 Reliant wagon quite a bit more!
@vincemorgan6096
Жыл бұрын
Is this THE LAST ONE in Illinois?
@aenoymotors
Жыл бұрын
@@vincemorgan6096 of course!
@landonbenford8369
Күн бұрын
I Admire you for saving these prime examples of Generation Nexter Automotive History!! My body shop guy'd make that Aries look showroom new in a week maybe less. And find a GOOD upholstery guy! It'll be easy!😎😎One day "when my ship comes in", I'm looking to save a pair of 1990 3.0 v6 Voyagers sitting in someone's abandoned driveway. And a small army of Transit Connect cargo vans; also sitting on property that's For Sale.
@Tammy-v6e
Жыл бұрын
I had an 86 Plymouth k car wagon she was very fast I ❤d that car 🚗.
@bazilwreckerloughead
Жыл бұрын
My grandparents had one a lot like this one...but theirs had carpet.
@blueseanomad7435
Жыл бұрын
This was the first car I drove (it was by brothers car). I always remember that the engine and ashtray smell.
@maxdm1583
Жыл бұрын
Zack, excellent review as always. I was glad you've reviewed this car in this condition. I recall seeing a lot of K cars on the roads in early to mid 90s. They were certainly not the prettiest but rather universal being a station wagon. Odd time I see one restored and I can't resist to turn head. Cheers!
@nlpnt
Жыл бұрын
This car is a diamond in the rough. Finding new carpet and left blinker lens are the first priorities, but those floors really are solid and I'm amazed the DODGE trim over the license plate is intact - usually those were the FIRST things to go on K wagons and early minivans that used the same part that was Not A Handle but looked just like one, not solidly made and attached to function as one but inviting use as one until they broke.
@aenoymotors
Жыл бұрын
Fortunately I do have the carpeting AND new headlight trim with the turn signal lenses for it. Working on it is just super low on the priority list right now.
@1voiceofstl
9 ай бұрын
Best K car...90's spirit
@danielcamacho6123
Жыл бұрын
i love station wagon in the 1980 1990 era 2000
@mitchellgloss6365
Жыл бұрын
Typical for Chrysler of using other vehicles parts to manufacture and save money. Those look like 80s-90s 1st gen ram truck taillights.
@rustyrobinson8027
Жыл бұрын
They should bring it back 👍
@JO3BID3N-is-a-P3D0
Жыл бұрын
MOPAR!
@jacobfleming565
Жыл бұрын
Thats an addicts car
@ronsblahblah
Жыл бұрын
5 digit odo. They knew you weren't getting 100k out of a K car
@landonbenford8369
Күн бұрын
Ford & GM were no different. Even into the 90's; unless you had like a full size with a v8.
@Jo3man96
Жыл бұрын
I would submit my car, but I’m in the UK
@ShootingCars
Жыл бұрын
You can still submit!
@stephendavidbailey2743
Жыл бұрын
I had a 1985 Plymouth Reliant, mechanically identical to this Aries. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL
@stephencannon3140
10 ай бұрын
My dad…(RIP!)…..had a 87 Aries Sedan……a rental return before the stereotypical stories about rental lease returns being beaten on. It may have been a rental return but in decent shape. Dad had it for about ten years before the plan got punctured. My last tint was late 1996…..hey watch the…”Driving to Maine” comments…..that’s my home state!
@rickc303
Жыл бұрын
"Up front... and down below..." except down below is literally just as up front as up front
@k.b.tidwell
Жыл бұрын
The last time I saw an Aries was in the early '90's when I was in the Army National Guard. K-cars were often used by the armed forces for staff cars, and the ones the various Army departments used were a just-this-side-of-lime light green. Not quite lime-intense. In my initial physical when I joined, I saw base MP's using actually cool looking light blue two-doors with bubble lights on top. I decided then that I really wouldn't mind owning one, but having driven one of the staff cars later on, they really rode and drove like a thinly-padded tin can. Very sparse and minimal feeling structurally. Did anyone notice the manual shifter hump in the front floorboard there? 5-speed with turbo...that was my goal, but never found one.
@jlang8213
Жыл бұрын
.....Nothing about this car looks like it was moving towards the bubble era.
@sunnohh
Жыл бұрын
Chryslers corporate motto: declining quality
@bigdog1150
5 ай бұрын
I've heard that over 85% of Aries drivers have a fixed address.
@steverado87
Жыл бұрын
InB4 FOLKS!
@jacobfleming565
Жыл бұрын
Iykyk
@markhealey9409
2 ай бұрын
Those huge scripted warning lights! 🤣🤣😳😳 The RIGHT & LEFT as well as arrows! Were the people buying these new expected to be partially sighted,or just stupid?!
@landonbenford8369
Күн бұрын
You shoulda seen the turn signal indicator lights on the 70's & early 80's GM's!🧐🤨
@markhealey9409
2 ай бұрын
Most cars had rear window defrosters even in the 70s... I don't remember seeing any,apart from maybe pick-ups,that didn't have them by the 80s.
@landonbenford8369
Күн бұрын
Not in ChicagoLand!! They were still an extra cost option well into the 90's. Considering our climate they shoulda been standard equipment!
@markhealey9409
Күн бұрын
@@landonbenford8369 wow!😳😳
@jimmyjimjims7483
Жыл бұрын
That thing is just BARELY street legal if at all lol, all the people I knew who had one of these ended up on a registry where you gotta notify the neighbors when you move in
@landonbenford8369
Күн бұрын
WOW!!
@ralphabreu5022
Жыл бұрын
I have driven one Nothing worth reviewing.... Nothing special..
@capcom7794
Жыл бұрын
you sound very sour
@vado575
Жыл бұрын
Move along then
@ralphabreu5022
Жыл бұрын
@@capcom7794 It's true the KCar was a successful failure. Without it there would be no minivan, in those days Chrysler Corporation couldn't re tool to build a minivan from scratch. So they took a K car chassis and built up. The 1984 Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan were born. The 1st minivans were underpowered they only had 2 engine choices the 2.2 liter KCar engine or a 2.6 liter Mitsubishi engine. Chrysler didn't come out with a 6cyl until the 1989 model year it was taken from the Dodge Dynasty and Chrysler New Yorker also a Mitsubishi 6 cylinder engine....
@bwofficial1776
Жыл бұрын
Every car is worth reviewing. They're all different in some way.
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