Thanks for watching! A couple of editor notes: First, Volare. Yes, I know I mispronounced it! Many of you have pointed that out, but I swear to you those cars were so rare in my teenage years I always heard it pronounced "Vo-lare", not "Vo-lar-e". And yes, I've NOW heard the song! I apologize for getting that so very wrong. Second, the Duster. Nope, I didn't mention it. But I wish I could go add it back in, I had no idea it would be such a flash-point. As a 2 door version of the Valiant, while I know it looked good and was popular, I didn't know it missing would attract such a passionate response! My apologizes! Finally, for anyone claiming 'bias'... WTH? In my life Plymouth was the cheaper version of Dodge, following their cars with decontented value pricing models. There's no bias here, and I tried to present a fair brief history of a brand that was 'done wrong' by the end.
@mattskustomkreations
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for admitting the blaring pronunciation goof. Where are you from such that they were called “vo-lairs”??? I learned a lot, especially the early history. Thanks!
@moosecat
9 ай бұрын
I understand that the rest of the world is on the Metric system, but when you're talking about American cars, I'd mention the displacement of the older engines in cubic inches; you mentioned wheelbase lengths in inches.
@moosecat
9 ай бұрын
I think you should have mentioned the 1970 Plymouth Superbird, which is one of the most coveted of muscle cars today. And...you forgot a really famous Plymouth Fury...her name is "Christine".
@warrenny
8 ай бұрын
I too remember people calling it Vol - Air. Doesn't really matter though, I never saw one in person. Where I grew up, Plymouth was considered the cheap version of a Chrysler too.
@dstrau7987
2 жыл бұрын
I love the older Plymouths before they lost their identity. I was born in '68 and came home from the hospital in a new '68 Fury III 2 door hardtop. Loved that car when I was a little tyke. Keep up the great work Jon!
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind comments! I think I came home from the hospital in an Olds 98.... that's sad to think of.
@dstrau7987
2 жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon Nothing wrong with that in my opinion.
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
The 2 door hardtop had grert styling!I still have my hotwheels cars, police car, and fire chief, where they both used a four door 1968 Plymouth Fury. I like the detail on both of them, since there were not a lot of toy replicas of that model Plymouth. And like you alluded to, the Plymouths lost their identity by about the mid 1970's. I was really saddened by how they changed the Dodge charger in 1975, to a bloated "luxo land yacht".
@tonylewis4661
2 жыл бұрын
Two things: it is pronounced Vo Lar Ray, not Vo Lar. Second you skipped the original Duster two door series, These were Plymouth only models and so popular, that Chrysler had to quickly badge engineer the Dodge Demon (later the Dart Sport) for Dodge dealers, a rare case of Plymouth beating Dodge to the market. True story my father bought a 71 Dodge Demon, with a comic demon logo, and my mom made him take it back to the dealer to get the logo removed. Needless to say she did not live long enough to see the resurrection of the Demon logo on Dodge vehicles.
@williamg2552
2 жыл бұрын
Plymouth beat Dodge to the market NUMEROUS TIMES. I can cite SEVERAL Occasions where Plymouth brought out cars that Dodge later deliberately COPIED. EXAMPLES: The Road Runner the industry’s FIRST BUDGET MUSCLE CAR. DODGE copied it with The Super Bee. The Plymouth Barracuda, which Dodge COPIED with the Challenger. The Plymouth Valiant (originally simply called simply “Valiant” , which Dodge COPIED,with the Dodge Lancer, and later with the compact Dart. There are other examples.
@mydlenski
2 жыл бұрын
What child of the 70s can forget: kzitem.info/news/bejne/oqSNroV5oHSqipw
@AnotherWayFilms
Жыл бұрын
And no mention of the "K-Car" being bought en masse by government contracts, saving the company from bankruptcy. Some big misses on researching this particular video.
@jimstrict-998
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Vo-Lare,... LOL!
@vinnydaq13
Жыл бұрын
@@AnotherWayFilms The K-cars have their own episode.
@trainglen22
Жыл бұрын
Gads, the first generation Duster and the Road Runner were fantastic cars.
@normandmailloux2301
Жыл бұрын
You should read on the story of the performance of Plymouth, the Road Runners, The Super Birds, the Cuda, the Demons, the Duster, The Savoy Super Stock, The GTX, The Fury. After reading on all those the great performance car, Plymouth in the end was only a shadow
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
The Beach Boy's song, "The little old lady from Pasadena" drives your great point home!
@johnnymason2460
7 ай бұрын
@@carlc5748 That song was about Dodge, not Plymouth. Also, the Demon was also a Dodge, not a Plymouth.
@williamford9564
10 ай бұрын
10:16: My first new car was a 1985 Plymouth Horizon. It was cheap reliable transportation for this new college graduate getting my first job. I kept it for about five years. My biggest memory was cranking that little 1.6 liter engine up to 90 MPH on the Pennsylvania Turnpike running late and rushing to get to a certification training session.
@jeffanderson3962
Жыл бұрын
Interesting that these brands like Plymouth, Olds, Pontiac etc were relevant enough to me that I remember almost all the cars in the videos, but not relevant enough that I actually knew they no longer existed.
@johnbroughton3401
Жыл бұрын
The first new car my family bought was a '65 Plymouth Fury I two door post with the slant 6 and three on the tree. One morning, the beautiful but doctored up to sell '57 Fairlane we had wouldn't start so mom and dad walked hand in hand to Town and Country Chrysler/Plymouth on 12 Mile Road in Berkley, Michigan and came back with that car.
@leonardgordon1748
2 жыл бұрын
I remember Plymouth only has a company that made awesome engines but terribly built cars. I think you captured that well in your videos. Thank you 😊
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@kevinloving3141
Жыл бұрын
Oh to put a 318 Dodge engine into a General Motors car considering General Motors made beautiful cars with horrid engines
@67marlins
Жыл бұрын
Wrong. Plymouth made good cars & engines. I've owned them, you obviously never did.
@thomasdearment3214
Жыл бұрын
in my younger days all I would buy were Plymouths, still hold them with high regards.learnd how to drive on a Duster, I preferred them. Over even the Dodges.
@jamessouthworth1699
9 ай бұрын
Plymouth has always been my favorite division of Chrysler because it IS the no-nonsense division. Now when I started messing around with Plymouth in the 80s we were buying late 60s and early 70s Plymouth like the Duster, Baracuda, Valiant, Satellite, Fury.... We liked the way they weren't weighted down with fluff. They were more raw than Dodge.
@Trapper4265
2 жыл бұрын
Jon, again, nice content. My all time favorite muscle car is the '67 Plymouth Satellite GTX, however, I couldn't remember ever owning a Plymouth, until I recollected a '74 Valiant that I purchased for $500 dollars back in the early 90s. I was living in Albuquerque, NM at the time, and I drove up to Los Alamos, NM to purchase it from a one owner family. Luckily it was "glowing." LOL! (Crickets) Huh, tough crowd. You know, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, atomic bomb? Any who, It was in great shape, and I really liked the look of it, but the best words to describe that car were "stodgy and anemic." Interesting enough, I do remembered back in the mid-80s, the singer, Tina Turner, doing those Plymouth Acclaim commercials. I seriously doubt she "ever" drove a Plymouth, even once. 😆 Hahaha!
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it, and for the memories! I have been meaning to ask how your stand-up comedy career is coming? :)
@Trapper4265
2 жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon LOL! 😂 My comedic career?! It's pretty much like the characteristics of the '74 Plymouth Valiant, stodgy and anemic. 🤣
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
Our driver's ed classes used the 1974 4 door Plymouth Valiant, slant 6, with auto. trans. Liked that they came with a full complement of engine gauges. Remember the instructor telling us to watch the gauges first to check their positions, before moving the car. Instructor had me drive it first, of all the other students, since I had driven before.
@reallyrandomrides1296
2 жыл бұрын
Just realized, I've owned and driven several Dodge and Chrysler products, but I don't recall ever driving or owning a Plymouth.
@WhittyPics
2 жыл бұрын
I was never a fan of any Chrysler product. How about the movie Christine? 70s Plymouth Duster was pretty cool
@stoneylonesome4062
2 жыл бұрын
Good job with this series. Keep at it.
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
@jdgimpa
Жыл бұрын
1989 Plymouth Acclaim also had a 2.5 turbo engine option.
@TheGbeecher
6 ай бұрын
The 'merger' with Daimler was just odd - and in hindsight, a huge mistake for Chrysler...Plymouth was much like Oldsmobile - looking for a new identity...
@RoadRunnergarage8570
2 жыл бұрын
My first car was an 83 Reliant....it would run forever but unfortunately it was claimed by the timworm ..
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Timworm?
@Alexs23743
11 ай бұрын
Plymouth was supposedly the Chrysler division that would compete with Chevy and Ford. But even back in the 1990's, when I was just a kid, I always thought Dodge served that role. Plymouth, to me back then, was the "why are you even here?" division as a result. It seems that by 2001, the right people agreed with me. The Plymouth Prowler didn't exactly help. Why was THAT even here? D:
@georgewilson1184
Жыл бұрын
I really liked the Sailboat brand over Dodge I had a stratus but would rather had a breeze I loved the Gran Fury rite up to the last production year and I would have taken a Trailduster over RamCharger naturally I liked the full size Voyager with wide tailgate over Dodge B Series
@bruceh92
11 ай бұрын
The Barracuda, most people will remember a 271 cu in but I think nobody will remember the car with its "4.5 liter". Sorry, just a small nitpick in an otherwise solid presentation. Thumbs up anyway and a thank you.
@bobcarlino7280
10 ай бұрын
A 271 cubic inch Plymouth engine? I think you meant to say '273'.
@mervynstent1578
Жыл бұрын
Mr Maxwell suddenly disappeared before Walter Chrysler took over his company!
@wiiambarnarx8485
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha!! Vo Lay, where did this come from. The plymouth GTX and the Dodge Challenger were 2 of the most popular muscle cars ever not to mention the Barracuda.
@Robbi496
Жыл бұрын
Might be worth mentioning that Chrysler paid off their handout EARLY, which I don't think was ever done by anyone else again??
@bernardscheidle5679
Жыл бұрын
The sundance lasted thru 1994, not 93, as a 1994 model year. You could buy a new 1994 sundance in the fall of 1993.
@jayg1438
Жыл бұрын
I was never certain if Plymouth was supposed to be an economy car company or a sports and performance company. Those are two divergent markets.
@ManiaMusicChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Daimler just ruined Chrysler
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
The more I learn, the more it seems they just brutalized them.
@ManiaMusicChannel
2 жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon Chrysler was in the right path, the products they were making were selling. They had new and innovative designs that appeal. Glad, Fiat did bring Chrysler as a company back together.
@keithstudly6071
Жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon The problem was that the union members of the Damiler-Benz board of directors fought Chrysler getting any cash from Benz. They didn't see any good coming from it for their (German) union workers and in the end that was what forced the breakup. The president of Damiler-Chrysler was in favor of more support of Chrysler but he couldn't get the votes from the D-B board and had to give up. Funny to find a German union unwilling to help a US unions members.
@kennethswain6313
Жыл бұрын
We had a ‘72 Plymouth Duster. It had rust problems within the first year The slant 6 was great but rush and poor workmanship had us selling in with three year. Very disappointing!
@joelikespotatoes8321
2 жыл бұрын
I have not ever seen one Plymouth on the road.
@warrenny
8 ай бұрын
12:52 It wasn't the 80s if you didn't carry a boombox on your shoulder. lol.
@noviranger88
11 ай бұрын
No mention of Richard Petty?
@jamessouthworth1699
9 ай бұрын
The 68 Roadrunner was based on the satellite not the Beledere.
@Acejustforalaugh
Жыл бұрын
Hey, look at the bright side. You got most of it right !! 😆
@landyachtfan79
Жыл бұрын
8:55, that's Volare'. Say Vo-LAH-Ray.
@georgewilson1184
Жыл бұрын
I don’t agree I would have kept Plymouth & Eagle I’m the nut that looks back at Plymouths Oldsmobiles Pontiacs Mercurys AMCs. Studenakers A M General I am underdog all the way
@glynnjohnson2194
Жыл бұрын
It's called vo lar ree. View the commercials of the time!
@AllCarswithJon
Жыл бұрын
I know, I know. As you can imagine you're about the thousandth person to point this out to me. but seriously, growing up I never heard it pronounced that way. :)
@miquelnewman6936
2 жыл бұрын
Volar? Volare oh, oh...Volare oh, oh, oh, oh...
@stevenfoon2194
Жыл бұрын
Mitsubishi 2.6 liter 4 Cylinder. Not a 6.
@timothykeith1367
Жыл бұрын
I don't think Plymouths was a de-contented Dodges. In the later years Plymouths were Dodges by another name. In the '60s you could get a Valiant Signet - a hardtop that wasn't a decontented Dart, it looked different than a Dart. The Fury line had a VIP trim level which was like a Chevy Caprice. I believe the dealer system killed off Plymouth, Pontac, Mercury and Oldsmobile because the manufacturer had legal obligations to the dealers that didn't alway make sense. If a Pontiac model could have been made that filled a market need, it would have competed with a similar Chevy model. The brands ended up competing with other GM or Chrysler models. The dealer system might be obsolete. Recently, Toyota said they have high confidence in their dealer franchise model, but they may be the exception. If a new model is very popular, the dealers will add high markups, but Tesla can announce a new price immediately and begin taking orders without a markup.
@davinp
2 жыл бұрын
You missed that in the 1990s Plymouth got the new sailboat logo
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
You mean the one on the thumbnail? :)
@davinp
2 жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon yes
@PierreaSweedieCat
Жыл бұрын
Odd. My family preferred Plymouths to Dodgees.
@TidoTee
Жыл бұрын
Jack Benny drove a Maxwell
@johndedominicisjr8973
9 ай бұрын
VOOOOO-LAR-RAYYYY! WOAH, WOAH!
@leftcoaster67
Жыл бұрын
Vo-Lar-eeeh.
@TheGbeecher
6 ай бұрын
'VO - LAR - RAY'...😅
@billhershkowitz5759
Жыл бұрын
Pronounced VO-LAH-REE
@charlesharmon4926
6 ай бұрын
Plymouth Volare pronounced Vo LAR Rae
@AllCarswithJon
6 ай бұрын
You can imagine I *may* have heard that a few times since releasing this video! Thanks for the comment. I promise I won't make the mistake again. (wait until you watch the Pontiac history!)
@jackieferguson5043
Ай бұрын
I love Plymouth, like all American cars after 1971 they all went down hill.
@svrhodes77
Жыл бұрын
Thought you could have done more with this video. Lost me when you completely mispronounced the name of the Volare’.
@fob1xxl
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 50's . The 1957, '58 and even the 1959 were their best models. Almost anything with "fins" was a hit ! After that? Boring !
@williamowens5542
2 жыл бұрын
The first car I bought was a new 1970 Plymouth Duster. I drove it three years until I graduated college. I liked and trusted the car so much I sold it to my mother in law. I bought about 20 new cars before I retired. The Duster is one of only three I can say I wish I had kept.
@MisterMikeTexas
Жыл бұрын
My 97 Ranger is the one vehicle I wish I kept!
@alanstrong55
2 жыл бұрын
If Plymouth quality had not fallen over time, it might still be alive today. A 1960 Fury Commando was like a role model.
@PeterWiernicki
8 ай бұрын
As an owner of an original 1919 Maxwell, I'm overjoyed that you mentioned the Maxwell Motor Company. One of their CEOs, Walter Flanders, was a master of factory operations & efficiency. His life story is fascinating.
@CJColvin
Жыл бұрын
My favorite Plymouths have to be the Roadrunner, Superbird, Fury, GTX, Duster, and Cuda.
@williamg2552
Ай бұрын
Too bad they couldn’t build a Prowler with a HEMI V-8 !! That would’ve been AWESOME !!
@MisterMikeTexas
2 жыл бұрын
My aunt & uncle in coastal Mississippi had a blue 67 Valiant sedan (slant 6, 3 on the tree), later traded it for a new brown 73 Gold Duster (Six, TorqueFlite). I rode with my cousins in that car many times. Finally, the Dennis Weaver movie "Duel", starring an orange Valiant sedan and an evil Peterbilt, is one of my favorite thrillers!
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
Mine too, and that was Steven Spielberg's first film!
@johnh2514
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great video! Plymouth is special to me as our family represented 3 of the 1.1 million Reliants sold…we had an ‘84 sedan, ‘85 wagon, and ‘87 LE sedan. Although slow and hardly exciting, they were all sturdy, simple, and dependable cars that served my family for nearly a decade each.
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@boldone3517
Жыл бұрын
Sir, very good video. A couple things to note. The song Volare, enfisous on the E was part of every Volare commercial sung by the man that made the song famous. The Aspen, Volare did have the most recalls, but G M. couldn't be out done, and they had far more with the introduction of the X body's in the 1980 model year, also G.M. should have spent more time before they brought then to market. Weather it was the G.M. brand Oldsmobile, or later Mercury as part of Ford, with the onslaught of foreign competition the big three as we called them, just couldn't support multiple brands and with each case starved them for product, before the end. When Walter P. Chrysler created Plymouth, it was so he had an entry level car to go up against Ford and Chevrolet, with a list on advanced features for the day at a similar price. It did its job for a lot of years. Frankly when you looked at all Chrysler products, they were never that great. At times they excelled at design and 1950s-1970s powertrains, other than that, they were a distant third choice. I owned a Dodge Intrepid, junk engine, and a transmission that you had to baby so it wouldn't turn to junk. The only good thing about it was that it lead me to buy a Toyota Camry. Lasted 297,000 miles and 17 1/2 years Think about a video that profiles Mr. Chrysler, a very smart and hard working man, ran Buick at the beginning, of its srart. Much Success.
@andregonsalvez9244
2 жыл бұрын
Cool video presentation, going back in time . My favorite Plymouth were the Fury , Satillight and Volare even though they had issues in the early years but improved after 1977 .
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@andrewweltlich9065
2 жыл бұрын
I for one do not miss Plymouth. They were great in the 60's but since then... not so much.
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
It was surprising the similarities between Plymouth and the Pontiac brand vid I did. Cheap cars -> performance and style -> Badge engineering -> Dead
@reallyrandomrides1296
2 жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon Yeah, both brands lost their groove around the same time, though arguably, Pontiacs, even towards the end, made more of an effort to look different and appeal to a different buyer. Think of the difference between a 1991 Pontiac Grand Am and a Chevy Corsica or Buick Skylark - all fairly different. Then think of a Plymouth Breeze and a Dodge Stratus. Or a Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries. Or Plymouth Acclaim and Dodge Spirit. Pretty much just a different grille, taillights and emblems.
@CJColvin
Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@gtjgtj8334
Жыл бұрын
Jon Another mistake to note from your video is when you mentioned the two engines. Firstly, the 2.2 "is" a 4cyl and the 2.6 Mitsubishi is "also" a 4cyl and not a 6cyl as you stated. Love the videos!
@mikeweizer3149
Жыл бұрын
In a way Plymouth is alot like Pontiac in the sense that their most exciting and memorable cars were from the late 50s to the early 70s , Think back to the days of the sport Furys, early to mid 60s s/s 413sand 426 wedges. Cudas and Barracudas All the big engined b bodies which include the Road Runner and GTX even the Duster 340s, and it's a well known fact that Richard Petty won 200 nascar races but understand this of those wins over half of them were behind the wheel of those Petty Blue Plymouths!.The real reason why Plymouth became such a generic Chrysler was beacuse Chrysler never set up a separate line up of dealerships to sell only Plymouths!!!!.
@davinp
2 жыл бұрын
When Merecedes owned Chrysler, they gave Chrysler their old platforms and a tight budget, so Chrysler made cars cheaply. They decided to kill Plymouth in 2000 due to poor sales. Plymouth didn't have any SUVs, just rebadged Dodge and the Plymouth Prowler. Also, since Plymouth part of the Chrysler dealer, it didn't close any Chrysler dealers. Plymouth suffered from poor quality and reliability. Chrysler since brought back the Voyager nameplate and used it as the Chrysler Voyager minivan.
@jeffreyzabawski4862
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it was their " old" Platform's as Mercedes was still currently using both of those Platform's on they're own vehicles. And the Platform that the Durango uses is from Mercedes and i think that Mercedes is also still using that on one of their SUV's.
@allanbeller529
Жыл бұрын
1981 K Cars had an optional Mitsubishi 2.6 liter four cylinder (with Mitusbishi patent 'Silent Shafts")
@brianandglendaharkin9457
Жыл бұрын
My Dad had Plymouths here in Australia 🇦🇺 we Had Dodges flat head six’s . Australian Chargers big block Dodges an many Valiants of all styles an power plants you name it we had it . Thank God for MOPAR . You can keep your brand x rubbish . MOPAR had the best motor s an auto box and could put brand X to shame .
@tallboyyyy
Жыл бұрын
I kind of wish Plymouth had stuck around a few more years to get in on the retro styled muscle cars that Dodge started making in 2006. Can you imagine how cool a 2010 Plum Crazy Plymouth Barracuda Hemi would have been? I think it could have blown out the Charger/Challenger in sales if the styling cues were on point.
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
Yes, surely it would have been a "smashing" success!
@anonlarson2875
2 жыл бұрын
The Plymouth Acclaim is probably the most reliable vehicle that Plymouth ever produced.
@Liberty-tn3rs
Жыл бұрын
Plymouth was a wonderful brand, the slant 6 was the best engine ever.
@wmry3195
Жыл бұрын
The Omni/Horizon was on sale until 1990 not 1987.
@brandbryce
Жыл бұрын
The song was, and the car was; the Volaré. The acute accent é is pronounced 'ay'. This was intrinsic to its marketing. Maybe going forward it would be good research to listen to commercials before you record your audio. Anyone who was there remember it and the commercials well and nobody pronounced it 'vo-lare' as you did. Great series, just this one glaring item in this video kind of distracts from the overall quality. Best wishes for the channel!
@giantgeoff
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, You saved me a rant
@BakerStudiosIndy
2 жыл бұрын
Volare is the Latin and Italian verb to fly; and also the Spanish for I will fly... The origin of the name. The Plymouth Volare was (and is) pronounced "vol-ar-ee" and not "vol-air." How you did not know that is beyond me. Great video, as usual, but every time you butcher the Volare name, it's massively cringeworthy. You never heard Dean Martin sing Volare? ;)
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
So this question came up in comments earlier, and the answer(s) are "no". I've never heard it pronounced Vol-ar-ee before, and I'd never heard of the Dean Martin song either. Trust me, I have now. :)
@tcrweeks
2 жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon - You claimed that you remembered the Plymouths from the 70's but you never heard their commercials for the Volare? On TV's across America they blasted that song, "Volare'!" into everyone's ears every hour or so until no one could stand them anymore! So, you've never heard those? ...Strange indeed.
@tcrweeks
2 жыл бұрын
Volare commercial with Sergio Franchi who sang Volare in the commercials - kzitem.info/news/bejne/oqSNroV5oHSqipw
@j.b.woodward3748
Жыл бұрын
Cheaper, boring Dodge…I agree. My brother had a PT Cruiser and he called it the “PT Loser”. When his daughter drive the car it took on the name “Birth Control”.😂
@AllCarswithJon
Жыл бұрын
hahahahaha. :)
@razvandobos9759
Жыл бұрын
Bring Plymouth back. Let’s see how Stellantis handles it. I’ve always wanted a revamped but no electric Prowler and the Cuda back as a cheaper Challenger and the Grand Fury as a cheaper Charger or Alfa Romeo and even the Trailduster and Neon back.
@keithstudly6071
Жыл бұрын
Volair? Is that like Corvair? I never knew Plymouth produced anything like that.
@paulbroxon4626
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad some one out there noticed he was pronouncing the name wrong! It's volare.
@bruzagroves3651
Жыл бұрын
The Valiant was simultaneously built in Australia from the 60s through to the early 1980s. By the 70s it had become a sleek car after the boxy VC model which was carried on in the US. When GM Holden downsized its large HK model adopting the German Opel rebadged Holden, but lost out to fleet sales as Ford (Falcon) continued as a large sedan. Had Chrysler Australia continued the Valiant it may have survived in Australia as the Valiant was also popular with fleet operators. Note that in Australia and NZ the Valiant was always considered "full size" and the Slant 6 was dropped with the VH model where all engines offered were hemis.
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear the history of the Chrysler Corp. cars down in Australia, I was always wondering about that!
@hnellnell2793
Жыл бұрын
australian valiants were also sold in south africa. they sold very well, and had an excellent reputation. these cars were highly regarded as tow cars, and did alot to convince the public that automatic cars can be good tow vehicles. the last modles were sold as chrysler and dodge, but most people remember the valiant models.
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
@@hnellnell2793 What years did they commence to be made, and end production? In America it was either 1960, or 61, and I believe that 1976 was the last year for the Valiant model.
@TheGbeecher
6 ай бұрын
My second car was a '79 dodge diplomat - terrible quality, but a bullet- proof motor ( 225 'Super-Six')..had lifelong issues with hard starting and rough idle..drove it for 6+ years though, and it got me from point a to b..😅
@moosecat
9 ай бұрын
From about 1970 on, the Fury/Gran Fury model was pretty much to Plymouth what the 1980s-on Crown Victoria was to Ford: primarily fleet cars (usually police cars), with the occasional "old-people" sale thrown in for good measure.
@8176morgan
Жыл бұрын
A "Far Too Brief History of Plymouth" is all too correct as the narrator neglected to mention no less than a dozen years of memorable Plymouth cars (1940-1952). This included the popular post war Plymouths, the boxy looking Plymouths that were introduced in 1949 of which our family owned one for several years and looked very similar to all the other MOPAR offerings that year, and finally the restyled '51 and '52 models which saw the introduction of a new line-up of names, those being the Cranbrook, Cambridge, & Concord, which lasted only three years as they were soon replaced by borrowing the names of three swanky New York hotels: the Belvedere, Savoy, and Plaza.
@johnnymason2460
7 ай бұрын
The Plymouth Horizon actually lasted until 1990, not 1987. We should have gotten the Accolade(based on the LH platform). The Eagle Vision was a good car but had really no identity.
@robertdragoff6909
Жыл бұрын
Chrysler fell on hard times and was trying to figure out what to do to bail themselves out…. I think the Daimler merger was good for Chrysler as it improved their quality….. But Plymouth was the Rodney Dangerfield of the car industry. With only 4 cars in their lineup, and its personality killed off, Daimler decided to close Plymouth…. If the Geniuses at Chrysler stopped to think about it, they could have given each division it’s own niche…. Chrysler- Luxury Dodge - Sports and performance Plymouth- Family but with more style… Something they should have done, but nooooo!
@robertlittin5196
Жыл бұрын
Isn't it true that a number of Ford Desiners moved to Chrysler and that' why for awhile Chrysler (Plymouth) L and ked a lot like 'Fords'... ir: Plymoth Sport Fury grill looks a lot like the FORD Galaxie 500 grill ?1965 EXCELLENT vidoes, Jon
@martyduncan2636
Жыл бұрын
“Vo-lair” was actually pronounced, “Vo-lar-ee”. Their commercials at the time reiterated this. I guess you’re too young to remember that. It’s worth noting with a little more perspective that, Plymouth was all about the ‘60s and ‘70s not the ‘80s and ‘90s.
@wadegiddens4068
10 ай бұрын
I took my driving test in my grandfather's 1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring. It was one of the best-driving cars I've ever driven. It's also the only Plymouth I've ever driven, even counting test drives.
@jgg204
11 ай бұрын
Plymouth Neon was the 1st compact car to have dual front air bags. The CEO of Honda when interviewed, said it was the Plymouth Neon which forced their hand to also offer dual front air bags
@JackRusselMan
Жыл бұрын
My grandpa had a Plymouth Reliant Sedan he drove that car forever. We haven't had a plymouth in over 20 years now. Since I have got my license and bought cars I have had Dodge Ram and Chrysler before I abandoned them all and went to Ford.
@jamesthomas9153
Жыл бұрын
I have owned 4 Plymouths. Two Barracudas, 67 & 68, a 97 Neon, and the one I still have, a 71 road runner. I have loved each of them. Mopar or no car!
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
When you drive your road runner, do you check your rear view mirror often, to make sure that a "Coyote engined" Ford isn't on your tail?
@Joe-j2p3o
8 ай бұрын
This is why badge engineering sucks. The creative design dept. had nothing to do except put Plymouth badges on Dodge hand me downs.
@johnnymason2460
Жыл бұрын
The 2.6 liter Mitsubishi "Hemi" engine was a four cylinder engine, not a six cylinder. It was heresy! I'll agree with that.
@manunoia1647
Жыл бұрын
I love Plymouth, I learned to drive on a 1972 Plymouth Duster, three speed manual, slant six. I wish a still kept that car.
@billyjoejimbob56
Жыл бұрын
At 11:25 in the video: The Mitsubishi built 2.6 Liter engine option for the K-Cars was a four cylinder engine (not six). It was exceptionally smooth for a big four being the first high volume mainstream four to feature twin balance shafts to reduce vibration.
@AllCarswithJon
Жыл бұрын
Sorry if I misspoke!
@billyjoejimbob56
Жыл бұрын
@@AllCarswithJon Just think of me as a resourse with more automotive trivia in my head than any normal person should retain!
@johnkufeldt3564
Жыл бұрын
the Mitsu 2.6 l was a 4 cyl, not a 6. my mum had one, red 4 door that she hated and replaced with a Dodge Daytona(fwd) with the 5 speed and 2 doors.
@ericcarabetta1161
Жыл бұрын
I want a Prowler so bad, I loved it ever since I saw the original concept car. I know it's kinda crap, but I don't care, I like the design and the nostalgia.
@aw-md6oi
6 ай бұрын
68-69 Road Runner Bad ass 383 and competition auto shifter.One of the greatest Plymouths.
@donaldperrotta8514
Жыл бұрын
My late dad owned 4 Plymouths … I remember 3 of them . They were pretty rugged cars .
@RoadRunnergarage8570
2 жыл бұрын
I would love to a history of AMC,Studebaker and Packard too!!
@AllCarswithJon
2 жыл бұрын
Currently working on the AMC one. 😀
@wilsonwhite6387
10 ай бұрын
At 5:10 the car is label as 53 however it is 54. My 1st car was 54 Belvedere.
@RagShop1
Жыл бұрын
I almost bought a 1997 Breeze after considering a Chrysler Sebring convertible. Wish I'd gotten the Breeze instead of the 1997 Ford Taurus I ended up with. I think the Breeze would've given me less woes than that Taurus did over time. Candyapple Red with Camel (beige) cloth seats, it was a really pretty car and the bigger 2.4 liter 4 cylinder had plenty of oomph with the automatic, unlike the base 2.0 L four.
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
I bought a used, first year 1989 Taurus SHO. That car was a blast to drive! It would out accelerate, and out handle a BMW 535i, and the gas mileage was exactly the same as the mundane 3.0 engined car!. They were only available with a 5 speed manual transmission that year, until 1992, so they were very slow sellers. A friend of mine bought one new, and he got a $9000 discount on it, because it sat on the dealers lot for more than 1 year, without being sold. I bought mine used, with only about 12,000 miles on it, shortly after he bought his, at a great price, as well.
@clearviewtechnical
8 ай бұрын
I still drive a '99 Cirrus, the higher end Chrysler version of the Breeze. It's very reliable for nearly 25 years old.
@Nomad-Rogers
Жыл бұрын
Roadrunner, GTX, Barracuda, Duster, Fury sounds great to me.
@GLHS592
Жыл бұрын
The Omni and Horizon lasted until 1990.
@leftcoaster67
Жыл бұрын
If the Prowler had a powerful v-8 and manual stick. :(
@lonnyjaw
Жыл бұрын
I have owned my '69 Road Runner now for going on 22 years. Of course there are brands that could put it to the test but to me it's the style, performance, and history.
@carlc5748
Жыл бұрын
Great car that you have, and the styling......a 10!!!!
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