1981 plymouth horizon commercial

[TheRacerlover]

My friend's dad had one. It has a sticker in the back window: "Gas Miser"

[jakesaintsrow123]

@TheRacerlover Does he still have it? Do you know what year is was? Sounds Like mine. my horizon is a 1978. 4 door. One of the last 78 models around

[colognecapri]

The Omni/Horizon was more closely related to the European model than the Escort was to the European verion...lmao

[Seasurf88]

With Chrysler losing money on every small car it sold in 1981, no wonder they had "a limited time offer."

[niceguytim]

My father had an '82 Orange Horizon, it was a kick ass car.

[jakesaintsrow123]

@niceguytim I Have a 1978 blue horizon .. I LOve it...its in really good shape..

[jakesaintsrow123]

@niceguytim Does He still have it? I Have a 1978 Plymouth horizon Mine is blue and I LOVE It

[niceguytim]

@jakesaintsrow123 no it was replaced in the mid 90's

[dwiggs77]

the car was actually developed by Simca, the French division of Chrysler Europe, before that company was sold to Peugeot

[dcanmore]

The Horizon (or Omni) was designed by Simca of France. The first US Escort (shown in the advert) was essentially the Mk3 Escort designed by Ford of Europe until the 1991 model came around which was based off the Mazda 323. And the 1981 Cavalier was also designed in Europe by Opel as the Ascona C.

[joh2]

Ah, but the US Escort being a wagon here naturally had more versatility about it, and came in more bodystyles in general...

[vado575]

BELVIDERE POWER!!!!!!!

[wednesday181]

"America, FUCK YEAH!! Comin' again to save the automotive world, YEAH!"

[Annihilator1111]

the 1978-1990 Plymouth Horizon was assembled in

United States: Belvidere, Illinois (1978–1990)

Kenosha, Wisconsin (1988)

[legorret1]

@Annihilator1111 And assembled in Poissy in France ( 1978-1985 ) Replaced by the Talbot Arizona badged Peugeot 309 ( 1985-1993 ).

[TurboVW2004]

I actually thought the Horizon/Omni's were handsome-looking for economy cars of the day, especially compared to the Escort and the Cavalier

[bigpowerfulpeople]

loving these videos of early car commercials. who wouldve thought they would appeal. I guess there is a niche.

[ITW84]

FRENCH car not american

In Britain it was sold as a Talbot Horizon (my dad had a 1984 sport model)

and just an FYI it was Ford Europe's Escort than won world car of the year not Ford USA's Escort.

typical 80's American car advert

FoBS (Full of Bull Shit)

[FanDeAlguersuari]

My father owned a 1983 Talbot Horizon (In Spain was sold as Talbot/Chrysler/Simca Horizon). Only lasted 7 years because the car was stolen and when he recovered it was very damaged. He only had enough money to bought a Soviet car (Lada Samara)

[Doobie1975]

When did they start putting the reliable 2.2 Liter 4 bangers in their vehicles, I've always thought the 2.2's had a really good amount of power for a car of its size

[Fantafare]

@Doobie1975 The 2.2 liter engine was part of the reason why many Americans went to Toyota. The cam followers would start rapping away at under 100K. And if it was a turbo... that would quit at sunrise too.

[Doobie1975]

@Fantafare I actually thought the 2.2 liter engines were good motors, I heard they were a lot better than the Mitsubishi 2.6 Liter engines used on the K-Cars

[Doobie1975]

@jakesaintsrow123 I think the 1.6 engine was available from 1981 to 1986 but the 2.2 engine was more common from the 1981 up models, I thought the 2.2 engine's had a great amount of power for a 80s subcompact

[TheLizardKing1967]

GLH BABY !!! LOL

[Crazyerics]

The first example of Chrysler's US jingoism applied to a foreign developed car. The latest example is the new 2011 Jeep Cherokee with its Mercedes underpinnings :P

[divisioneight]

My friend had an Omni with fake wood paneling on the sides. Gotta love those days. The engine was a 2.2 liter and had some pull to it.

[divisioneight]

The Omni and Horizon where basically VW Rabbit knockoffs. The early models had VW engines in them as well.

[Restarea11019V]

the world beater

[ducatinova]

LOL It wasn't designed in America. It was designed by Chrysler/Simca. in France and sold as a Chrysler, a Simca then a Talbot all across Europe. Chrysler built it in the usa but used cheaper strut front shocks and a VW engine until they had their own 2.2L engine. .The 78 and 79 US Horizons looked very much like the European models. After that the grill, and tail lights were changed to look more American. The dash board was also a little different than the European models.

[Drivermatic]

@ducatinova The Horizon was a joint US/European design, its origin was from the Routes Group. The British were behind the body design and the US was largely responsible for the advanced electronics.

[verinha649]

desconhecia o horizon em versão de carrinha

[SP84Fanatic]

Heh, parodying the early Escort ads with the car covered in that quilt of flags, surrounded by Ford engineers from around the world.

[nlabcg23]

How was the Horizon not a "world car"?? It was sold in the europe as a Talbot.

[leoconvoy]

good question!! true the horizon was sold in europe. but to my knowledge chrysler never really labled the horizon as a world car.

[F41Driver]

The whole car was basically French, just stretched a bit for America. lol

[AugustusLarch]

@nlabcg23

Americans are stupid and easy to fool. Check out the War on Terror.