78 Dodge Diplomat vs Ford Granada Ghia & Olds CutlassTom Kite featured

78 model year. This basic car stayed in production until 1989. Diplomats were used extensively as Police Cars and Taxi Cabs after 1981 when the Aspen and St Regis were removed from the Dodge Line Up. It proved to be a very successful car for Dodge. Diplomats were based off the Dodge Aspen. They share much in styling. Even the doors of the car were the same. Diplomats phased out the stylish two door and wagon in the early eighties. Wink Martindale is the voice over for this video.

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[LOGINKPW]

What the h*** was GM thinking from 1978-87?! GM said the deletion of roll-down rear windows on its G-body mid-size cars would cut costs (gimme a break!). They used movable vent windows instead on ther rear doors. No wonder such sedans were phased (or replaced) out between 1983 and 1987.

[OsbornTramain]

@LOGINKPW What really made no sense was that they wanted to increase interior size in a smaller car. So remove the window cranks and put an indentation in the door to give more people room....thus, no roll down windows....so you have to get Air Conditioning.....which durrr. cut into fuel consumption...so why have a smaller car??

[91dodgespiritrt]

"Was the 1980's RWD Fifth Avenue based on the same design architecture as this? They look rather similar."

Yes. The Mopar M body - US - was the Chrysler Lebaon (4 door), Dodge Diplomat and Plymouth Gran Fury - and they were in production from 1977-89.

[OsbornTramain]

@91dodgespiritrt To Clarify this a bit. in 1980, The Lebaron offered the Lebaron Fifth Avenue as a spring special edition model It used Lebaron Front end and tail lights. in 1982, the Lebaron name was eliminated from the M series and the car became the Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue, it used Diplomat tail lamps and had a brand new grill. the Lebaron in 82 became a K car derived auto. Plymouth didn't have a US version of this car until 1982, although there was a Canadian Carravelle.

[MaestroTJS]

They must have chosen the hatchback Cutlass because it was SO much uglier than the sedan.

The non-opening rear windows has to be one of the dumbest ideas ever.

Was the 1980's RWD Fifth Avenue based on the same design architecture as this? They look rather similar.

[OsbornTramain]

@MaestroTJS Actually, that is the Sedan version for Oldsmobile, they were called "Aero Sedens" Buick and Oldsmobile's mid sized cars of 78, 79 and 80 were butt ugly. They didn't get a knotch back version until 1981 when they had a mild facelift. The chevy Malabu and the Pontiac Lemans offered notch back versions only in those three years.

[LAmonk76]

Wink has so much class, i did not know how my life would be less luxurious with out a padded vinyl roof when he says so!

[Lumotaku]

@RabidKoala take that back!! late 70s were the best cars ever! :) my dad had a granada so did my grandma. Body on frame construction is way better than unirusty.

[OsbornTramain]

@MrPowertorque I can honestly say, the most frightening Time I ever had driving a car and I'm 110% serious was back in 1980 driving a Ford Fairmont with the 4 cylinder trying to pull into traffic. That car couldn't get out of it's own way. Merging or entering Traffic was and ordeal. I worked for a Car Rental Agency and had to drive them often.

[campingkillen]

Actual engine power is not mentioned, and there´s a good reason why!

These cars were so strangulated, mainly because of bad emission control systems.

The Ford "250" was 97 hp! If You bought a Volvo here in Sweden at the same time they got more power out of an engine half that size! (Minus the torque, ok...)

The Dodge (With the "super six" as in this clip) had a slightly smaller engine with 110hp. (90hp version if You wanted that.....)

Standard for the Olds was a "231" V6 with 105hp

[francoaap77]

la comparacion esta muy mal hecha en ves del Ford Granada deveria ser el Gran Markis