1985 Plymouth Reliant K Commrcial

Commercial of the 1985 Plymouth Reliant K
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• 1985
• Plymouth
• Reliant
• K-Car
• KCar
• Chrysler
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[SistemasNormales]

Amazing!!

[takutaq]

Thanks!

[Illousion1]

Am i alone to think that these cars look good?

[RitzyTrailer]

No, they weren't. Don't judge - especially if you weren't old enough to be there. They were "OK" cars as they were, but more significantly they played a huge role in automotive history. For what they were - they were amazing.

[65crewcabpw]

@FixFalcon I guess you don't know much about cars. 

[65crewcabpw]

@FixFalcon Y our automotive knowledge is sorely lacking. 

[FixFalcon]

@ScubaSteveM45  Sorry to hear that.

[FixFalcon]

@65crewcabpw Are you serious??? Every car you mentioned SUCKS excluding the Viper.

[jvlivs2]

Too bad it didn't make it into the 90s, the Acclaim had taken its place the year that the Reliant was discontinued! :=(

[jvlivs2]

Memories, SWEET memories. I had an '89 Reliant LE 2 door from '94 to '97 and it was like a Timex, took a lickin' and kept on tickin'! My car looked like a MAACO model. Mint condition on the one side, JACKED UP on the other side (I got hit by a bus and STILL kept goin')!

Shockingly all that happened was a scratch on my rear bumper, but that loud pop scared the bejesus outta me big time! Like I said, baby, MEMORIES indeed.

[Silvertrine]

@65crewcabpw The turbo engines had high insurance costs and lacked the torque of a V6. Chrysler should have recognized the trend toward lower fuel cost and the desire for more power and had a V6 ready to go in the lower end K cars by the mid 80's. Chrysler would have made a lot more money if they had a comparable engine to the 2.8l-3.1l Chevy V6 for these K-cars, and something comparable to the GM 3.8l V6 in the upper end cars. They gambled on turbo motors and gambled wrong like Ford.

[65crewcabpw]

@Illousion1 No, not at all. They were decent looking and all. The NEXT year, all the K's were upgraded to electronic fuel systems, and after that, all of the k's were very decent cars.

[65crewcabpw]

@indyfan22k heck no. The K's were totally Chrysler engineering, bumper to bumper, except for that sorry 2.6 from Mitsubishi. The K platform was reused to build the Caravan and Voyager, Lancer, 400, 600, New Yorker, Dynasty, Lazer, Daytona, Shadow, Sundance, LeBaron, and others. It made Chrysler a heaping load of money which they then invested in the next generation of cars that again, leapfrogged everyone... The Viper, Neon, Ram, Intrepid, Stratus, and related - which beat everyone.

[65crewcabpw]

@Silvertrine Why? The 2.2 and 2.5 turbo engines had a LOT more oomph than did the competitor's V6. The Mitsu 3.0 wasn't a good engine, as the 2.6 Mitsu wasn't either. Finally, the 3.3 Chrysler was introduced, which had an awesome run, for an an awesome engine, for many years. Incredibly reliable and low maintenance. Besides, if you just wanted to get moving, you got the 5 speed instead of the automatic, and the little K's would get right up and go!