10 Old Dodge Cars That Time Forgot!

The Horizon/Omni wasn’t a copy of the VW Rabbit, it was built by Simca to replace the Simca 1100. And Chrysler owned Simca at the time and most of the design and engineering was done by Chrysler in Detroit. And it was VW that studied the Simca 1100 when they were making the first generation Rabbit/Gulf. Up until that point, VW was only making rear engines, rear wheel drive cars/vans. The 1967 Simca was instrumental in VWs decision to move to front wheel drive and transverse engines in all of their new vehicles. Yes, some of the first Horizon/Omnis did come with a VW sourced engine, but it was heavily modified by Chrysler for use in the US. It was enlarged from 1.5 liter to 1.7 liter and used heads, intake, carburetor, and exhaust designed by Chrysler. So no, Chrysler didn’t copy VW to make the new Horizon/Omni, it was VW that copied much of what would be the predecessor of the Horizon/Omni to make the Golf/Rabbit.

Normally I'd list the errors in this video, but it's not worth my time.

I had a Monaco, back in the day. 2dr, 383 and 727. It was a true land yacht LoL It sat 8 comfortably and the the trunk could hide 4 more for the drive-in. It was a very comfortable car and I really liked it.

The little fwd Chargers were NOT VW powered. They were AMERICAN CHRYSLER 2.2 Powerered, in some cases Turbo, 142, 146, and 174

I also don't mind the Dodge Mirada even with the slant 6

I prefer the 72 Polara front end to the Monaco, but opinions vary. I love the fullsize Mopars. The 4dr hardtop wagons have a special place with me.

Steve is a human encyclopedia when it comes to cars.

1991,1992 Dodge Spirit R/T is long forgotten. With very few, good condition cars still running. The car was insanely fast compared to mustangs, Camaros, BMW’s of the same year. The grocery getter / sleeper look is a hard sell. But I still love ‘em.

Great vid............ I miss my 1980 Dodge Mirada, it was a GREAT car!!!!!!!

The most forgotten Dodge car of all time has to the "La Femme". I saw one in the 90's at (what was then) Harrah's auto museum in Las Vegas. Even as much of an enthusiast of classic cars as I am, even I was shocked at this one.

I like the little Daytonas and the rampages

Kripes ... just because i watch Uncle Tony i get bombed with all this Chrysler stuff 😝

Chrysler had some good looking cars but starting around 1968 through mid '70's the dashes/instrument panels really had a cheap feel/look to them from what I remember.

I remember some of my friends buying Aspens and Volares because they were cheap. One friend's white (with the light blue half vinyl top) Aspen started to rust around the base of the radio antenna when the car was 6 months old. Another friend had the same car as a Volare, he had his for almost a year. I told him about the rust so we go out to the car and he pulls the antenna and lets it "sproing" and it falls down into the fender. The entire base was rotted out. I also recall them not starting well in the cold due to some problem with the automatic choke. Some cars deserved to be remembered, not the Volare/Aspen

Great vid, I would love to have the 72 Monaco, really like the looks, even the wagon is tough looking.👌👍🤘🔥

Why not get Steve Magante to voice this instead of AI?

I dated a lady who had Omni it was a quick little car.

LOVE MOPAR! THE 727 WAS THE BEST AUTO EVER. HADA '71 SEABRING. 150 MPH SPEEDO. DO IT ALL & THEN SUM! BLEW AWAY MANY A Z28 ❤️ Miss Her

The little Omni turbo cars came with a decal on the rear window stating something to the order of ( Don't step on it unless you really mean it)!

My first new car 1984 Plymouth Horizon with the 2.2. It was quite peppy and for the time looked better than Escort or Chevette. To think we've come full circle with 4 cyl 'hot hatches' becoming popular again.