The Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries are mid size cars introduced for model year 1981 as the first "K-cars" manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation.

The Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries were introduced for the 1981 model year as the first "K-cars" manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation. The Reliant was available as a 2-door coupe , 4-door sedan , or as a 4-door station wagon , in three different trim lines: base, Custom, and SE ("Special Edition").

The Dodge Aries, otherwise known as a "K-car", is ultimately best described as "the car that saved Chrysler's bacon". The Aries (and its K-car twin Plymouth Reliant) was all new in 1981, replacing the departed Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volare. The K-cars were a huge gamble for Chrysler, who had just received loans that were guaranteed by the ...

2020年11月16日 · The original K-cars, the Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries, brought traditional engineering to the front wheel drive layout. They were not as modern as the company's own Horizon and Omni, but they had a more solid feel, a smoother ride, and a more American flavor. Many Volare and Aspen buyers found the K-cars to be an upgrade; and they were ...

The K-cars (Dodge Aries, Plymouth Reliant, Chrysler LeBaron, Dodge 400, and, in Mexico, Dodge Dart) sold over 2 million vehicles from 1981 to 1988, and around 100,000 in their final year, 1989.

The Dodge Aries was a series of mid-size cars introduced for the 1981 model year. The Aries was also sold as the Plymouth Reliant, and was available as a sedan, station wagon, or coupe. Dodge built the Aries using the K-Body platform, leading to these cars being known as the Aries K.

2020年5月18日 · The K-car platform was introduced for the 1981 model year for Dodge and Plymouth. This example is finished in Sunlight Yellow (VY2) with color-keyed bumpers and side moldings with chrome trim. The rear decklid features Aries Front-Wheel Drive badging as well as a dealership sticker from Earnhardt Dodge of Scottsdale, Arizona.

2021年12月26日 · Except for the grille, badging, and trim, the Plymouth Reliant K and Dodge Aries K versions were identical, and even their owners often referred to them generically as K-cars. In their 1992 song “If I had $1,000,000,” the Canadian pop group Bare Naked Ladies sang, “I’d buy you a K-car, a nice reliant automobile.”

2024年2月23日 · From 1981 to 1988, the Dodge Aries, Plymouth Reliant, and Chrysler LeBaron would rack up sales of more than two million units. Looking to further capitalize on their good fortune at the time, Dodge added the America edition of the Aries lineup as the years wore on. The primary appeal was a lower price tag.

The Plymouth Reliant (or Reliant K, as it was sometimes called) was one of the first two so-called "K-cars" (the others being the Dodge Aries. the second generation Chrysler LeBaron, and the Dodge 400) the Chrysler Corporation, introduced for the 1981 model year.