The top makes/models visited here for January

Here are the top 5 most-visited pages for particular smog-era car models in the month of January 2012. Top 5 1. Mercury Cougar 2. Oldsmobile Ninety Eight 3. Dodge Colt 4. Buick Century 5. Ford LTD Next 5 6. Oldsmobile Delta 88 7. Dodge Dart Sport 8. Oldsmobile Firenza 9. Dodge Coronet 10. Dodge Challenger […]
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Dodge Colt Hatchback

Dodge Colt Hatchback For 1979, the Colt became front wheel drive, if you wanted a hatchback, that is. The rear wheel drive wagon, coupe, and sedans were still around. The Hatch was imported via Mitusbishi also. Below is a nice factory ad showing the many examples of the Colt nameplate behind the new Colt Hatchback. […]
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Dodge Colt Wagon

Dodge Colt Wagon We give the wagon version of this imported Dodge its own area. It started to lose its connection with rest of the Colt lineup in the middle of its life-cycle. Three generations of the Colt Wagon are presented here. Dodge was really trying to beat the competition. They were in a sales […]
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Plymouth Cricket

Cricket By ’73, the Cricket was in the last year of the first generation. While appearing similar to a Dodge Colt of the era, these were actually imported from Britain, not Japan. It was based on the Hillman Avenger (Chrysler was connected to Hillman at the time). They were available as sedans or station wagons […]
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Dodge Colt

Dodge Colt The Colt was Dodge’s answer to the Ford Pinto, AMC Gremlin and, let’s not forget the Japanese contenders. Dodge, however, took a different route. This car was imported from Japan via Mitsubishi since 1971. A wagon, sedan, pillared coupe, and hardtop coupe body styles were available in the first generation, which was sold […]
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