In its last year, a driver-side airbag was added, along with rear-seat shoulder belts and a revised climate-control system. And check out that copy of Der Spiegel on the passenger seat. As far as engines were concerned, you were stuck with the 1. Few scratches and dings on the body. I would describe the behavior now as a bit odd. I also threw away those useless rear seats. One time I ran over a frost heave at about 70.
This was without computers and fuel injection. My mother bought an 80 Horizon sedan same colors in and out as this one, only with navy blue lower sides and it was a decent car, though not a great one. In 1981 a no-frills Miser model was added, but sales stumbled, first to the tune of 36,312, and then to an all-time low of 12,889 for 1982. Also, mine came with the 2. It had a constant, annoying buzz in the dash at a certain rpm range.
It had flush glazing, an integrated front spoiler and aerodynamic strakes and spoiler around the rear window. Similar to Volkswagen's trend-setting Rabbit, these were four-door hatchback models that offered an enhanced sense of practicality, roominess, and softer ride. Since that time, I have had almost no problems with the car and it is still running good with a little over 263K miles. I had it back to the dealer 5 times in the first month, however, for shit literally falling off! I think I even had a plastic model that I built from a kit. This was my last experience with Chrysler. We stopped in at the then new Mitsubishi dealer and road tested the 84 Cordia Turbo. Rear wipers are a big deal when you are 11.
Since dealer 1 refused to acknowledge that they had not done the original repair properly I sued them in small claims court for the cost of the gearbox that they had sold me as a result of the improper repair. We bought it the next day. I did put the original carb back on because my rebuilt carb had some linkage binding. Try to find one now, hehe. I had the Turismo for less than a year.
The original owner who perhaps is still the current owner must have worked at the Rock Island Arsenal, as indicated by the faded but still distinctive sticker on the left side of the bumper. My mom raved about the high-back cloth bucket seats. I went to court with the new housing and the old one wrapped in shop cloths. Finally, here was a Mopar product people wanted rather than settled for! Too bad I couldn't acquire this one. That made it fun driving home from the shop during a rush-hour blizzard, though the car was amazingly surefooted on snow and ice. Had lots of fun trying to find the right gear with that cable linkage shifter; became way too adept at the 2-5 upshift.
Archived from on September 10, 2006. I was confused at first, and edited my comment accordingly. Turned out Dealer 1 had merely replaced the tripod bearing which solved nothing because there were deep grooves worn in the housing. There were several in my extended family , either as second or third cars, as kids cars or as throwaway commuters. The second was a water leak in the cowl when it rained that flooded the passenger floor. A Premium Appearance Package, Sport Package and Rallye Equipment Group were also available. Each car had brake pad sensors to let you know when to change the pads.
The plan was to make Chrysler the lowest cost per car producer. The de Tomaso sports car that never was Chris Theodore said, I worked on a great show car with Ken Mack — sort of an underground program. Please and thank you in advance. I have a copy of the original title from 1979. It had better visibility with its huge glass area and the doors were extra wide so getting in and out was easy. I kept it for four years and put over 90k miles on it.
At 80,000 I gave the car to my daughter, who put that many more miles on it before trading for a new Acclaim. Only thing I didn't like was that I couldn't pull the key out of the ignition when I was done. I would have taken that 024 over the Firebird any day of the week. He bought it the last year you could still deduct interest from an auto loan on your federal income tax return. In fact, it was the Consumer Reports negative review regarding the alleged steering issues, that seemed to overshadow their marketing. I show more of this in the video.
In late 1978, when Chrysler Corporation was in the depths of its worst crisis to date, this swoopy, rebodied Horizon coupe debuted—and indeed, continued on through many years of production. However, that was pretty much the same story for every other make: Due to the ongoing recession, no one was very interested in buying a new car, least of all at the current double-digit interest rates. It was a head turner. This would make a nice drivable restoration candidate. At about 40,000 miles I experienced the common carb issues and learned just how expensive those Japanese carbs were.