Here's how the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon helped save Chrysler
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2021
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In this episode I provide the history of the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, the first front-wheel-drive subcompact offering from any American automaker when it launched in 1978. Their L-body platform also was the basis for the 024 and TC3 sport coupes, later renamed Charger and Turismo, and El Camino-like pickups called the Rampage and Scamp. The original Omni and Horizon played a major role in helping secure the government loans Chrysler needed to stay solvent. - Авто та транспорт
I'm dailying a 85 omni. I love the old bird, and keeping her as clean as I can
I wish I had kept my 1986 Honda Civic SI hatchback
I always wanted a omni
I wish I had one.
My dodge Omni in high school was a 5 speed manual I bought for like 300 bucks and my one buddy talk me how to do a burnout lol. Needless to say I was the burnout king in high school and no one could come close to what my Omni could do lol
You put gas in the gas tank
I loved this. My first car was an 89 Dodge Omni Base. We put over 250,000km on that little car. It hauled everything and anything we threw at it, including a utility trailer, canoes. And lots of teenagers. It was simple, easy to maintain (But 3 starters over its life as we bough it new.
I was heartbroken in 1999 when the mechanic gave it last rights. Its unbody had rotted under it and it was no longer safe or economical to repair. But all, it was a damn good car.
1980 Dodge Omni with the VW engine, automatic and RED VINYL interior. Got me through college and even managed to get 1 speeding ticket going downhill on the NY State Throughway.
I had the same model '81, yellow, 8-track player, and NO AC! Got it in '88 used. Went thru snow like a jeep .
I was going to say you must have been going downhill. Going uphill, the Omni only had one speed: “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!” 😂
‘84 Horizon was my first car. I have fond memories of that thing not wanting to start in cold weather.
We had an 86' Omni that had issues on a warm start.Also would sputter on left turns
Sounds like good times
@@speedwack Different but good times.Would go back in time in a heartbeat if I could.
Yup, picked up a 84 Horizon that only had 60K miles on it back in 1992 for $300. All it needed was a clutch (manual 5spd). $60 later and a day in the garage I had a car that ran quite well. My girlfriend drove it and unbeknownst to me she had learned how to light it up in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (demonstrated). Eventually a transmission bearing failed, most likely from the GF beating the shit outa' it, and lunched the whole manual trans. ☹️
Not a bad car, lasted 3yrs and had 120K on OD before it was sadly hauled away. The girlfriend lasted about the same amount of time before she glady (to me!) moved away.🙂
The key to the car is room temperature driving ONLY. You had me laughing my ass off. My best friend in high school drove one, his Mom's, and it wouldn't start in the cold, and blew a head gasket in the heat.
Great video again!
I just bought my son a 1984 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country convertible, complete with woodgrain sides! He hates it. 😂
Great car. My sister had an 86 LeBaron. I had a 90, different body style but fun car.
once he figures out GIRLS fit in ANY backseat he'll be ok with it
I'll take it... lol And I will love it..
I'd find it hard to dislike any convertible as long as it runs reliably. There's just something cool about driving an open car on a nice day.
Would LOVE this car!
Chrysler L-bodies are my all time favorite cars. My first car was (I still own it) a 1985 Shelby Charger. What a fun car it has been. If you halfway take car of an L-body and don't drive it on salty winter roads, they will last forever.
I had a 2dr 1985 turbo Shelby. Silver with blue stripe. Was a nice quick little ride. Had minimal problems.
I don't care much for the L-body, due to having trouble finding someone to work on the floor Matt's etc.
Why would you need to find someone to work on floormats?
This was my drivers ed car in 1987. Had 3 of us crammed in the back seat 1 driver one instructor 😄
Mine too! Same year same car
I bet trying to merge on the highway in that car fully loaded was terrifying
@@charlie_nolan traffic wasn't too bad and the speed limit was only 55 back then. We were just skinny kids, good thing!
@@93sundance oh yeah I forgot about the 55 MPH highways
My drivers Ed car was a 96 Taurus haha
I'd like to see something detailing the Maxima/Cressida rivalry. Or a video on each separately.
The main Rivalry between those 2 was how hard those rims were to clean.
I owned a 81 2.2 horizon. It was a good car.
A few of my relatives had these fantastic little cars but my most favorite memory was the day that I raced our office secretary at stop light after work one day. She had a 1985 Omni and I had a 1984 Pontiac Sunbird. She blew my doors off.
Omnis are very light. Not safe in a crash, but the low weight is why Carol Shelby make them quick.
Remember back in the 80s when people would ride in the bed of pickups, even on the highway!? Cant do that now
Yep, our neighbor had a 1977 F-150 long bed. We'd pile in the back and go to the fireworks on the 4th of July. It's a wonder I made it to 46 years old! *GASP*
My cousin became paralyzed doing that in 1983. When the driver slammed his breaks, she was crushed between the front of the bed and the other people in the truck. She’s still alive today, but struggles with her health.
About five years ago I saw someone doing that in the back of a little S-10, he looked to be in his teens
Unless you live in Mexico lol. I see entire families riding in the back of pickups.
@@JakeandElwoodBlues it's horrible how having some fun could end up being so bad. I think of all the crazy things I did growing up, keep her smiling as much as you can.
These were EVERYWHERE back in the day. As well as the Omni 024 hatchbacks. Great job on the video.
And these days, they are a very rare sight on the road. :-(
I drove a beautiful all black 024 in High School in mid 80s,it wasnt the best car but had a great time, a VW 4 cyl in it
Had a 1985 Dodge Omni 2.2 liter in Germany 1994 when I was deployed with the US Army. Myself and friends upgraded it to GLH standards with a Supercharger from the Mopar aftermarket catalog and other choice parts on the cheap. It left many a German driver scratching their head as to how this Talbot (British version of the Omni they thought) was so fast of the line. As to the Dodge Rampage. I still have my 1984 2.2 Rampage, and it still runs like a Swiss watch.
I have a 1981 Dodge Omni 024 Detomaso kit for sale right now! Such an awesome car.
Always have loved the Omni/Horizon. Wouldn't mind having one to drive around for a bit.
These were great little cars, and I still regret not buying an omni GLH
I almost bought a GLH twice, it was a beautiful Shelby blue and I backed out at the last minute both times
My wife's grandma/grandfather bought a brand new 1988 Dodge Omni 'America' with a 3spd automatic. By then the Omni/Horizon were ALL nicely equipped, mature platforms with reliable components offered in 'value' packages and were great values with low-prices to keep the somewhat "dated" vehicles moving out the showroom door. But they were all nicely equipped with the 'big' 2.2L with TBI injection... very trouble-free & reliable cars by then. All the troublesome carburetors and small 1.6L & 1.7L engines were in the past by then and that '88 Omni was passed around from one family member to another for a long time. I remember that it had really *GREAT A/C* that cooled-down the entire interior super-fast on even 100F+ Summer days.
The a/c was so powerful on K cars and other small Chrysler’s, I assumed they had just carried it over from larger cars without redesigning it, it would give you an immediate Arctic blast that would have your hair waving, there was never a need to have it on high…
My Uncle had one for years, and I loved riding around in it. It wasn't fancy, but it had a lot of room in the cabin, and it had a great A/C as well.
I still have & drive my 1990 plymouth horizon. It's been a good car. While over time needs repaired, the only complaint I have with it. Is the L body. Having a hard time finding anyone that will work on that part of the car ( under body) thank you for letting me share this.
You briefly mentioned the Suzuki Samurai. I thank that would make a great subject for a future video.
I really love this little hatchback
They were sweet back in the day. I had an 84 Horizon, in Garnet Red. Featured several times in this video.
I saw someone swap in an AWD from the minivan to an Omni. That in a GLH would be a hell of a fun surprise for people lol
I had a '90 Ford Probe. I had no idea it was actually a Mazda for the first 2 years I owned it. I'd like to see an episode on that car.
Yeah, I sell auto parts and it's always funny to surprise someone by lifting the hood on their Mazda and examine all of the Ford part number tags stuck all over everything. 😝
Didn't those early probes have a lot of electrical gremlins in them? I remember my brother renting one on a trip once, I asked about the car because I thought they looked neat at the time after he had rented it. He said door power lock switches didn't work and I think the intermittent wiper didn't work, weird items like that for a basically brand new vehicle that had only a few thousand miles on it from the rental car company. You don't see those Probes on the road anymore at all. Can't think of the last time I saw one.
We had a horizon when I was a kid. It replaced our chevette (in fact I commented on this in your chevette video lol).
This was our first 4 door car, and I remember my two brothers and I thought we were living in luxury because we each had our own door.
I also remember my mom being excited that it was her first car with delay wipers.
Yes, delay wipers were the lap of luxury! ;) Once you discovered them, you wondered why car manufactures didn't include them in all their cars by default! I thought it was a cheap easy feature to have, hell I think some had the delay timer in the stalk itself, as you could hear the relay click inside the stalk on some. Why would you want two different types of stalks on the production line on the steering column especially once the electronics were dirt cheap to produce in quantities?
Manufactures were weird that way, especially North American ones with everything as an option, or trim package add on.. Want a passenger side mirror in the 80's? It's an option, or only available on the mid to upper trim package.. Glad they finally mandated that as a safety feature for all manufactures to have to include now.. Otherwise that would still be an option to this day. My old 89' Honda Accord only had the one mirror. Then my 98' Honda Accord 2-door had the mirror on both sides as standard, yay! Thank you mandated safety standards government agency, I guess..
@@marcusdamberger And, of course, the rear window defroster, once an option, now on every car and most trucks today.
I had an 87 Horizon, dollar for dollar the best car I ever owned. Gave it to my sister in law when it had 250k miles on it. She drove it for another 100k and sold it. Very easy to maintain. You could do an oil change and tune up on it in 15 minutes for under $20.
My parents had a Horizon. Learned to drive in it. Was even able to get some air in it. Just a awesome car.
My mom's first car was a Plymouth Horizon. She said it was pretty much broke down just as much as it was running.
I had a 89 Shadow, my Sister had a Omni.
Simple maintenance at it's best.
I could change the oil and do a tune up in an hour.
That's plug,wires,cap and rotor.
EFI L cars were very reliable. And as you say, other than say a timing belt, they were very easy to work on/maintain.
Growing up in the 80's my dad had three different ones. First was a 79 TC3 four speed manual (and manual everything else) that he bought just to get to and from the train station. Second was an 84 Charger 2.2 5 speed. Third was the ultimate, an 86 Shelby Charger Turbo. I got to drive all three and have to say the Shelby was quick for it's day, would eat a lot of Mustangs and Camaro's (350 IROC's and of course the Grand National gave it trouble), but the best balanced one was the 84 2.2, decent power, speed shifting it (with a nice chirp in second), it would keep up with 2.8 EFI Camaro's and Firebird's, rode decent especially compared to the Shelby and had a much nicer interior than the 79 TC3.
These were excellent and reliable cars and also went incredibly well in the snow
yes they did!
I always want to buy a Plymouth Horizon
My Mother had one when I was born. It was the first car she bought all on her own. A green 1980 4 speed with camel interior. I still remember sitting in it pretending to drive and learning to love the smell of gasoline, which it leaked profusely.
I bought a '88 Dodge Omni model in 1987. Drove it 180,000 miles on the original clutch and exhaust. I could get 40+ MPG on the highway with the 92 hp 2.2 liter engine (it had electronic fuel injection). My only regret is that I didn't order it with air conditioning.
I bought an Horizon for my mom which ran with no problems for years and years - she loved that car.
I worked in Security at Universal Studios in my early 20s in the 80s and those of us who were Mobile Guards got to drive Omni's as our daily drivers. I loved those cars! Ours were well equipped with Air, Digital Radio and Velour Covered Bucket Seats.. Just sitting in the Omni felt like you were in a Mid-sized car with a lot of room even though externally it was very small. They weren't the fastest up the steep hills of the studio but they had no problem handling the tough stuff or the inclines. They were Light Years ahead build-wise of the horrible brand new Chevy Chevette that my best friend had in High School. I would love to have one today!! Thanks for the very interesting video.
I like that old school boxy styling.
The first time I ever learned about the Omni was in Forza Motorsport 7 and I loved it ever since
I'm digging your channel. My parents got a silver '78 Horizon in '83. I remember liking that it kind of looked like a Rabbit. After that they had a Cavalier. Then they got a Rabbit. I had my eye on that one because I was going into High School and would drive soon, But it got wrecked by a drunk driver while parked in our driveway and I never got to drive it. It was replaced with a Renault Alliance which was garbage. It was broken more than it ran. Then it was a Plymouth Reliant. Wow! I haven't thought about all this in ages!
I had a 1980 Datson 210 with an A-14 engine, I think it was a 5 speed manual.
That little car was bulletproof
The first car I had was an '85 Omni (hand me down from my dad when he bought an '88 Sundance) with the 2.2 liter with a 5 speed manual. It was an incredibly basic car but that engine had gobs of torque and mine was reliable as hell. I used to drive the crap out of it and I never had any problems other than the top front shock mounts breaking and the shifter linkage broke once. I used to annoy/confuse Z24/2.8 liter Camaro owners when they saw my tail lights after leaving a stop light.
1984 my 1st car was a red Dodge Omni GLH. I was 19 and going to College in Wisconsin. I loved that car.
These were actually awesome little cars and dependable
I had a 1987 dodge omni. Loved it.
I had a 1987 Pontiac Bonneville in the early 2000s, it was a decent car. It was ate up with rust because of the salt that is on the roads all winter, but it lasted for a long time. Not sure if you've covered those before, but if not I wouldn't mind seeing that. Thanks!
Floors caved in to ground.
My mom owned a 1980 Dodge Omni. I liked the car and thought it was well designed. It was roomy and had great visibility. The engine was also easy to work on. I own a Fox-Body Ford LTD and would like to see a future episode on this car.
Had this car, only power steering leak but no other problems for years
I know it's a little newer than most of the cars you do but that first generation neon was a banger dude. Two-door Plymouth neon with a manual transmission mine was baby blue trimmed in dark blue. Had a real bad storm come through at the end of my senior year high school and a big limb fell on it and that was the end of my Plymouth neon.
Too bad it "declined" after that.
My ex wife's 1st new car was a 96 Highline sohc auto. We had it 10 yrs and everything that could break besides the transmission, did. Worst car she/we ever owned by far to this day. Guess you either got a really good 1, or a really bad 1, lol. I donated it to charity as a tax write-off, with just 110k on it.
@@adamtrombino106 sometimes that's how it goes. You get an oddball sometimes the oddball goes in your favor. I know somebody who owns both 5.4 triton f 150 and his wife drives a 92 DeVille with a North star both of them well over 200,000 miles and neither one of them had a head gasket or spark plug blowing out of the head issue somehow. I'll tell him all the time to by a lottery ticket. When they still both had like 160,000 on them I thought they were ticking time bombs. Now both of them over 200,000 and I'm pretty sure the truck has over 250,000 I think they just got the only 2 good ones.
I own a pristine 1985 Dodge Omni. It was made in Belvedere Illinois but was made for the Canadian market, so I have my odometer and speedometer in kilometers. I have not seen anything like it. I have taken it to 3 car shows locally and people love it, winning 2 trophies so far. A throw away car that was saved. Who saves a Dodge Omni. A true American hero does!! That’s me!
I had an 84 GLH. One of the most fun cars I have ever owned. Drove it for 130000 miles.
My friend Beth's parents had a 1985 Dodge Omni with the manual transmission. That car had almost 300,000 miles on it when it finally died
I think, for an American family in 1978, this was the best small car possible. It was a four door car, it was wider and had more room in it than the Rabbit or the Civic, and just about everything else was rear wheel drive, and so less roomy as well. And when the escort came out, the Omni/Horizon was still a better car.
Can u do the Ford Festiva? My first car was a brand-new, blue 1990 Ford Festiva L-Plus that I adored and miss it very much.
I don't remember that car very well, but I do remember the "It's a Ford, ... it's a Fesiva.." jingle quite distinctly.
I know the L-Plus was an upgrade from the L, but I don't remember what additional features were in it.
@@erikbunty2016 The L-Plus gave you an AM/FM radio, rear window defroster, and upgraded full door interior materials standard over the L. A/C, auto trans, cassette player, and power steering were still optional on that trim level.
The LX was top of the line (for that time), I guess. And the GL was in the middle.
@@erikbunty2016 You're incorrect. The GL designation was only added after they dropped the LX and L-Plus trim. I believe that happened in 1991. Prior to that it was L, L-Plus, and LX. From 1991 on it was L and GL. I don't believe they ever dropped the L. They just combined the LX and L-Plus. The GL ditched the silly velour door panels and odd sport seats and kept to something more resembling the L-Plus, bit nicer. They axed the power steering option and power outside mirrors in 1991.
This was a great summary of the L body platform. My wife had a turbo conversion Rampage and I still have an 86 GLHS car that is a blast to race on dirt or asphalt. I'd love a continuation of this story with the Neon platform. These cars had excellent handling, and they were quite competitive in autocross and are still competitive in rallyx even today.
My first new car was 90 Plymouth Horizon. I drove it for 4 years and put 120,000 miles on it. My parents need a second car and had it for 11 years and gave it to our neighbor with 325,000 miles on it who drove it 3 more years until it hit 389,000 miles on it. Still was running with original motor and transmission and just routine maintenance. Only paid $6,399I(including tax, title and options of automatic, AC, rear defrost and wiper and dealer tint) best money spent. Loved that little car. I moved most of my 3 apartments with that hatchback!
An episode on the Corolla FX and FX16 would be pretty cool
Our first car as well, was the Omni of 89. I loved reading everybody else’s comments. Did anybody else put down the backseat and sleep in the back overnight??? We traveled to a friend’s wedding out of state and didn’t have money for a hotel. So late at night we caught some shut eye before going on early the next morning. Oh to be young again.
I used to have an '84 Horizon. It ran great for about the first 6 months, but some intermittent issue would pop up causing it to run on 3 cylinders and the tach needle to vibrate like hell.
Let me tell ya' though, crooked manhole covers will kill a Horizon very quickly. While driving down a back alley, behind a friends house, I saw her outside and was distracted waving at her, and failed to notice that that manhole that I had driven over 100 times before, was now popped open and sitting askew with the edge of the cover aimed right at the undercarriage of my car.
|I was probably going about 20 mph, when "BAM! SMASH! CRASH! CLATTER! Bleeehhhh.... Clunk." I saw the hood flex upward and pop back down just as the car came to a sudden stop.
That manhole cover smashed through the oil pan, ripped the engine off of its mounts, shoved it up into the hood, busting the transmission housing wide open, before letting it just fall back down, DEAD. Oil and sissy-o-matic transmission fluid puking out.
I drove home in my friends, brothers 1970 Ford Galaxie, which was so beaten and and abused that there wasn't a single exterior bit of trim, mirror or door handle left due to both sides of the car being used to mow-down road signs. (Her brother was an odd cookie that got his jollies by sideswiping road signs.) But damn, did that sombitch run! I gave him 50 bucks for it and drove home. I left home in an 84 Horizon, and 45 minutes later, I came back in a '70 Galaxie with a tow truck hauling the dead Horizon following me.
The first car I purchased as an adult was an 85 Omni GLH Turbo. 23 yrs old and looking for fun! Had some good times blowing T/A's off the line, but they got me going into third at 90.. I'm still alive and I have a Corvette now.
I always thought it was sacreligous to put the charger name on a compact fwd 4 banger.
Same with the Challenger with that era as well, like wtf they literally slapped the Challenger badge on a Mitsubishi Galant. Worst part is, it was a base model Galant and the VR4 wasn't available yet, so Dodge had to kill both Charger and Challenger nameplates until 2008
That was the 80's for ya. You had a recession and higher gas prices - everyone wanted economy and not a gas guzzler that got 8-10 mpg.
And there was also the Dart not too long ago.
And other nameplates on econoboxes that were once muscle cars, like the Nova and LeMans.
This was the first new car my mother ever purchased. It was a 1985 Plymouth Horizon, black with grey interior. She purchased it from Armory Garage (Chrysler, Plymouth & Jeep). Prior to this car, she had a 1976 Chevrolet Chevette, that did more than it's fair share of duty as an around the town scamp, and long hauler on the weekends. Two years later, she went back to the same dealership and bought the car she was talked out of a 1987 Plymouth Turismo (White with a maroon interior). I learned how to drive on the Horizon, and in 1989 I bought a 1986.5 Plymouth Turismo 2.2 (Silver with maroon interior). I put SO many miles on that car.. .the only issue I ever had with it was it did not like clutches - it went through them bi-yearly. It was pretty neat having the same car as my mother for a bit, mine had louvers on the hatch, a stick shift and twin sunroofs. Hers was fully loaded. I test drove a few of the Shelby and Shelby GHS models at the local Ford dealership but the insurance was too high for someone who had just got their license.
My first car was an 82 Plymouth Horizon Miser 4 speed manual. The only option I got on it was an antenna because I was installing my own radio. I paid $5858 for it and got 40 mpg on the highway.
I would love to see an episode about the Suzuki Escudo / Grand Vitara / Vitara / Chevy Tracker. (All same car)
And the Samurai.
The mustang II would be a interesting story
i learned to drive in a 1978 Horizon with a 1981 024 Omni front end on it due to a wreck. My mom called it a Plomni. It was a 5 speed and vary fun to learn stick in.
I love this channel .
I bought my 1989 Dodge Omni, brand new, out of a rental fleet, after I had rented it one time, I was so impressed by that engine. They weren't supposed to be good cars but mine lasted 13 years in stop and go traffic. It had that Chrysler 2.2-litre engine in it, like the K-Cars, and no Honda, Toyota, or any other contemporary competitors could match it's torque and speed. I loved the motor, first and foremost, and loved the bucket seats. The car was burgandy, inside and out. I kept it washed and polished, stuck mag wheels and white-letter tires on it - hot-rodded it up, appearance-wise, but it had the standard engine. It was not a GLH, but much more powerful than the other subcompacts then. And, you could make them look bad-ass.
I wish cars could still be made like this today.
An older guy down the road from me had a gray Omni since it was new. He kept that car basically brand new the entire time he had it which is longer then I've been alive lol.
I had the 85 Dodge Charger 2.2 in Silver , drove it for 7years 140k miles , Just found your channel keep up the great work!
I really love this programme!
The Omni/Horizon were the right car at the right time.
They were economical to buy, to drive, insure, and repair. Easy to work on, I didn't have to do much work at all, the little buggers were rugged. With winter grade tires they could claw through snow really well, mine surprised a bunch of people. I bought Winterforce tires from tire rack. They were a bit noisy on bare pavement but man the sure dug through ice and snow. I put those tires on my cars in the winter.
My first new car was an 84 Dodge Omni with ATM package. This was the base model with 2.2 and 5 speed manual. That ATA package was Automatic. SE added chrome side strips over black and upgraded cloth seats over vinyl.
Great video. Very informative and brought back a lot of memories. My sister had a Horizon. Cute little thing, I drove it a couple times.
I had an 85 Shelby Charger turbo 2.2, 5 speed. When the tachometer hit 2k rpm, torque steer demanded both hands on the wheel. It was huge fun to drive. I'd buy it again.
Had 1979 Plymouth and again in 1985. Both good cars.
My aunt had a Dodge Omni. Back when the gas pumps had hoses long enough to get around any car or truck all of us kids would line up and jump on the hose to get that extra couple miles for her. Good times.
89' Dodge Omni was my fist car... I bought it used in 93' when I was in high school and drove it for 6 years until I graduated college. I believe mine was the America model, it was silver with the red and blue pin stripes, and so bare bones it didn't even have a passenger side mirror. That 2.2L was awesome! With a 5 speed manual, it was a bit of a sleeper. I had no problem roasting any of my friends with other 4 cylinder cars. Awesome video's, keep it up! A suggestion for s future video would be the rise and fall of Saturn. Thanks!!!
Many cars didn't have passenger side view mirrors back in the day. Thru the 80s it was more common place.
Geeking out over geeky cars. My new favorite channel.
I used to love these cars when they were everywhere.
I had a 1982 Dodge Omni Miser ! It was the best little car I ever owned !!!
The 80s dodge colt would be nice as has a very interesting story from 70s up till the 90s
Definitely!! My first car was an 84 colt 4dr
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I had an ‘84 Colt turbo with the split transaxle. Basically it had 8 speeds and reverse. It was a cool quick little car!!!
The Horizon had a reputation in Europe of having a reliable (if unrefined) drivetrain but rust killed most of them.
And we never got a model like the GLH, GLHS or Turbo.
I remember these cars, a family friend had a Horizon and it was a great car.
Awesome story! I remember the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon. My favourite of the two was the Horizon. My cousin had a Horizon back in the 80s into the 90s. It was a fun little car.
Love your videos! Just one suggestion. More interior shots if possible
Awesome video thank you so much for hearing your fans
My grandpa had an Omni, late 80s model I think. Neat looking, basic little 80s cars. I like them.
My mother had a dodge omni and a plymouth herizon when I was growing up, so I remember both.
The "handling problem" Consumer Reports accused the Omni/Horizon of was that they found on a test track that if you jerked the steering wheel at high speed and then took your hands off the wheel the car would swerve back and forth and not damp the motion out by itself. If you kept your hands on the wheel it didn't do that. Hardly a big "problem". Consumer Reports is probably the last place I would ever go for good info on cars.
Nice episode!
Great 👍video as usual ! I remember these cars back in the day, they were very popular for Chrysler and a pretty reliable and simple to repair.
I worked at Chrysler engineering in the late 60’s and early 70’s. It was a great time to work there with the muscle cars winding down and the new models coming under Iacocca’s leadership. I always liked the Omni/Horizon vehicles…fun to drive and affordable.
I used to own an 89 eagle Vista LX 4 door sedan. Love that car.
My dad used to own an 84 Dodge Aries K manual transmission. Great childhood memories.
Thanks for the memories... I had a 1982 Horizon TC3 2.2 automatic and a 1981 Horizon TC3 1.7 VW 4 sp stick that I drove in the early 90's...Fun little cars. My friend's parents had a 1985 Reliant and a 1987 Omni that we ran around in when we just got our drivers licenses
1978 I bought my first new car which was the Plymouth Horizon. However my wife thought it should be hers....I didn't get to drive it much.
Man, the battle for compact cars was fierce back then. Great video
You made a video on my first car, the 1981 Horizon TC3! Thanks!
An older fellow a block over has an Omni he bought new, and the car has spent every night of its life in the garage. He still drives it every day and it still looks very nice.
Great job!
This video was pretty good! I loved remembering these L-body cars! I would love to have the Dodge Rampage pickup for everyday driving! You should make a video on the K-car platform (including all of the variants off of that platform)!!!!
The GLHS was fun as Hell to drive! It was raw, unrefined, it torque-steered like a bastard, it was a total hoonigan car.
When I was a kid in the '90's my best friend's family had one of these, they loved it. Fun to drive and dependable.