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Published on January 14th, 2012 |
by BajaBusta
1972 Dodge Colt Station Wagon Test Drive
The early 70s saw the beginning of the Japanese onslaught on the American Market. The 1972 Dodge Colt was also the beginning of another story. The beginning of Chrysler’s use of captive imports, primarily rebadging Mitsubishi products for sale here in the US that lasted well into the 90’s and beyond. The Colt seen here simply was a federalized first generation Mitsubishi Colt Galant. The Dodge Colt was originally intended to be Chrysler’s answer to the AMC Gremlin, Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Vega but because it came from Mitsubishi Motors and was not a true Chrysler product, the first Colts actually competed more directly with Japanese imports, such as the Toyota Corolla and Datsun 510. Small cars were very new by this time, and did not necessarily work for Mr Bud Lindeman, with comments like “If you want a little car because it’s the ‘in thing’, well this one might be your choice, but if you’re going the mini route because it’s cheap, well, you may want to look around.” & blaming the 100hp 4cyl “as a good excuse for getting home late”.
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