The Chrysler Cordoba again saw little changed for 1982, except for sales, which withered to 14,898, a new low. The standard model started at $9197 without the optional “Landau” roof treatment that covered the rear opera windows.
Chrysler moved its strong selling K-Car upmarket for 1982 with the Dodge 400 and the new generation Chrysler LeBaron coupe and sedan. A LeBaron ragtop bowed at mid-year in base trim starting at $11,698 and as a woody look Town & Country for $13,998. There was also a Town & Country wagon. Buyers responded to the new LeBaron by buying twice as many as in 1981: over 90,000.
That New Yorker, later Fifth Avenue, was a quite a cash cow for Chrysler.