Talk:Dodge Aspen/Archive 1

1977 Volare Premire Station Wagons

I owned one of these when I was in college and have still regret the day I sold the car in 1985. Aside from the rust and the strapping on the front suspension, this was hands down the best American car that I ever owned. Stude62 13:10, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

-Here in Finland the Plymouth Volare/Dodge Aspen was considered by many as the last true (North)American car, but the reason for this was the rearwheeldrive layout, relatively large size and V8 engines as the frontwheeldrive cars resembled more of the traditional European contemporaries, and had increasingly smaller engines and therefore were losing last bits of the charm the American cars earlier had. Before eighties (North)Amercan cars were here more of a status symbol than everyday cruiser of "average joe", because they were large, had high performance (though it was limited to straight line compared to contemporary European offering), were well equipped and build with style. This image started to shatter in the seventies as the cars started to look bulky and performance started lagging so much that the smaller European vehicles outperformed them with ease. Ultimately in the eighties domestic (here 'domestic' means European and 'import' means Japanese/Korean/American) wehicles started to offer equal amount of luxury with better performance and handling while having lower fuel consumption and being often more modern. It was the end of the symbolistic image of the American car...

Over comparisions

I have removed the Ford Maverick and AMC Hornet from the comparision list for two major reasons. First, the Aspen and Volare were not like either car. Ford is offerred a perfectly fitting comparision in the Fairmount line, as is AMC in Concord.

The problem with providing too-many comparisons in the infor chart is that information charts are designed to be a quick glance reference, not an all emcompassing source in its own right. Stude62 13:35, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Rename

I think that the article should be renamed after the Volaré, only because the Plymouth was the more popular model and outsold the Dodge. Also on Allpar.com, the name Volaré appears first on the title of the article. This is just my opinion, and I'll respect yours whether you agree or disagree. Bavaria II 22:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

• I think that would be most logical, simply looking at the sales numbers. The page of two identical vehicles should link to the best known one, the one that people will recognize. With nearly twice the number of volare's than Dart's, it should be the Volare's page. --24.64.168.4 (talk) 17:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
• Disagree. Dodge is still a household name. Plymouth will reduce it's presence as time goes by. In a global perspective Dodge is far more know than Plymouth which for a long time has been a North America only marketed brand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.16.204.208 (talk) 22:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
• I would also disagree. Back here in Finland, though globally very small market if even noteworhty in this case, controversially to the USA it was the Dodge that became the better seller. Though I'm not sure how well either marque sold in other European or other countries outside USA, I agree with the previous writer in that the Dodge is also the better known marque in general, not least the Plymouth being ceased in production...