Remove Denver Remove Dodge Remove Production Remove Sale
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Though the extended Chrysler K Family had many members (including minivans and Maseratis ) and stayed in production deep into the 1990s, there were just five true K models sold in the United States: the Plymouth Reliant, Dodge Aries, Dodge 400, Dodge 600 and Chrysler LeBaron (though not all the LeBarons and 600s were genuine Ks).

Dodge 105
article thumbnail

Chrysler Splits Dodge into Ram and Car Brand Organizations

Green Car Congress

Chrysler has split the Dodge Brand into two separate organizations: the Dodge Ram Brand and the Dodge Car Brand. is appointed President and CEO, Dodge Ram Brand with profit and loss responsibility for the Dodge Ram product portfolio. He was previously the Director of the Denver Business Center.

Dodge 186
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Sales were strong, and the Detroit Big Three plus the Kenosha One got busy preparing midsize cars to slide between the compacts and the full - sizers. Here's one of those first-generation Fairlanes, found in a self-service boneyard just south of Denver, Colorado. Army staff car , a 1965 Dodge D-200 U.S.

Ford 105
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe

The Truth About Cars

After various high-end Imperials got LeBaron branding over the decades, Chrysler decided to turn the Dodge Diplomat into a swanky luxury machine and revive the storied LeBaron name in the process. Here's one of those cars, found in a Denver boneyard recently. The front-wheel-drive LeBarons stayed in production all the way through 1995.

article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1983 Chevrolet S-10 Durango 4x4

The Truth About Cars

The problem is that the Chevrolet S-10 was the first of those all-American 1980s minitrucks, and discarded early-production examples are damnably hard to find today. The Chevrolet Division imported Isuzu Fasters with LUV ( L ight U tility V ehicle) badging beginning in 1972, with sales continuing through 1982.

Durango 59
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1972 Chevrolet Vega Kammback

The Truth About Cars

The Vega has been a junkyard rarity for decades now, but I just found six early Vegas all within a couple of rows of one another in a Denver self-service yard. The official final model year for the Vega was 1977, but the wagon version stayed in production with Monza and Sunbird badges through 1979. Why do Vegas smile?