GTP Cool Wall: 1981-1989 Dodge Aries

[Wiegert]

1981-1989 Dodge Aries nominated by @The87Dodge

Body Styles: 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan, 4-door wagon
Engines: 2.2L K I4, 2.5L K I4, 2.6L Mitsubishi G54B I4
Power: 82 hp (2.2L), 97 hp (2.5L), 114 hp (2.6L)
Torque: 122-146 lb-ft
Weight: 1095 kg
Transmission: 3-speed automatic, 4-speed manual, 5-speed manual
Drivetrain: Front-engine, front wheel drive​

Spoiler: Additional Pics

 

[Heldenzeit]

Beats walking, barely.

SU.

 

[Fastcarguy]

I cant think of anything less cool. SU.

 

[Cowboy]

Doesn't wow me in any way.

I'd rather ride my horse.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Looks about ready to fall apart

 

[Beeblebrox237]

What a pile of crap.

 

[The87Dodge]

Insta Sub Zero for me. Do I need to even explain?

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

What a tragic looking vehicle. Horrendously uncool, not even ironically.

 

[ImaRobot]

It's a bit funny that the additional pictures spoiler tag happens to have crappier looking cars than the header photo. Usually it's the other way around Where they sold off the lot already beat by the weather and aged for 15 years?

 

[Grandea GTR]

Oh no.

 

[TS050]

Ew.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Another rubbish car that will cause a huge argument because, well see the Sunbird thread.

SU.

 

[Famine]

My word. I didn't know there were real cars that looked like the worst car in Grand Theft Auto.

 

[Legro]

What a sad car.

 

[Nessy]

Has this car been in 'Dragnet' the film (Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd). Or am I mistaken?

 

[SVX]

Insta Sub Zero for me. Do I need to even explain?

Actually, yeah...

 

[Dennisch]

Aaaww.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Actually, yeah...

Ten internet bucks says it's got something to do with saving Chrysler from bankruptcy.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Ten internet bucks says it's got something to do with saving Chrysler from bankruptcy.

Another 10 says it's because "it's really not that bad".

 

[AudiMan2011]

Another 10 says it's because "it's really not that bad".

Another 10 on top of that says it's because he has one.

 

[GTPorsche]

Beats walking, barely.

I'd rather be paralyzed.

SU.

 

[Tornado]

 

[CSLACR]

People bought those for thousands of dollars.

 

[TexRex]

There's a good reason decent pictures of them can't be found.

 

[-Fred-]

Oh my god. That's absolutely glorious.

 

[daan]

It comes as no surprise that @The87Dodge is one of those folk who quite simply doesn't get the cool wall.

 

[TexRex]

 

[ProjectWHaT]

0:47

 

[CSLACR]

The messed up thing is that I worked with someone living out of one of these last year...

 

[Pupik]

I can recall exactly one time this car was cool, and you'll just have take my word for it:

It's the fall of 1997, and I'm leaving work one night in my trusty Neon. There's not many cars on the road, so speed limits are a bit of a hazy concept. Alas, what should pull up at the stop light but a white Dodge Aries, resplendently plain-Jane as if it left the showroom floor a dozen years prior, containing three people in it...all wearing suits, ties, and sunglasses.

It stomps on the gas pedal, so I play tag. I can't help but notice US government license plates, which is kind of odd. We all stop the chase at the next one, repeat for the next one, et cetera. For the next series, I know it's usually a speed trap, and the intersection isn't terribly safe, either. But Messrs. Aries proceeds at roughly 80mph past the proverbial cop in the bushes, and catches up with them.

Well, about one-half second after Constable Warren noticed the plates, he shut off his lights and made a U-turn, forgetting all about a traffic stop at the moment. I shrugged my shoulders and watched the K-car That Shouldn't speed off into the distance.

Where were they going? What top-secret thing were they up to? What the hell? The mind reels at the possibilities...Damn, I still want a Government Plate.

My word. I didn't know there were real cars that looked like the worst car in Grand Theft Auto.

They couldn't get the rights to the Austin Princess.