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#55 of 17984 The Plymouth Cricket was made... by lemko Aug 07, 2002 (10:24 am)
...in England by Chrysler's Rootes Group, (now defunct). It was known as a Hillman Avenger in the UK. The Dodge Colt, which debuted around 1970, was made by Mitsubishi. Indifferent build-quality of the Cricket kept sales low.
#56 of 17984 by jrosasmc Aug 07, 2002 (10:49 am)
That indifferent quality also contributed to the demise of British automobiles in the U.S.
#57 of 17984 Barracuda by yaman Aug 07, 2002 (12:08 pm)
About a year or so ago I saw a 1960ish Plymouth Barracuda in the parking lot of a home depot.Back in the late 60's my sister bought one (her first car).Hadn't seen one in I guess 25 years or so.Beautiful car
#58 of 17984 JRosa by jaserb Aug 07, 2002 (1:13 pm)
'70 and '90 were transition years, meaning you could find both series I and II spiders in '70 and you could find series 3 and 4 spiders in '90. Even the some of the old style '90 spiders had the Motronic FI. And yes, there were Spiders sold in the US titled as '94 models. Don't know what book you're reading, but Alfas don't necessarily go by the book.   -Jason
#59 of 17984 by magnetophone Aug 07, 2002 (1:23 pm)
I was going to say - i was pretty sure they had a 94 Spider.
#60 of 17984 by jrosasmc Aug 07, 2002 (2:18 pm)
Yeah, but the book I read stated that Alfa stopped building the Spider in April 1993. Probably those last ones were sold as '94s.
#61 of 17984 by magnetophone Aug 07, 2002 (2:19 pm)
They still build the Spider.. I saw several in Italy.
#62 of 17984 I think Lemko's right about the ..... by andys120 Aug 07, 2002 (2:28 pm)
Plymouth Cricket nee Hillman Avenger. The Rootes Group included some old British names such as Sunbean and Humber. For a time Chryco made the Sunbeam Tiger which was powered by a Ford 260 V8 because they couldn't find a Mopar V8 that'd fit.   I must've confused the Cricket with the Omnirizon which was made in Europe as a Talbot when Chrysler owned Talbo-Simca.
#63 of 17984 by magnetophone Aug 07, 2002 (2:43 pm)
I think Peugeot owned Chrysler of Europe around that time...
#64 of 17984 Magnet: by jrosasmc Aug 07, 2002 (3:52 pm)
I was talking about the old-style Spiders, the ones that dated back to "The Graduate" from 1967. The Spiders you saw in Italy were most definitely the new style with the Twin Spark engine, right?

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