I have read a few e-mails on the value of the 80's
Imperials. I have an 81 and I am the second owner and the first owner
kept it in a garage (my Dad). I believe the issue with the 80's value is
that these cars do not look old for a 23 year old car. The body style and
the electronics were way ahead of their time and it may take a few years
and some help from 80's owners to make people realize were this car fit
in to automotive history. Once they do then watch out.
Scott Schmidt
81 Imperial
At 07:24 PM 2/6/2004, RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:
Clay,
Your point about realizing just how far Chrysler had sunk by then, and
also what a leap of faith would have been required to put out that much
money for their best car was a good one, and one that I made a couple of
weeks ago in another thread.
As far as the comparison between the Imperial and the K-car, I can only
say that the K-car was a success (in fact it and the soon to come
mini-van saved the company) while the Imperial was not.
Paul
In a message dated 2/6/2004 5:29:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
imperialman@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I just finished reading cover to cover the June 1981 Motor
Trend magazine.
> Though no Imperial specific articles, the
letters to the editors section did mention Imperial.
>
> The June issue had the MT editors taking a lot of
heat about their selection for the Motor Trend car of the year, the
Plymouth-Dodge K-car .
>
> One irate reader wrote in part
> " You(also) gave the
Imperial, obviously more luxurious than any other car tested a
rating of 6 in comfort and 5 in ride and drive, while the Reliant turned
in the highest rating
> in both categories.
> I fail to see how the Reliant could score better than the Imperial,
C#$lass and G%nada in ANY of the luxury categories.
>
> The short answer from the MT editor was " We
don't feel that comfort and ride & drive are necessarily synonymous
with
> "luxury"
>
> Now what kind of answer is that ?
>
> I don't think anyone on this list would argue that
an 81 Imperial's ride is better than any K- car and I sure
don't want to start a K-car discussion so I am offering up this
letter because it mentions Imperial and I think it shows how
political Motor Trends car of the year (was)is.
>
> Something that also impressed me after reading
this 1981 Motor Trend was how far Chrysler really had sunk.
> What a leap of faith it must have taken someone to even
> consider laying out 18K to buy an Imperial
>
>
Clay Smith
>
67 Crown Coupe
>
60 Custom
>
>
>
>
>
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