1985 Plymouth Horizon: Regular Car Reviews

Thanks to Carlisle Events, Bill Miller and Mike Garland (PR Guy) we were able to review a Plymouth Horizon / Dodge Omni and it only has 26,XXX original miles!

[johnayres]

I'm retired from Chrysler Corp. I might be a bit bias, but the Omni & Horizon were one of the best cars you could get during the period they were built. I had a 1987 Horizon, and it had plenty of power, got an easy 35 mpg, had lots of room for a small car, and was a blast to drive. I liked it much better than the boxy K-cars. When Chrysler first introduced them they were using VW 1.7 liter Rabbit motors until they could get enough of Chrysler's own 2.2 liter motors for mass production. The automatic transmissions were produced at the Kokomo Transmission Plant in Department 97 (404 line). With the 5-speed manual, the L-cars got fantastic fuel mileage, but the automatic didn't get as good mileage. I never understood why people bought the Chevy Chevette or the Ford Pinto, when the Omni & Horizon was a hell of a lot better in every way. I know this stuff because I started working for Chrysler in 1964 and I retired in 2001.

[ralphramsey]

I can hear my dad driving this car now, “you’re hot?! Roll down the window!”

[ljohns]

Brother had one, the "izon" part broke off, he just called it the hor.

[forbeshutton]

Around 1989 a couple of friends and I were out for a night drive. At one point a car came up behind us with a red light flashing on the dash. It was two cops in a unmarked Dodge Omni pulling us over for speeding. We were laughing so hard at them they never got around to writing a ticket. Metro Toronto Police Force.

[peturkristinsson]

"Like a knight welded into its own armour"


Exquisite.

[seththomas]

These cars were everywhere, then they weren't. Thank you Mr. Regular and The Roman for bringing back the cars of my teen years.

[jaredj]

Some of my earliest memories are in this exact car. I was about the age my son is now, I would ride in the front seat on my mom or dads lap. I was born in 85. My sister was asleep in the back. We ended up giving the car to an old lady; my dads friends mom. My parents passed away when I was 13 this video this car means a lot to me.

[SuperAWaC]

I can picture Danny DeVito driving this car. "HEY ASSHOLES" and then making The Penguin noises as he does donuts around ＭＹ ＡＮＵＳ

[temporaryscars]

My grandma died recently. She had one of these in the 80s. Came to relive some memories.

[CountryCarReviews]

2:57 I’ve never seen a car’s steering wheel that looks like it could hold a snickers bar

[indytrail]

my grandfather owned 8 Omni's over the years. . I asked him a question about one, and I got a 3 hour story about the magic of the car.

[vwestlife]

Not just an AM/FM radio -- that radio features C-Quam AM *Stereo*!

[Grenyas]

Not gonna lie, that interior is sexy af.

[martink]

As an owner of a Tesla Model S, I can tell you that my old Horizon's acceleration would shock the hell out of anybody that had the fortune of being in it. Miss that car.

[mikenewbry]

Something about the beige interior of any 80's to mid 90's Chrysler... I'm overwhelmed with nostalgia and my family didn't even own one.

[njohnson]

When I was younger my dad bought 2 Dodge Omnis. Within a year there was a wind storm and a tree fell on both of them.

[SedanChevy]

If the world ends tomorrow, this was a worthy final Regular Car Review.

[wizardmix]

In the summer of 1979 I was brought home from exiting the birth canal in a powder blue Dodge Omni.

[juanherrera]

I'm glad he mentioned fit/finish. I spent the entire video memorized by how well this thing was put together.

[arieheath]

Now I really want one of these. I’ve always loved older cars like these. They’re aggressively practical.