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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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