Wow. I remember we looked at the Omni's as well as the Rabbits in 1980 when
we were looking at new cars - I was about 6 - and I saw the VW logo under
the hood of the Omni (or Horizon, I forget which) and wondered why they had
the same motor. They don't look much different than a Rabbit really either,
I thought maybe they were the same car. Heck even the pickup version wasn't
much different than the VW. Apparently they were courting the Germans
longer than most people realize, they just broke up with one to marry
another one.
Oh, my folks bought the Rabbit. Which lasted 6 years until the cat element
broke, the car overheated (400 miles out on the road no less) and warped the
head. Depreciation: $6800 in 1980 sold for $600 in 1986. I thought it was
a cheap, cheezy car at that age (!) but then we had traded a big american
car for it, and had another one in the garage. (Not MoPar though, both were
from the General).
Bill K.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zach Collie" <Zachsgsx@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Different BORING & Stroking
> Well, as a professional mechanic, and an owner of a '94 Dodge Caravan, I
> happen to like that 3.0 Liter V-6! It has good power, easy to maintain,
and a
> better engine than those sick little 2.2 liter four cylinders in the
immortal "K"
> car! I have worked on both, and that "Chrysler" 3.0 V-6 DOHC is a good
engine!
> The Grand Caravan's have 3.3 liter pushrod engines, which are more closely
> related to "forwardlook" engines. Now, speaking of "gender bender" combos,
how
> about my ' 81 Plymouth Horizon, that had the 1.7 Liter Volkswagen Rabbit
> engine, coupled with a "Chrysler" transmission (4-speed stick in my
example). The
> first years (1977?) of the "Omni-Horizons" were not only powered by VW
Rabbit
> engines, but also had the rabbit transmissions! They were powered by a
"Mopar"
> (?) 1.6 liter engine as of '82 or '83. ---And tomorrow's history lesson
will
> center around GM's use of "chevy" engines in Non-chevy cars! Which started
> happening in the mid-seventies---. Zach-
>
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