A 1977 Dodge Aspen station wagon, sibling to the Plymouth Volaré station wagon, found in a Colorado self-service wrecking yard.
Chrysler killed off the wagon versions of the Plymouth Valiant and Dodge Dart compacts in the United States after 1966, which meant that the only new small station wagons offered through the middle 1970s by American Dodge and Plymouth dealers were the Mitsubishi-built Colt and the Hillman-built Cricket. Meanwhile, American Motors was doing pretty well selling Hornet Sportabouts, so something needed to be done.
Aspen got even more absurdly wealthy in the decades that followed the Dodge Aspen , so Fiat Chrysler couldn't resist reviving the name on a luxed-up Durango with Chrysler badges during the late 2000s. The chassis design was all new, though it still used an old-timey torsion-bar front/leaf-spring rear rig. The powertrains were essentially identical to those of the Dart/Valiant.
The transmission is the optional three-speed automatic rather than the base three-speed column-shift manual.
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