Talk:Plymouth Reliant

Replacement
Who thinks that the replacement for the Reliant was the Sundance? The Reliant was a 6 passenger family car, which competed with the Ford Fairmont and Citation. It did not compete the the smaller Ford Escort or Toyota Corolla, that was the job of the Colt which replaced by the Sundance, which a shortened K platform. The Acclaim is a stretch K, but since there is no corresponding short K, the Acclaim is the proper succesor.

The real claim to fame for the K is that it is the quintessential generic 80s car, and probably why it was picked for the Cars movie as Lightning's agent.


 * The Sundance was (roughly) the same size and price, with the same level of features, as the Reliant. The Acclaim was (roughly) the same size and price, with the same level of features, as the Caravelle.
 * Actually, I'd say that the Sundance and Acclaim re-aligned the market slightly. The Sundance fell in between the Horizon and Reliant, and the Acclaim fell in between the Reliant and Caravelle. jgp (T|C) 02:30, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The Fairmont was over a foot-and-a-half longer than the Reliant, over 8" wider, 300-500 lbs heavier, significantly more expensive and came with optional engines (turbocharged 2.3 L I4, V6, V8) which produced significantly more power than the Reliant ever did.
 * So how exactly do you make the connection that Reliant and Fairmont directly competed with each other? --93JC 23:04, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, the Reliant DID compete with the Corolla; you seemed to have forgotten about the Toyota Tercel, which was just like the Colt.

Raising the Standard
I like that comment about how the Reliant raised the standard for quality. My memories of our Reliant are, well, less rosy, shall we say. Ah, memories...--12.154.39.254 17:01, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

We're talking relative to Volare / Aspen and Horizon.....--Wiarthurhu 17:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Please Expand
This article needs more attention, to be expanded. It has enough info to be its own article, but it could use plently more. I'll try to get info, but it would be greatly appreciated if others helped too. Bavaria II 15:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

The first throttle body fuel injectors were actually on a mid-year 1985 model. This was not an identical model to the 1986 and the model used a unique air filter.Tomligon (talk) 20:50, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merger with Dodge Aries
Like the cars themselves, this article is nearly identical to the Dodge Aries article. Mark Mentovai (talk) 02:29, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I support the merger, on the basis that both the subjects and the articles are virtually identical. Oldlaptop321 (talk) 14:50, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I Oppose as the Plymouth Reliant is not the dodge aries, and sold in great enough numbers to warrant it's own article. TotallyTempo (talk) 22:32, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

I support, yes the Reliant sold plenty of vehicles but there are more differences between an Aries/Reliant 2-door and a 4-door than between the two makes. 74.47.112.116 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:59, 18 August 2010 (UTC).

I support the merger, on the grounds of at least one occurence of a vehicle with both Aries and Reliant name tags on the dash ... evidently both from the same line and the trim got mixed up. Tomligon (talk) 20:45, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Support The article should use the Plymouth Reliant name since it outsold the Aries. While it can be debated that Dodge started taking over Plymouth's spot in the lower end of the market as far back as the 1960's, Plymouth's still outsold Dodge's until the 1990's. Jgera5 (talk) 16:17, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Relient K
It should be mentioned that the band Relient K named themselves after this car. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBR96A (talk • contribs) 02:16, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Possible renaming of the merged Plymouth Reliant article to Dodge Aries
Does anyone here on Wikipedia want to rename the merged Plymouth Reliant article to Dodge Aries? Mrceleb2007 (talk) 22:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm up for that. An admin will have to do it, as Dodge Aries redirects here and also has a lot of page history that can't be deleted, since the page was merged here. Should I start a move request? D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  00:21, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Oppose The Reliant outsold the Aries. The Reliant name should stick for now. Jgera5 (talk) 21:19, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

"Reliant K" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reliant_K&redirect=no Reliant K] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 17:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)