Do they deserve praise or pillorying?
's 1976 Car of the Year—and no, we hadn't lost our marbles. Looking into history's rearview mirror, we know these cars turned out to be troubled turd tubs. But back in late 1975, before the Aspen and Volare collided with their self-made roadblocks, they seemed like rather innovative vehicles.
The Aspen and Volare's appeal went beyond its underpinnings. Standard operating procedure in Detroit was to develop car interiors and exteriors separately; in another accurate prediction of the culture, the F-body's exterior shape was determined by interior size demands and aerodynamics. Chrysler developed coupe, sedan, and wagon variants with the two-door cars riding on a 4.0-inch-shorter wheelbase than the four-doors.
The timing of the Aspen and Volare still wasn't perfect; by 1976, American customers, with their short memories, started to drift back to large cars. Still, sales numbers were huge by Chrysler's standards. Buyers took home more than 500,000 Aspens and Volares in 1976, bumping up Dodge and Plymouth sales by 14 percent and 22 percent, respectively—and this while being sold alongside the Dart and Valiant. In 1977, Chrysler sold nearly 700,000.
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