GTP Cool Wall: 1981-1989 Dodge Aries

[titleguy1]

No car made before 2000 is as cool as the Miura. I'd swap my Dodge for a Miura any day.

Oh, dear. At this point, I will quote Vsauce Michael: "Parody of extremism and sincere extremism are difficult to distinguish. Although clever... [your rebuttals are] ad hoc explanations, excuses made on the spot that only address one issue and don't fit all the evidence... Why the egotistical obsession with our observations?"

 

[The87Dodge]

Please tell me more about the 82hp badass.

It's late at night here and I could do with reading something spectacularly boring to get me away.


Was their target demographic the recently deceased?

114hp is Mustang horsepower, and we all know how Mustangs are badass. Most Aries's had the middle-of-the-range 96hp 2.5L engine, anyway.

 

[TS050]

If I was the director, I'd give the person casted an Aries, also because they cost less than a Daytona,

But surely, if you're directing a film you'd have the funds to access a Daytona, right?

 

[-Fred-]

A brief history of the Dodge K-Car in the movies:

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Dodge&model=Aries+K&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=on

Oh so badass.

 

[Northstar]

The Aries was much closer to "badass" than "ass".

I get liking a car, but there is a reason biker gangs don't roll around on Vespas even if they are a good quality product.

 

[The87Dodge]

But surely, if you're directing a film you'd have the funds to access a Daytona, right?

I'm a frugal guy, so I'd go for the cheaper option.

Spoiler: I'm sorry

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I'll give the Bullitt a second or third place, very cool vehicle indeed.

A brief history of the Dodge K-Car in the movies:

Your pics are broken.

I get liking a car, but there is a reason biker gangs don't roll around on Vespas even if they are a good quality product.

I'm serious about the way I feel on the Aries. Biker gangs don't roll around on Vespas because they are scooters, not bikes.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

No car made before 2000 is as cool as the Miura.

 

[Grandea GTR]

If I was the director, I'd give the person casted an Aries, also because they cost less than a Daytona, easier to access since they are less rare.

Wat

114hp is Mustang horsepower

 

[GTP_Ingram]

So what you're saying is

It could beat a 2.2 Camry?

Don't be ridiculous.

 

[Doodle]

 

[Famine]

114hp is Mustang horsepower

It went as low as 88hp.

and we all know how Mustangs are badass.

I think you're overstating the "we" there - but only slightly more than you're overstating the badassness of the third gen Mustang with the Pinto...

Most Aries's had the middle-of-the-range 96hp 2.5L engine, anyway.

Whoah, steady on there. Not sure I can take in all the awesome at once.

And it still looks like ass.

 

[The87Dodge]

Cool car, but lets not bring up "the coolest cars ever made" because it's kind of off topic. This is the cool wall.

 

[Northstar]

Your pics are broken.

 

[CSLACR]

114hp is Mustang horsepower, and we all know how Mustangs are badass. Most Aries's had the middle-of-the-range 96hp 2.5L engine, anyway.

You could get 150hp Grand Ams in 86, mot to mention all the better or more fun cars Dodge made. Skylark turbos Daytona turbos, Omni turbos. This is the most boring Dodge I know of. Ever.

 

[TS050]

This is the cool wall.

This is ironic

 

[Tornado]

If I was in a film and casting someone to drive this car, it would be a car nerd who is very informed about Mopar and knows that not all 80's cars were uncool. But that's just me.

Even in the 1980s the only people who had these as cars in movies were poor people, fleet operators and background vehicles. College kids or jocks or whatever? They might have Daytonas.

 

[ImaRobot]

114hp is Mustang horsepower, and we all know how Mustangs are badass. Most Aries's had the middle-of-the-range 96hp 2.5L engine, anyway.

I see you went ass-to-ass with that one.

 

[The87Dodge]

Wat

For third-gem Stangs, 114 was Mustang horsepower.

Wonder what's inside the box. Parts for a broken, unreliable Cavalier maybe?

It went as low as 88hp.I think you're overstating the "we" there - but only slightly more than you're overstating the badassness of the third gen Mustang with the Pinto...
Whoah, steady on there. Not sure I can take in all the awesome at once.

And it still looks like ass.

It looks like a badass ass (mule).

You could get 150hp Grand Ams in 86, mot to mention all the better or more fun cars Dodge made. Skylark turbos Daytona turbos, Omni turbos. This is the most boring Dodge I know of. Ever.

Bear in mind Grand Ams were a different size class than Aries. Aries was compact, Grand Am was midsize. Sure, Dodge made funner cars in the 80's, but this was not the most boring car the company ever pumped out.

 

[Famine]

It looks like a badass ass (mule).

I almost dare not ask, but compared to what? Glaucoma?

 

[Wiegert]

Looks ultra boxy compared to the Cavalier in this comparison.

As if I was referring to anything other than the Aries with that description.

The one on the top is slightly less boxy

Those A-pillars says otherwise. Hell, even the wheel arches look like they're struggling to maintain any amount of curvature.

 

[TS050]

It looks like a badass ass (mule).

Badass?


It seems you have literally been blinded by Mopar bias.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

W&N's Sunbird - even in it's last known state of ruined suspension and tappety knocks from the front end - has more road presence, grace and appeal than this thing. And that's really saying something.

 

[Tornado]

Bear in mind Grand Ams were a different size class than Aries. Aries was compact, Grand Am was midsize.

The Grand Am was a marginally smaller car than the Aries.

 

[Grandea GTR]

For third-gem Stangs, 114 was Mustang horsepower.
5.0 is a different story. Of course, it started out as 140 HP, but it sure got stronger.

Wonder what's inside the box. Parts for a broken, unreliable Cavalier maybe?
I think he's trying to say that it's boxy.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

You can describe the Aries' looks as "badass" but for accuracy you need a space between the 'd' and the 'a'.

 

[The87Dodge]

This is ironic

Not seeing the irony. I need an explanation.

Even in the 1980s the only people who had these as cars in movies were poor people, fleet operators and background vehicles. College kids or jocks or whatever? They might have Daytonas.

Poor people? I don't think so, because people who buy the new Dodge Dart, starting at $16k, aren't poor. Poor people are turning to late 90's and early 00's Neons, maybe Stratuses.

I almost dare not ask, but compared to what? Glaucoma?

Compared to Chevy Cavalier, Ford Escort, and every other 80's compact. How can you compare a car to an eye disease in the first place?

 

[CSLACR]

For third-gem Stangs, 114 was Mustang horsepower.



Wonder what's inside the box. Parts for a broken, unreliable Cavalier maybe?



It looks like a badass ass (mule).



Bear in mind Grand Ams were a different size class than Aries. Aries was compact, Grand Am was midsize. Sure, Dodge made funner cars in the 80's, but this was not the most boring car the company ever pumped out.

It's exactly as bad as the Cavalier, can't you see?
To everyone else, it looks just like that, only 5% are seeing it differently.

 

[Suzumiya]

This joke got super old.

 

[Grandea GTR]

This joke got super old.

This was a joke?

 

[Beeblebrox237]