Dodge Omni

The Dodge Omni is a 1978-1990 produced by the US - American automobile manufacturer Dodge compact car with front wheel drive. The vehicle was ranked in the range of models from Dodge still under the Dodge Colt, as the smallest model. Sister model of the Dodge Omni was identical except for the emblems Plymouth Horizon 's sister brand Plymouth. A system based on this coupe was first sold as a Dodge Omni 024, where the names changed several times.

History

In January 1978, Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon were presented as the first front-wheel drive vehicles of the Chrysler Group. Their base was the model developed by Simca in France Horizon, which came on the market as a Talbot Horizon. Simca had found until 1978 in Chrysler ownership, and Chrysler secured the sale of Simca to Peugeot the rights to be able to build the Horizon in the USA. Engine and chassis have been modified, the rotating rod sprung double wishbone front and rear rocker arms were coated with a torsion beam axle with coil springs and front butt replaced a MacPhersonachse.

The Omni was powered by a 1.7 -liter inline four- cylinder with 56 kW (76 hp), who came from Volkswagen and his strength gave a four-speed gearbox or three- speed automatic Chrysler TorqueFlite to the front wheels. There was only one trim level, but could be enhance by different packages outside and in the interior, to the Premium Wood Grained package, in which wood foil adorned the flanks.

In model year 1979, the performance of the four- cylinder dropped due to stricter emission standards on 52, 1980 49, 1981 47 kW (64 hp).

In 1981 the Omni a revised grille. New to the program were the rare georderte Omni Euro - sedan, a sporty variant foil made with aluminum rims, wide tires and tachometer, as well as the Omni Miser ( " curmudgeon" ). In the latter case it was for a trimmed minimal fuel consumption model with emaciated features and a longer final drive ratio, which reached an average fuel consumption of 5.5 litres/100 km. For all models except the Miser there were now wish to own 2.2 - liter four- cylinder (63 kW), together with four-speed overdrive manual or automatic transmission.

In 1983, the facilities of Omni to halogen lights, adjustable seat backs, quartz clock, power brakes and trip odometer has been enriched. As of early 1983, the VW four-cylinder was replaced by a 46 kW (63 hp) 1.6 -liter four- cylinder end of Peugeot replaced, the 2.2-liter strengthened to 69 kW ( 94 hp). Miser and Euro - sedan dropped from the program, and wish there was now a five-speed gearbox.

From model year 1984, there was the Omni in basic and in SE equipment, and also as Omni GLH; the abbreviation stood for noisy work " goes like hell", eg " goes like the devil ." ' The Peugeot engine won two kW ( 48 kW/65 hp) and was no longer available with automatic transmission; the 2.2-liter made 71 kW or 82 kW (112 hp) in the new, can be ordered for all variants high performance version that was standard in the GLH. From GLH there was no Plymouth Horizon - parallel model.

From 1985, the turbocharged version of the 2.2 - liter was in GLH at extra cost with 109 kW ( 148 hp ) available.

For model year 1987, the Omni-/Horizon-Programm has been greatly streamlined. There was only a version called Omni America and Horizon America, which was basically equipped with the 2.2 - liter with 97 hp. All other engines were deleted. There were only three separately -ordered extras and three extra packets. This was accompanied by a significant drop in prices, which boosted the sales of models heavily. 1988, the 2.2-liter was converted to fuel injection, thus making 94 hp. 1990, means that America accounted for again.

In the summer of 1990, the production of sedans in about 720,000 copies was ( including 13,400 GLH and 1196 Euro - sedan) set. From Plymouth Horizon emerged in the same period about 880,000 pieces.

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Flammang, James M / Kowalke, Ron. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999. Krause Publications, Iola 1999. ISBN 0-87341-755-0

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