Here’s how the LeBaron became one of Chrysler’s longest running nameplates

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In this episode I provide the history of the Chrysler LeBaron, from its early days as a coachbuilder in the 1920's, it became its own model line in 1977, and in 5 overlapping generations Chrysler produced sedans, coupes, wagons, and convertibles, the latter possibly being the most famous, especially the original K car variant.
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@georgeh6856 3 жыл бұрын

I remember it most as John (with an 'h') Voight's car.

@incarswetrust 3 жыл бұрын

lol. Seinfeld.

@19MarcusH31190 3 жыл бұрын

I'm shocked Seinfeld didn't get mentioned🤣

@TheJaymon1962 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought this would come up much earlier. John Jon Voights's Le Baron is the most famous of all.

@toupac3195 3 жыл бұрын

Always check the teeth marks in a pencil, you may become rich. 🤪

@maryrafuse3851 3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking of the same thing. Funny how a car can be associated with a crazy TV Show.

@julianmoreau3281 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention it's infamous role in Seinfeld as George Costanza's "Jon Voight's" LeBaron

@Hotlog69 3 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean John Voight?

@julianmoreau3281 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hotlog69 the periodentist?

@pgtmr2713 3 жыл бұрын

Or was it John Voit? :-)

@MuvoTX 3 жыл бұрын

And Jon Voits pencil!!

@MisterMikeTexas 2 жыл бұрын

It caught on fire.

@digitalkov 3 жыл бұрын

"the door is a jar" 🤣

@nixboox 3 жыл бұрын

I had a 1994 Chrysler LeBaron LX Convertible. I loved that car. I kept it until the repairs started to be continuous instead of preventive. I miss it every day. Such a great car.

@lilwill6985 3 жыл бұрын

You did one of my recommendations... epic! I'm sad you missed the opportunity to mention the rich Corinthian leather. Or Jon Voight's car. I miss my 91 GTC. It was truly a unicorn. Black with gray interior... loaded... and a 3rd pedal.

@donteadoss 3 жыл бұрын

“Jon Voight, the actor or the periodontist?”

@garynelson4485 3 жыл бұрын

I had an '89 Lebaron Turbo GT Convertible - white with red interior and a five speed stick! Made in Mexico. The cable shifter wasn't awesome but it was otherwise a terrific car.

@jacknasty6940 2 жыл бұрын

😂 Ricardo Montalban 😂

@SaidHead2 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacknasty6940 KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!!

@t.b.g.504 2 жыл бұрын

@@garynelson4485 'Manual Shift Linkage' was critiqued by Consumer Guide magazine in that era.

@corvetcoyote443 3 жыл бұрын

Those 82-84 Lebaron Town and country convertibles were cool and are collectable today.

@kingkatradio 3 жыл бұрын

My new favorite channel, I Remember thinking The Lebaron convertible was really cool when I was a kid.

@dontelindsey5846 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a 90's kid and thought the flip up headlights were cool

@kingkatradio 3 жыл бұрын

@@dontelindsey5846 Someone who lived down the street had a black one, but it wasn't a convertible but still cool looking car, I dug the flip up headlights too.

@johnnymason2460 Ай бұрын

I did get a ride in a J-body Lebaron convertible(the one with hidden headlights). It was an interesting ride.

@landonbenford8369 20 күн бұрын

It Still IS!!!❤

@markdc31 3 жыл бұрын

Bro! That Shatner insert was freaking hilarious!!! The rest of the video was cool too.

@SA-zoom1 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is exactly like old car memories channel but on 2x speed 🙂👍👏

@ScrawnyRonnie89 3 жыл бұрын

I so excited 🤪 My Grandfather was “Mopar or no car” He bought Grandma a brand new 1987 Lebaron.

@scottleyva8656 2 жыл бұрын

My mother had a 1980 LeBaron coupe. It was beautiful with wire wheel covers and opera lamps. I loved that car!

@slowka 3 жыл бұрын

Khhhhaaaannnnn....freaking hilarious, keep them coming with the great content.

@heinzkitzvelvet 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed myself silly 😂😂😂😂😂

@patrickmichaellangan576 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather had an ‘87 LeBaron and he loved it.

@sirloin4372 3 жыл бұрын

I had a 93 Chrysler lebaron with red landau top, I really loved that car, for me it was luxurious and sporty. That 160hp 3.0 v6 was great and got good mileage. The transmission went out on it and I couldn’t afford to repair it. So I got a 90 Cadillac sedan deville from one of they buy here pay here places and and I’ve been driving cadillacs ever since!

@furkankavsur7638 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the Video. I think that the Chevy Citation and all the other names it had deserves a Video

@corvetcoyote443 3 жыл бұрын

Chevy Citation, Oldsmobile Omega,Pontiac Phoenix,and Buick Skylark were the X- body cars.

@johnnymason2460 2 жыл бұрын

@@corvetcoyote443 They all deserve a video. The Chrysler K-cars also deserve a video as well.

@vacexpert2020 3 жыл бұрын

There's a good many cars I remember fondly that aren't around much anymore, the Chevrolet Lumina, Ford Windstar, Ford Freestar/Mercury Monterey, Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique, Ford Tempo/Mercury Topaz, Buick Century, LeSabre, Park Avenue, Ford Taurus/mercury Sable and the venerable Volvo 850, some are still commonplace because they're reliable or ended production recently, though the cars I remember are the older generations which are not commonly found on the road anymore

@dwightsmith3590 3 жыл бұрын

My older brother's 1st car was the Woody LeBaron. His friends literally called it Woody and laughed at it. It grew on me and if I could find a really good condition one today I would consider buying it.

@jeremyb456 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this channel on older cars from the 80's and 90's that's my generation!! Plus please never change your sound track music you use on your videos so cool.

@donteadoss 3 жыл бұрын

I’m such a fan of your channel & content. It’s amazing that at 40yo, I’ve seen or experienced every old scene through this video - from John Candy in ‘Planes, Trains, & Automobiles’ to the electronic toys I had that spoke to the T&C stationwagon. My favorite uncle passed a few months ago and speaking at his memorial, I recalled my memories of riding in the jump seat of his T&C stationwagon as a youngster, and his specific influence on my love for automobiles. Ironically, right before he died, we talked about that stationwagon and he said it was the worst car he ever owned because he loved it, but lived in the repair shop. 😂 Thanks for the enjoyable nostalgia! 🔥

@tomskid27 2 жыл бұрын

Still binge watching your videos. Great stuff man!

@jonathankleinow2073 2 жыл бұрын

My dad bought my mom a 1982 LeBaron convertible, white with maroon vinyl interior and digital radio, as her birthday present in early 1983. I came along nine months later, so I guess she liked it. We were an all-Chrysler family until the turn of the century, actually. My dad had a 1986 LeBaron GTS turbo, which he replaced with a Plymouth Acclaim in 1991. Mom upgraded to an Eagle Vision in 1994 and then a purple Sebring JX convertible after we moved to Florida in 1997. Sadly, the quality issues they had with the Sebring and my dad's 1996 Grand Caravan ES put them off of Chrysler altogether. Their next vehicles were a 1999 Volvo C70 convertible and a 2003 Honda Odyssey, respectively. But that original 1982 LeBaron stayed around and became my first car after I got my license in 1999!

@Johngengelbach2 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was a kid my dad rented one of the 80's LeBaron convertibles, I was like wow when I got to ride in it.

@CommodoreFan64 2 жыл бұрын

They were good for the short term like rentals, or a lease, but for long term ownership man did they have some quality issues as they aged like the bodies prematurely rusting out, and bad fuel pumps just to name a few issues off the top of my head.

@patricklynch9574 3 жыл бұрын

I only want one if it comes with "rich Corinthian leather"

@TheRealBrook1968 3 жыл бұрын

1975 Chrysler Cordoba

@richsackett3423 3 жыл бұрын

That was the Cordoba.

@frankchan4272 3 жыл бұрын

Any difference with Asgardian leather?

@clay282 3 жыл бұрын

I had a, I think it was a 1989, turbo coupe. IT HAD THE GREATEST SEATS EVER! I still remember what a high beltline it had. You sat down IN it and I loved it. Was wrecked 3 times and kept going. My brother finally finished it off when he went off the road and hit a culvert. BUT THOSE SEATS! I've been looking for seats as comfortable a those grey leather, bolstered, tilting head rest beauties ever since.

@NikateeN 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite channels right now, keep up the great work!

@cedricsmith6931 2 жыл бұрын

I got a 93 LeBaron convertible with less than 110,000 miles and l drive it everywhere and still love it!

@padroooo 3 жыл бұрын

I owned two 1989 Plymouth Acclaims. I had mixed feelings about whether they were good cars or not but I kept one to over 200,000 miles. Thanks Pat for another great video. There was a lot of history in this issue and I particularly like the humor.

@michaelsimko7694 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather had a K-car Lebaron convertible with the turbo back in the 80s. One of my aunts had a white on white last gen Lebaron convertible in the 90s. There's a green last gen Lebaron convertible at a house in the neighborhood I live in. I love the smooth, sporty, aerodynamic design of the last gen.

@lamarbevil4891 2 жыл бұрын

My first ever car purchase was a 1991 Le Baron convertible. Dark Quartz color with grey interior, base model. I worked for a company that made parts for the AA body (4 door Spirit, Acclaim, & Le Baron). My car was made in St. Louis, but I was at the Newark assembly plant when the 1991 Model year kicked off, they had just wrapped up the test builds of the Coupe and Convertible at the factory. I also got to see the AA Chrysler Saratoga being built for export. The Top was down more from September to May than it ever was during the summer. (You can heat a convertible to a tolerable level in the cooler months, but the AC could not keep it cool in the summer with the top down. South Carolina summers are HOT)

@KCFlyer2 3 жыл бұрын

That wood grain in the thumbnail screams "Family Truckster"

@t.b.g.504 3 жыл бұрын

Or the Gran Detroit Farm and Country in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'

@davidkastin4240 3 жыл бұрын

@@t.b.g.504 Planes Trains and Automobiles is a friggin hilarious movie, one of my favs.

@stevejohnson1321 3 жыл бұрын

I remember admiring the lebaron convertible. In retrospect it's good I didn't buy one. They weren't durable over the long haul, like most chrysler products.

@srirachasauce8430 Жыл бұрын

The body is a rust magnet. I had my White 89 GTC Turbo II manual conv. for 9 years. The only thing that took it off of the road was a Chevrolet Avalanche to the fender. It did have problems over the years. Each issue was fixed with hand tools. Proper maintenance kept the engine's internals nice and shiny upon disassembly. Now, don't get me wrong, Chrysler is garbage. But the late 80's turbo models have a whiff of Underdog Hotrod that I like. That's why I bought a second one. A Red 89 Premium Turbo. Already swapped the previous car's intercooler, safely bumped the boost to 12 psi. The power to weight is adequate until my big turbo/fuel system/sensor upgrade. I wouldn't shy away from these. You'll always learn something new with them.

@JasonJones-br3or 3 жыл бұрын

These K-LeBarons were actually really nice... compared to many contemporary cars. They had great sounding radios/cassette-decks, very comfortable, and probably one of the best-handling vehicles I've ever driven in snow/ice. I had a used 84 or 86 2-door with that plush-ass, half-reaching vinyl top which I always kept Armor-all-ed. After driving a Chevy Citation, this thing was like a Rolls Royce. Aluminum heads were finished by about 100,000 though. It was actually very reliable, had the O2 sensor replaced a couple of times, that was it.

@scramble111 3 жыл бұрын

I was once torn between buying a 92 Plymouth Acclaim and a 93 Nissan Altima. Glad I chose the Datsun

@williamsmith1718 3 жыл бұрын

Would like to see 80's grand marquis station wagon as a video

@BSGSV 3 жыл бұрын

3:43 Hoovie!!!! I didn't know he buried one of these too!

@tiborkutak2332 3 жыл бұрын

He got IT from a guy who owned 22 lebaron's,he wanted with no rust,of course the car was full of holes and even the engine required a lot of work

@elizabethcherry920 3 жыл бұрын

I am just old enough that I can remember all of the LeBarons, I heard of the Lancer (one of them is the reason why I am on disability, long story and I was not driving the Lancer, but I was in another K car when the accident happened,I digress) by Shelby, but I heard that Lancer was sold as a Lancer Pacifica. My favorite LeBaron was the 78 LeBaron medallion LE coupe, sharp car.

@Mark-zu6oz 3 жыл бұрын

My father had a 1980 LeBaron. It ran without major problems for many years. As it passed 250k, rust set in, the driver's seat started to sink, and the doors started coming apart. Eventually he got rid of it, but it was still running smoothly.

@1524mike 3 жыл бұрын

I love LeBarons. I had 2 convertibles back in the 90’s.

@888junkcarsbuyingteam8 3 жыл бұрын

I liked the talking car part as a kid. Drivers door is ajar! Key in ignition! Headlights are on! Etc. Definitely ahead of the time. And whomever gave the two thumbs down, you're definitely not car people and don't deserve this amazing, growing channel! Go away! Ha ha

@frankiemck40 3 жыл бұрын

Love this video. I had a ‘94 LeBaron convertible that I really liked. It was a good car. But some I’d like to see are first generation Prelude, CRX, Isuzu Impulse (all of which I owned at some point) and perhaps a Buick Somerset before it became Skylark. Thank you for your videos. Brings back some good memories!

@davidhiggins6251 3 жыл бұрын

My first car was an 85 LeBaron GTS Turbo loved it and your videos !

@Matt_from_Florida 2 жыл бұрын

My dad had a thing for 1980's LeBaron Convertible Turbo's, and predictably, for Chrysler TC by Maserati's. I sold all 5 of them for him on EBAY, as well as a Buick Park Avenue 3800 Ultra supercharged; after he suffered a series of TIA's and could no longer see well enough to drive. Like these cars, he is gone now, and so is the world he knew.

@Jim_Curtis 2 жыл бұрын

Anything with James Earl Jones as the voice just makes you want to buy it.

@arnepianocanada 3 жыл бұрын

What about Plymouth Caravelle? A twin of Dodge Diplomat - perhaps only in Canada?

@jameswoods4406 3 жыл бұрын

I had a 1985 Plymouth Caravelle back in the day and i live in the states.

@t.b.g.504 3 жыл бұрын

The Caravelle Salon was the twin of the Diplomat (M-body), that name was used in Canada in place of Gran Fury, and then there was the FWD Caravelle, the twin of the Dodge 600 (E-body) which also came in a 2 door coupe, exclusive to the Canadian market.

@onicamathews-davis2249 3 жыл бұрын

I still have my 1993 Chrysler Lebaron convertible and it still runs.

@bartricky5894 3 жыл бұрын

I inherited a 1988 LeBaron Turbo 4 convertible.. Consumer Reports rated it the #1 worst used car to buy that year. They were absolutely correct. I never bought a turbo after that one.

@1sttigertiger426 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on the Dodge/Plymouth Neon.

@marcusdamberger 3 жыл бұрын

Only yesterday I was thinking about the first gen 96' Dodge Neon my friend had and how I hadn't seen many recently and how all the people who got them in the mid 2000's were young dudes who put body kits on them with unfinished primer on the kits. Then yesterday evening I see a 2nd gen red one that had a bad rattle can paint job, but at least not all modded out. Then a few hours later another 2nd gen with crappy black paint job and the wrong wheels. The red one was on someone's front lawn, looked like it had been sitting a while, dusty. With a few other project cars on the driveway. Obviously the lowest priority vehicle they had. The black one was at a fast food restaurant, so it was was still roadworthy. I always thought the new Dodge Dart was supposed to be the new Neon. I liked it's looks, but they canceled it a few years back. A work colleague had gotten that Dart brand new in white and drove it everywhere across the west to see every national park within driving distance over the next few years. Plus a ton of other road trips, seemed to have served him well I believe he still has it.

@o_o-_-8639 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcusdamberger Holy! That’s quite a stretch of reading 😅

@yuriburkel686 2 жыл бұрын

The Dodge Neon was a modern-day gremlin

@landonbenford8369 20 күн бұрын

3:07 I just watched Star Trek II for like the thousandth time!! That's one of the Best Lines in All of Movie history!!❤😂😂

@peterchen9763 3 жыл бұрын

I had a red 95 GTC with white top, the only convertible I've ever owned. I love that car.

@ChrisHsuCars 2 жыл бұрын

I’m loving all your videos! Hoping to see an actual K car video. I had a Plymouth Reliant wagon with the Mitsubishi 2.6 engine

@HeHateMe1 2 жыл бұрын

My first car was a 79 LeBaron that I got in 2000 when I was 17 for $200. Loved that thing

@AdamAve93 2 жыл бұрын

First car was an 89 just like you showed in red with the black soft top. Miss that car, need to find another one.

@davidfuertes1973 2 жыл бұрын

I owned a 1977 Dodge Aspen it had the coldest A/C of any of the vehicles I've ever owned.

@Oonagh72 3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion the LeBaron convertible was the best car they ever had. I remember a friend was about 11 and she said she wanted a LeBaron when graduated high school. We laughed saying “that car could look like anything by then!” And by the time she graduated the car was gone!

@rawsketch 3 жыл бұрын

I think the '87 - '92 is the best design Chrysler came out with in the '80s, such a handsome car.

@ClassicStreetIron 3 жыл бұрын

I had a '95 LeBaron convertible and I loved it... it wasn't too quick but it was never meant to be.

@MrTikbik2000 3 жыл бұрын

Chevrolet Citation was my first car…would like to see that! Keep these videos rolling! 😎👍🏽

@richsackett3423 3 жыл бұрын

They were terrible cars.

@Kiss__Kiss 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a young lad, I always told myself I would buy a Chrysler LeBaron J coupe.... That never happened , therefore decades later, I get to watch this video. Reminds me of the years I would watch "Name that Tune" and salivate over the Pontiac Fiero, one could potentially win..

@ShaneAcree 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I had the. 1987 LeBaron coup GT Turbo. The same silver color and trim in the beginning of the video. Brought back many memories.

@heinzkitzvelvet 3 жыл бұрын

My grandmother had a early/mid 80's LaBaron, new. Then traded up to ab used 1986 New Yorker. That car was luxury on wheels to a 15 year old kid in the early 90's. I would absolutely LOVE to have one of those cars today.

@chrisb2844 3 жыл бұрын

I always loved the LeBaron convertible, now I would like to see the Cadillac Cimarron if you haven't featured it yet.

@JRobert111111 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. My parents bought a brand new 1984 Cimarron with all of the options. It gave my parents and family 355,000 miles of decent reliability, performance and economy. It was a simple frayed and worn "throttle valve cable" that ruined the transmission. My brother was driving it at that time and had that cable been replaced immediately when the gas pedal got mushy feeling, it would still be operating today. I feel it's a much better car than folks stereotype it to be.

@Fillo. 3 жыл бұрын

Please, make a video about Saturn and/or Eagle, it would be awesome. I love these American cars from the 80s and 90s, they're so quirky

@krazi77 3 жыл бұрын

my mom had an 86 lebaron 2 door. it was a neat little car.

@swiderski231 3 жыл бұрын

I own a 1988 Chrysler Lebaron coupe GTC turbo in gray fully loaded at the time with 30,000 miles in gray with black leather.. been in the family since new

@dohc1067 3 жыл бұрын

The LeBaron was a nice looking car for its time.

@toupac3195 3 жыл бұрын

My '89 300 ZX talked to me. Was so fun having my friends know my fuel level was low because I was broke, over and over and over 🤪

@jeffmichiels251 3 жыл бұрын

My dad and I rented a maroon GTC turbo convertible on vacation back in La in 1989. That thing had some power!😜

@MJorgy5 2 жыл бұрын

One of my high school literature teachers drove an early 80's maroon LeBaron drop top and it was completely mint.

@RichardinNC1 3 жыл бұрын

My family was big into Chryslers and Dodges. They did have an 83 Lebaron Wagon with the voice alert. I had 2 Daytonas. My 85 had the voice alert. I almost bought a Lebaron GTC but got the 2nd Daytona instead. All nice cars for that era.

@GardenerEarthGuy 2 жыл бұрын

I had a K-convertible Mark Cross Edition 1985... Fun times!

@magoldma 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos! Maybe consider doing a video on the original Ford Taurus SHO. My father bought one new off the lot in 1988, his first ever new car and it was amazing! He traded in an old KP61 Toyota Starlet, itself an interesting vehicle, one wheel drive ( hilarious to drive in northeast winters btw), so you can imagine the excitement when he brought the SHO home. Also maybe one on the original Plymouth Voyager, my mother traded in an old 1977 Pontiac Bonneville for an extended wheel base Voyager in 1989 once the Pontiac's transmission started to go out. Not as much fun as the Taurus but still a nostalgic car. Cheers!

@dozerm.4108 3 жыл бұрын

4:09 Please do a video on that generation Grand Prix. Or all the General Motors G bodies.

@johnnymason2460 3 жыл бұрын

The 1977 Lebaron was also known as the Dodge Diplomat! It would later become the New Yorker and later on the Fifth Avenue(up until 1989)! Needs to be a video on the New Yorker!

@erikbunty2016 3 жыл бұрын

And Plymouth Fury.

@johnnymason2460 2 жыл бұрын

@@erikbunty2016 Actually Gran Fury. But thanks for the reminder.

@erikbunty2016 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnymason2460 Yes, I forgot to put Gran before it. I think the Fury was a B-Body car.

@rich19727 3 жыл бұрын

What an awesome car!!

@ezerod1858 2 жыл бұрын

😆😂🤣 Adding a captain Kirk screaming to Ricardo Montalban "KAN" was a amusing detail to the video. You make lol. I remember the Lebaron was the first convertible car since 1975 after the federal ban.

@DM-hw4cr 3 жыл бұрын

That 76 LeBaron was a beauty LOL

@bretknol1981 3 жыл бұрын

I remember LeBaron as a trim level on my father's 1964 Imperial.

@filthylucreonyoutube 2 жыл бұрын

Bought an '89 LeBaron convertible new, traded it in 2007. Absolutley phenomenally fun car, no breakdowns, no leaks. I might be a fan base of one, but I thought the body style held up.

@danielulz1640 3 жыл бұрын

I miss my 1983 Renault Alliance DL sedan. Strangely, it was the most trouble-free car I ever owned. I traded it in on a 1988 Mercury Tracer wagon when Renault left the country.

@alkalineorganicfanatic8655 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos! Wow, what a throwback to my younger days. We had so many of these cars in my house growing up! I had a 97 Talon TSi AWD, followed by a Eldorado ETC of the same year. I would love to see a video on either! Cheers!

@arcticdragon3565 3 жыл бұрын

I was raised with my dad's 1978 LeBaron Town and Country that never ran. Has a 318. They should really bring back the nameplate on one of the Peugeot platforms now that Stellantis exists.

@kingkatradio 3 жыл бұрын

I got a weird one, Kia Sephia. Maybe a future one could be when Kia Came to The United States in the late 90s.

@733DMPILOT 3 жыл бұрын

Darth Vader doing LeBaron commercials is hilarious

@ItalianCJM8232 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid!!!

@bc5441 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I suggest exploring the Imperial marque (1955-1975) that you reference here, including the flagship Imperial LeBaron, and also another longtime Chrysler nameplate, the New Yorker.

@yusefinc1096 3 жыл бұрын

First car I ever had was a 79 LeBaron. Parents gave it to me in late 95. It was literally a POS. Sometimes it started sometimes it didn’t. 4 door plushy seats. I had to take the bus to HS because I never knew if it would start at school 😂

@HWolfeIII 3 жыл бұрын

My Dad inherited a Dodge 600 from his sister, I tried to buy it from him, but he wouldn't sell it to me. Looking at this video reminded me that it was probably for the best!

@andreblackaller3560 3 жыл бұрын

The LeBaron was quite literally the S Class in Mexico, I have an uncle that was a millionaire winemaker. He drove a black LeBaron and I remember thinking how incredibly luxurious and elegant the car was. It was truly amazing to see it parked next to the VW Beetles that crowded Mexican streets back then.

@sauluribe7082 2 жыл бұрын

Good one 3:18. Same thing Castanza shouted who again coincidentally owned Jon Voight's LeBaron.

@acca5512 3 жыл бұрын

Lebaron is a name I'd love to see Chrysler bring back.

@chriscornelius2518 3 жыл бұрын

I would only like it if they would get rid of that Fiat.

@theskoob2944 2 жыл бұрын

I had a coupe, two convertibles, and a GTS version. Some of the most beautiful cars ever.

@tommy80123 3 жыл бұрын

My parents had a 92 LeBaron convertible and I loved the retractable headlights and cool (for the time) interior.

@marksommers6764 3 жыл бұрын

Loved my LeBaron , Marc Cross , turbo convertible , no wood . Sold it at 235 thousand miles

@gerritniehaus8708 3 жыл бұрын

I had a 1995 Chrysler Saratoga from 2011 until 2017. Saratoga was the name under which the LeBaron Sedan was sold in some European Counties. It was on of the most reliable cats I ever had.

@michaelhoard9548 2 жыл бұрын

I had the 89 hardtop as my first car. Wasn't bad but no power. It was also fun to floor it and watch the electronic speedometer go crazy until you settled down to a steady speed.

@TehDrewsus 3 жыл бұрын

How about the dodge/Plymouth colt? My dad had one when I was a kid. He got it when I was in kindergarten, and I learned to drive stick on it when I was 16. By the time it was done when I was 19 (someone rear ended my dad doing about $150 of damage totaling the car), the clutch was optional. The (lack of) options were crazy. No AC, given on a $7000 car. But then no tach, no clock, no radio. If you wanted the door to stay locked when you shut it, you had to hold the handle when you closed the door. Otherwise had to lock it with the key. Still a lot of good memories!

@chriscornelius2518 3 жыл бұрын

That 2 door model with the hideaway headlights was beautiful. I don't know how reputable, but they were the nicest of the lineup. The convertible was also one of the nicest for any brand. Once again, I'm unsure about the reliability.

@a1ar127 3 жыл бұрын

We had a Lebaron convertible, the one with the hideaway headlights. Think it was an 89 or 1990. Great looking car. The V6 engine was terrible… exhaust smoked terribly and I was told it was valve lifter guides and was gonna cost $$$ to fix. I was forever dumping gooey oil thickeners in the crankcase to tighten things up. The wife drove it most f the time and didn’t get as upset with the smoke. She traded it in for a Grand Cherokee about '96 or so. I do recall the automatic top was flawless. I’d had two converts before that, a Corvair and a Camaro, both with manual tops, so the motorized top on the Lebaron was a real luxury😊