Dodge Aspen

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The Dodge Aspen is a compact car that was marketed by Dodge from the 1976 to 1980 model years. Deriving its name from the tree and the ski-resort city, the Aspen was the successor to the 1960–1976 Dodge Dart. The Plymouth division sold the model line as the Plymouth Volaré (Volare = "to fly" in Italian), replacing the Plymouth Valiant. The model line marked the debut of the all-new Chrysler F platform, which became the ground-up redesign of the Chrysler compact line since its 1960 debut. While the two-door coupe lost the hardtop roofline of the Dart/Valiant, the Aspen/Volaré were also offered as a four-door sedan and a five-door station wagon (marking the return of the Chrysler compact wagon for the first time since 1966). The Aspen and Volaré were both released during a period when the American Big Three were actively downsizing their entire product lines: full-size to compact vehicles were affected. As model redesigns reached production, the central factor behind them was reduction...

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