#PlymouthSapporo
Junkyard Find: 1982 Plymouth Sapporo
Chrysler began importing rebadged Mitsubishis to North America starting with the Colt in the 1971 model year, with more models being added as the decade progressed. By 1976, Plymouth shoppers could buy a Mitsubishi Lancer Celeste as the sporty Arrow; Plymouth Arrow and Dodge D-50 (later Ram 50) pickups, based on the Mitsubishi Forte, showed up here in 1979. So that those Dodge/Plymouth dealers would have a small personal luxury coupe to sell, the Japanese-market Galant Lambda hardtop was pressed into American service as the Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Sapporo for 1978. Sales continued through 1983, and I’ve found one of those final Sapporos in a yard south of Denver, Colorado.
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Murilee Martin
Oct 04, 2021
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Rare Rides: The 1980 Dodge Challenger, a Galant by Any Other Name
Our Rare Ride today is an excellent condition example of an easily forgotten Malaise coupe from Chrysler Corp.
It is, of course, the second-generation Dodge Challenger, from 1980.
Corey Lewis
May 22, 2018
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Junkyard Find: 1982 Plymouth Sapporo
It was just a couple of months ago that I shot this blue ’82 Sapporo in a California junkyard… and now here’s another Sapporo in the same yard.
Murilee Martin
Mar 10, 2012
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Junkyard Find: 1982 Plymouth Sapporo
When you find a ’72 Dodge Colt wagon and an ’83 Mitsubishi Cordia within 15 feet of one another in a self-service junkyard, what more could you ask for? Why, you could go for the Mitsubishi Trifecta and ask for a Plymouth Sapporo right next to both of them!
Murilee Martin
Dec 15, 2011
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