Why are there so many Dodge Scamps?

For me, it's the fact that it's a stripe from a different brand of car... many younger folks might not know that while Dodge and Plymouth were sister brands under the Chrysler umbrella, they were wholly separate divisions and fierce competitors with each other. It seemed at the time that they competed harder with each other than with brands from GM and Ford, something that's been lost under the modern concept of all Mopar being as one.

Back in the day, I used to streetrace a big-block swapped '67 Barracuda and it really grated on me when some Bowtie clown would refer to my car as a "Dodge"... call it a Chrysler, call it a Mopar but my Plymouth ain't no Dodge!

Funny how things change...