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What year did Diamond-Star officially start?

I thought it wasn't until the 90's, or late 80's.

I know they had sales and marketing agreements/rebadging before that.
 
YY1 said:
What year did Diamond-Star officially start?

I thought it wasn't until the 90's, or late 80's.

I know they had sales and marketing agreements/rebadging before that.
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1985. Challenger/Sapporo production ended in 1983, so I guess they did precede DSM, and were produced while Mitsu was just a corporate partner and had not formalized things (Chrysler was a 15% shareholder of Mitsu at the time) by forming DSM and building a dedicated plant.
 
ProjectBazza said:
Isn't that the Sapporo?

Or am I missing something...again?
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Professor Fate said:
Sapporo was Plymouth, Challenger was Dodge. Nothing different but the name tags. Built by Mitsubishi, or Diamond Star Motors as they were known when working with Chrysler.
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My dad owned a Sapporo. I took my driver's license test in it.

IIRC, Challenger had the three "ribs" on the B piller and Sapporo was plain...or my dad's car had a little side light there.
 
Mercury bodied speedster photo taken in 1923. This car nick named "desert pal" was driven from Los Angeles to New York city in 7 days as a sales promotion. The driver was Frank Gegoux. He was hired by the LA based distributor of The Mercury Body Co. That journey today with interstate highways would be 2800 miles.


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