Like GM, it too had a stale model lineup ( except for the best-selling minivans ) that was largely based on the aging K-car platform.

Both 2-door and 4-door models were built using a variant of the K-car platform, known as the P-body, which was based on a combination of the Dodge Daytona's suspension with a shortened version of the Dodge Lancer's body.

The K-car based Magnum was replaced by the Mexican Chrysler Shadow GTS for the 1989 model year.

The K-car based Magnum was replaced by the Mexican Chrysler Shadow GTS for the 1989 model year.

To almost no one's surprise, the similarly sized yet less technically sophisticated K-car based Dynasty, which had been introduced only two years earlier as a 1988 model, vastly outsold the new Monaco.

* The 1991 Dodge Spirit R / T with a version of the 2. 2 L K-car engine with a 16-valve DOHC head designed by Lotus with over.

The Dodge 400 was Dodge's second K-car in the early 1980s.

As a 5-door hatchback still derived from the K-car, the GTS ( and the similar Dodge Lancer ) was more of a performance vehicle, than the softer-tuned K-car LeBaron sedan.

Modifications included the tail lights, steering wheel, and owner's manual from a Dodge 600, custom paint, custom wheel covers, a very long antenna, a ' D ' hood ornament, fender badges that appear to say ' Gran Detroit ' and a trunk lid that was off of an older K-car convertible due to the luggage rack.

The most famous American passenger car application was the Chrysler system used beginning with the 1957 model year, although Chrysler's " Torsion-Aire " suspension was only for the front ; the same basic system ( longitudinal mounting ) was maintained until the 1981 introduction of the K-car.

The New Yorker was downsized yet again, and became a front-wheel drive car equipped with a four-cylinder engine using Chrysler's then-new E-body, an extension of the K-car platform.

The K-car LeBaron was also produced in Toluca and was sold for the 1983-86 model years.

From 1983 to 1988 it was a sporty two-door K-car with available turbocharger from 1984 on.

The Acclaim was a version of the Chrysler Corporation's AA-body 4-door sedan, which was an evolutionary development of Chrysler's extended K-car platform.

Ending production in 1995, the Acclaim was one of the last K-car derivatives produced by Chrysler.

The interior dimensions of both were virtually identical to the compact 1978 Fairmont, and quite similar to Chrysler ’ s K-car series.

Engineering work on the K-car began in 1976 after former Ford Motor Co. executive Hal Sperlich began working at Chrysler after having been fired by Ford.

Most of the interior trim, controls, and instrumentation were borrowed from the K-car, leading to a very " car-like " interior look and feel.

Chrysler's 2. 2 L K-car engine appeared in 1981 as an upmarket option to the small Volkswagen engine.

Kei car, K-car, or ( pronounced ), is a Japanese category of small vehicles, including passenger cars, vans, and pickup trucks.

Like most midrange-to-upscale K-car derivatives, digital dashboards and the Electronic Voice Alert were options.

The models employed a variant of the K-car platform, the P-body.

), a movie based on a character from the Mexican comic Los Supermachos of Mexican cartoonist Rius, who co-wrote the screenplay.

Although fashioned in European style, uniquely Mexican hybrid works based on native Mexican language and European musical practice, appeared very early.

* In El crimen del Padre Amaro ( The Crime of Father Amaro ) ( 2002 ), a Mexican film ( script by Vicente Leñero, based on the homonymous novel written in 1875 by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz ) about a sexual relationship between a priest and a girl, father Amaro recites it to his lover during their nocturnal meetings.

Gelbart-scripted films for television included Barbarians at the Gate ( 1993 ), a true story about the battle for control of the RJR Nabisco corporation starring James Garner that was based on the best-selling book of that name ; Weapons of Mass Distraction ( 1997 ) starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne as rival media moguls and And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself ( 2003 ) starring Antonio Banderas as the Mexican revolutionary leader.

In the unique experience in Hollywood, Zavattini written for the screen The Children of Sanchez ( 1978 ) based on Oscar Lewis ’ s book of the same title, a classic study of a Mexican family.

Some historians believed a primary motivation was shared religion with the Mexicans and sympathy for the Mexican cause, likely based on similarities between the situations in Mexico and Ireland.

Mexican cuisine uses a sauce based on chocolate and chillies known as mole.

While once based on the cultivar ' Brazos ', an old erect blackberry cultivar developed in Texas in 1959, the Mexican industry is now dominated by the Brazilian ' Tupi ' released in the 1990s.

" You Belong to My Heart " based its melody off of the Mexican song " Solamente una vez ", which was written by Agustín Lara.

The characters in Grim Fandango are based on Mexican calaca figures used to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

The Fort Hancock Independent School District, based in Fort Hancock, covers the western part of the county, along the El Paso County line from the Mexican border to the New Mexico state line.

Most of Nogales ' economy is based on agribusiness and produce distributors, which comes from large farms in the Mexican agri-belt.

The book's content includes information about Canadian and American airline companies ; it does not include any information regarding Mexican or Central American based airlines.

His detachment of the 90th Aero Squadron was based at Eagle Pass, patrolling the Mexican border.

Known for making art that was easily read by the public, especially the lower classes, Siqueiros ’ message in The March is more difficult to decipher, though it seems to fuse two visions of human progress, one international and one based in Mexican heritage.

This bread is based on a bread introduced by the French during the period of the French Intervention in Mexico ( 1863 – 1867 ), but since then has evolved to suit Mexican tastes, especially in Puebla state.

But just as in the case of the Mexican dollars, the Philippine unit was based on silver, unlike in the case of the United States and Canada where a gold standard operated.

Mexican Americans have also faced discrimination based on ethnicity, race, culture, poverty, and use of the Spanish language.

After the ringing of the bell, he repeats a cry of patriotism ( a Grito Mexicano ) based upon the " Grito de Dolores ", with the names of the important heroes of the Mexican War of Independence who were there on that very historical moment included, and ending with the threefold shout of ¡ Viva México!

The United States oil tycoon Edward Doheny reportedly donated considerable funds for the Cathedral's construction and maintenance after 1902, when he based his Mexican oil operations near Tampico.

The Tijuana Cartel ( Spanish: Cártel de Tijuana or Arellano-Félix Organization or Cártel Arellano Félix-CAF ) is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana.

Because of its historical and cultural connections to Mexico and strong Hispanic influences, California hosts numerous Spanish language radio stations, variety music shows and local based Mariachi and Mexican folk music bands.

Also in 1958, although not released in the U. S. until 1967 in a dubbed version, a Mexican version of Tom Thumb ( originally titled Pulgarcito ) was made based loosely on Charles Perrault's " Le petit Poucet ".