I am interested in purchasing a Dodge Spirit, is it a good reliable
vehicle?
Very much so. Especially if you get the 4-cylinder engine, or if you pick
one with a V6, make it a '93 or later with the 3-speed automatic rather
than the 4-speed.
What is the last year this vehicle was built in?
They were made from 1989 through 1995.
I have heard good things about the Dodge Spirit and I believe
the Plymouth Acclaim is a similar vehicle.
Yes, also the 1990 to 1994 Chrysler LeBaron sedan -- all three, the same
vehicle.
Here's the relevant part of a post I made a couple weeks ago on this
topic:
From: Daniel J. Stern <
[email protected]>
Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.chrysler
Subject: Re: Plymouth Acclaim purchase advice
I got a new job that I'm going to have to commute to, so my wife and I
need to buy a second car. Money is tight so I can't really buy anything
new. One car I'm thinking of buying is a 1995 Plymouth Acclaim.
A Spirit/Acclaim in good condition with the 2.5/auto is a *very* solid
buy.
Given the choice between trusting a basically-sound '95 Acclaim and
trusting a basically-sound Taurus of *any* model year, I'd trust the
Acclaim first, every time. The likelihood of any kind of stranding failure
is just far lower in the Acclaim. The Tauruses tend to have electrical
problems and transmission problems that render them rather untrustworthy,
in my experience.
I sold my '92, with the 2.5/auto, when it had 264,000 km on it. The engine
was beginning to get a little tired, as was the driver's seat. I miss that
car, should've freshened the engine and driver's seat and kept driving it.
I bought it with 198,000 km on it (from a family member who'd bought it
with 110,000 km on it), put an exhaust system and set of shocks/struts on
it, and drove it 66,000 of the least-expensive, most-reliable KMs I've
ever driven any car. It *never* stranded me, *never* failed to start,
*never* gave me even the barest hint that it could not be trusted to take
me wherever, whenever, and get me back home.
DS
