It had a 225 slant six. That wouldn't start. That would hesitate and stall out in intersections. It got 11 miles per gallon and terrible acceleration. The dealership could not fix it. My dad who was a pretty good amateur mechanic couldn't fix it.
The car was either defective or very poorly designed.
She eventually sold it at a great loss and bought a little red Honda CVCC hatchback with a manual transmission that she drove for 200k miles without no problems but body rust.
There are cars that are lemons right out of the factory. Unfortunately, you probably got a lemon with that wagon but Plymouths of that era were not known for their reliability.
I don't agree. My mother bought a new Plymouth Volare station wagon when I was a kid.
It looked exactly like this one:
https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1979-plymouth-volare-wagon.jpg
It had a 225 slant six. That wouldn't start. That would hesitate and stall out in intersections. It got 11 miles per gallon and terrible acceleration. The dealership could not fix it. My dad who was a pretty good amateur mechanic couldn't fix it.
The car was either defective or very poorly designed.
She eventually sold it at a great loss and bought a little red Honda CVCC hatchback with a manual transmission that she drove for 200k miles without no problems but body rust.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/67/10/0e/67100eb048e73766844d8da184dc99fc.jpg
My mom and I went drove to Florida and into the mountains for camping trips. What a great little car. I learned to drive in that car.
There are cars that are lemons right out of the factory. Unfortunately, you probably got a lemon with that wagon but Plymouths of that era were not known for their reliability.