1988 Plymouth Reliant K from North America - Comments

We called ours "Proud Mary", best car I ever had, wish they would make more of them.

I drive a 1988 Plymouth Reliant K-car daily. It has the larger (2.5 liter) engine in it. Paid $250 for it 4 YEARS AGO and all we have done to it during that time is 3 oil changes and front brakes. I'll admit that the rear shocks are toast, but hey... talk about saving money!?!?

Just bought a 1988 Reliant K wagon that looks like it came out of a TIME MACHINE. I bought it from an 85 year old woman who was the original owner. It has 33,000 ORIGINAL miles on it. I had had an Aires K sedan back in 1982 and put 100k miles on it, sold it to my mother and she put 50k on it before selling it to someone.

This wagon had the original fuel filter, plugs and air filter in it. Same with the belts. Only problem is the A/C condenser is shot so I'll have to have it retro-fitted for new coolant.

This car is AMAZING. Cost $1,500.00 and worth EVERY PENNY.

My Mother's 1988 Plymouth Reliant is still going strong, even after 20 years & one timing belt! Regular maintenance has been done (overseen by me) & I hope to inherit it at some point. (I personally drove a cousin of this car, a 1990 Acclaim, for 80,000 miles & found it to have been built like an aircraft carrier. It shared the 2.5 liter I-4 with my mom's car.) Without exaggerating, the Reliants were built like tanks!