I have seen all sorts of listings for various K cars on Craigslist and the Internet in general, refering to the Reliants and Aries as "Granny Cars". What are everyone's feelings on this?? Are we all really driving Granny cars?? I have heard several people refer to my K that they could just picture Granny still sitting behind the wheel. When I bought a K new in 1981, they were anything but Granny cars. The marketing Buzz was fresh, young, exciting. and new. People would crowd around my K whenever it stopped. If Chrysler would have thought about the same marketing ploy used for the first Saturns, there would have been major K Car Clubs right from the begining! These cars weren't marketed as "old reliables" but as new, fresh cars of the new 80's Chrysler Revolution. How did this all change??
Thought I would mention, one of my Grannies drove a 1972 Chevey Malibu SS that she bought when the car was only 9 months old, had it the rest of her life. Can you say Fast?! Bright Blue, white top and interior. And no, she never thought about getting a Reliant.