150 new-old-stock 1997 export Neons. Make mine a DOHC with a 5-speed, please, don't care about color or door count.
150 new-old-stock 1997 export Neons. Make mine a DOHC with a 5-speed, please, don't care about color or door count.
Any idea if you can actually buy them here???
I'm sure shipping would be a killer, plus you might have to deal with the 25-year importation laws. Not sure if/how they would apply in this case since, aside from RHD, these are probably identical to the US versions.
Because they are branded as a Chrysler, would they be considered "never sold here?"
ready to deliver some mail?
Maybe shipping a bunch of them would be cheaper...
Put me down for 1, if not 2.
Who else is in?
Any coupes in the lot, or all they all 4-doors?
I'd take a couple. Maybe we can get a group buy?
Do want JDM y0 Neon!!!
In reply to mndsm:
Agreed.
Wow--that's pretty neat.
I wonder how 150 brand new cars got forgotten about.
Who even know they did left hand drive Neons??? (Well, maybe Neon experts would, but I sure didn't).
gamby wrote: Wow--that's pretty neat. I wonder how 150 brand new cars got forgotten about. Who even know they did left hand drive Neons??? (Well, maybe Neon experts would, but I sure didn't).
Not sure, but I think I rode in a few left hand drive neons. Even drove one or two!
Joey
I think they were actually sold as PO vehicles at some point, Chrysler was weird like that. You occasionally run across something like a Liberty that is RHD for that reason too.... I've even seen the occasional Outback in RHD.
joey48442 wrote:gamby wrote: Wow--that's pretty neat. I wonder how 150 brand new cars got forgotten about. Who even know they did left hand drive Neons??? (Well, maybe Neon experts would, but I sure didn't).Not sure, but I think I rode in a few left hand drive neons. Even drove one or two! Joey
I sa a couple left hand drive Neons at an aitocross last sunday.
mndsm wrote: I think they were actually sold as PO vehicles at some point, Chrysler was weird like that. You occasionally run across something like a Liberty that is RHD for that reason too.... I've even seen the occasional Outback in RHD.
No, no, no. Read the article. They are Chrysler Neons; not Dodge or Plymouth. Neons were badged as Chryslers when sold in right-hand-drive markets. They are not Post Office specials. 
In Singapore... These cars are probably completely impossible to put on the road over there. They have laws that make it really really difficult to keep a >10-year-old car on the road (after its "certificate of entitlement" runs out) which means a lot of them end up scrapped or exported to the U.K. I'll bet registering a 'new' one is even worse. Not surprised they're going so cheap.
I would SO drive one of those. I have a soft spot for RHD cars. My Classic Mini is RHD and I once owned a 79 Fairlady Z.
I'm pretty sure they called Chrysler Neon in Canada, too.
Only the second gens.
I'd drive one of these, no question. I loved my Neons....
That is a lot of NOS crash parts.
Holy crap! $1350 for a rust free 1st-gen Neon.
GROUP BUY!
Heck, I remember a day when you could have recouped 25% of the purchase price of each car there, just by selling the export-spec taillights.
joey48442 wrote:gamby wrote: Wow--that's pretty neat. I wonder how 150 brand new cars got forgotten about. Who even know they did left hand drive Neons??? (Well, maybe Neon experts would, but I sure didn't).Not sure, but I think I rode in a few left hand drive neons. Even drove one or two! Joey
Wow. lol. Temporary mental deficiency.
But seriously--how do 150 brand new (RHD) cars just get forgotten about??? Market value when new was a pretty serious sum of money.
Sky_Render wrote:mndsm wrote: I think they were actually sold as PO vehicles at some point, Chrysler was weird like that. You occasionally run across something like a Liberty that is RHD for that reason too.... I've even seen the occasional Outback in RHD.No, no, no. Read the article. They are Chrysler Neons; not Dodge or Plymouth. Neons were badged as Chryslers when sold in right-hand-drive markets. They are not Post Office specials.
Chrysler=Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep/Eagle in my head. When I say Chrysler, I think ALL the cars... not specifically the Chrysler Neon as it's sold outside of America. Think GM as opposed to Chevy.
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