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omni Archive
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The Cars & Trucks of My Formative Years, Part 2: 1981 Dodge Omni – Little Boy Blue, I Hardly Knew You
Posted on June 17, 2025 | 24 CommentsWelcome to Part 2 of this multipart series featuring pictures of select cars from my youth. As with the 1970 Ford F-100 in Part 1, I also saved these Omni […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Plymouth Horizon TC3 – Beyond The Blue Horizon
Posted on September 7, 2022 | 102 Comments(first posted 1/28/2013) It’s rather remarkable that this car managed to appear when it did. In late 1978, when Chrysler Corporation was in the depths of its worst crisis to […] -
Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 35 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 to 1980 Dodge Omni – The Formative Years
Posted on July 18, 2019 | 80 CommentsThe sun was shining brightly, the new restaurant Mrs. Jason and I had just tried was a success, and we were taking a nice stroll around the downtown area. With […] -
CC Capsule: 1985 Dodge Omni – The Perfect CC Commuter?
Posted on December 16, 2014 | 64 CommentsAs I’ve shopped for cars to replace my stupid Ford Focus, I’m realizing that I really prefer hatchbacks and wagons. Staggering numbers of compact sedans, Civics and Corollas leading the […] -
eBay Find: 1986 Dodge Omni GLHS – Muscle Geek
Posted on April 24, 2014 | 34 CommentsAnyone got $16k lying around? That’s how much it will cost to make this Omni GLH Shelby a part of your fleet. It’s just the thing for those of you […] -
CC Road Trip: In Search of the Humblest Mopars
Posted on August 3, 2013 | 38 CommentsI don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying Mopar week, not least Virgil Exner’s wilder excursions into stylistic la-la land. But there was another era, devoid of Exner’s […] -
CC Outtake: Don’t Mess With This Omni
Posted on March 2, 2013 | 10 CommentsI saw this 4×4 Omni just this afternoon, and at first thought I was hallucinating. But a quick left turn onto the side street proved my eyes were not deceiving […] -
Car Show Outtake: It May Be The World’s Nicest Omni
Posted on September 25, 2012 | 36 CommentsAt the recent Geneseo car show I ran across a rare bird indeed. How rare? How about a 1989 Dodge Omni with less than 30K on the clock? And get […] -
CC Capsule: 1985 Dodge Omni GLH – The Triplets in the Yard
Posted on July 7, 2012 | 33 CommentsIn 1978, most people would have had substantial difficulty keeping a straight face if saying “Dodge Omni” and “high performance” in the same sentence. With only a 1.7 liter Volkswagen […] -
CC Outtake: Twofer; Or Threefer
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 1 CommentThis was the highlight of my walk this morning. It’s always nice finding multiple CCs in one shot and this is one of my better twofer finds. Although there’s a […]
![The Cars & Trucks of My Formative Years, Part 2: 1981 Dodge Omni – Little Boy Blue, I Hardly Knew You Welcome to Part 2 of this multipart series featuring pictures of select cars from my youth. As with the 1970 Ford F-100 in Part 1, I also saved these Omni […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1981-Dodge-Omni-4.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Plymouth Horizon TC3 – Beyond The Blue Horizon (first posted 1/28/2013) It’s rather remarkable that this car managed to appear when it did. In late 1978, when Chrysler Corporation was in the depths of its worst crisis to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/01-09-2013-006-e1357951803578.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1 (first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jasons-dad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1978 to 1980 Dodge Omni – The Formative Years The sun was shining brightly, the new restaurant Mrs. Jason and I had just tried was a success, and we were taking a nice stroll around the downtown area. With […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_0276.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1985 Dodge Omni – The Perfect CC Commuter? As I’ve shopped for cars to replace my stupid Ford Focus, I’m realizing that I really prefer hatchbacks and wagons. Staggering numbers of compact sedans, Civics and Corollas leading the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1985-Dodge-Omni-f.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![eBay Find: 1986 Dodge Omni GLHS – Muscle Geek Anyone got $16k lying around? That’s how much it will cost to make this Omni GLH Shelby a part of your fleet. It’s just the thing for those of you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/OmniShelby1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Road Trip: In Search of the Humblest Mopars I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying Mopar week, not least Virgil Exner’s wilder excursions into stylistic la-la land. But there was another era, devoid of Exner’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1979-Dodge-Omni-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: Don’t Mess With This Omni I saw this 4×4 Omni just this afternoon, and at first thought I was hallucinating. But a quick left turn onto the side street proved my eyes were not deceiving […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-28-2013-030-1280x852-e1362087373866.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Outtake: It May Be The World’s Nicest Omni At the recent Geneseo car show I ran across a rare bird indeed. How rare? How about a 1989 Dodge Omni with less than 30K on the clock? And get […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/09-08-2012-138-e1348426426407.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1985 Dodge Omni GLH – The Triplets in the Yard In 1978, most people would have had substantial difficulty keeping a straight face if saying “Dodge Omni” and “high performance” in the same sentence. With only a 1.7 liter Volkswagen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P6240700.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: Twofer; Or Threefer This was the highlight of my walk this morning. It’s always nice finding multiple CCs in one shot and this is one of my better twofer finds. Although there’s a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-128-002-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


