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Would you believe us if we said this was a Plymouth? Maybe not,
because the Expresso is more interesting than anything Plymouth
made in the ’90s … until the Prowler arrived for the 1997 model
year, at least. (That retro-mobile debuted in concept form the
year before the urban runabout Expresso debuted.)
The
Expresso was built on the shortened frame of a Neon, to be sold
under both the Dodge and Plymouth brands, and used the compact’s
2.0-liter four-cylinder to power its front wheels.
The
four-door bubble would never reach production, but its name stuck
around in the Plymouth lineup as a trim package on the Neon, the
Voyager, and the Breeze. Be prepared to explain yourself if you
mention this concept in front of a coffee snob: This weirdo’s name
really is EX-presso, not Espresso. The proper pronunciation would
be too … well, proper.
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