I graduated high school in 1984. I thought these were dumb back because they didn't have a V8 and rear wheel drive, but now I think it's cool. Especially compared to the overcomplicated junk they make today. I'd like to have one.
Growing up in Detroit in the '70s & '80 My Grandmother worked for Chrysler and I will never forget when She brought one of these home right before Christmas in '85..!!! In fact She got it in October for the brand new '86s, I was in the 8th grade. Man, she let me drive it and I will never forget it..!!! Not bad for the K Series, huh... Love You Always, Grandma Earlene....LONG LIVE CHRYSLER & IMPERIAL MOTORS...!!!.
So Chrysler was a Ford property or did he leave Chrysler to work for Ford or GM afterwards? I can't even remember if Chrysler is still around. I know they merged with Mercedes to form Daimler-Chrysler but that's about it.
Those are pizza wheels. The Swiss cheese ones literally looked like Swiss cheese. Similar but with more holes in it. Personally these are the best wheels. The Ninja wheels of the 90's looked great but losing the plastic inner piece was a pain. Then there was the crab wheels. Those and the pizzas were the best. There were also some plastic ninja looking wheels that came out on some CSX's? Didn't last. Don't forget about the 1986 Chrysler Daytona Pacifica. Best featured Daytona ever. I miss these cars. Best times of my life.
I got this as my first car when I turned 17 back in 2012, loved every minute I got with it. Still in my grandpas junkyard, would love to get it running again.
I had one of these! Same color, same interior! The non-turbo version. Absolutely the best-handling car in the snow I've ever owned! Man...wish I still had it!
Really nice looking Laser. I hope it finds a good home. I had a new 84' Dodge Daytona turbo in the same color. I never cared for the digital dash either and had the analog. Living in MA also I can attest to what the crap weather here will do to a car over a few winters.
With the options it has. This might be a 1 off… plus it will last a long long time if the turbo and headgaskets/timing is maintained. I’d love to have it!
I has a 85 XT with a 5 speed that was my brother's originally. I found the car was titled as a Dodge Laser. After tinkering that laser could easily do 160 mph
My first car back in 87/88 was a black (with red stripe) 84 Laser XE Turbo automatic, fully loaded except no leather (which I preferred anyways). Bought it off some old lady who really didn't know what the car was worth, and basically drove it like a teenager for several years. Fun times! 😁
Very nice-looking car. It has that 80's future car look to it. I would definitely buy one if I had the money and add some stuff to it like modern taillights and window louvers on the rear would look really nice.
I had the '85 Laser XE w/2.2L turbo with the same exterior color but light gray/gray cloth interior back in 1989 during my college days. It had the digital dash, power windows, locks, and seat. Wish it had the turbo boost gage, but got the animation screen instead. Always had mod fever, so I upgraded the whole ECU to one from Direct Connection, the Mopar Performance Division, which provided another 3.5 psi boost and different timing & fuel mapping. I also degreed (slotted) the cam sprocket (retarded 4 deg) to reduce turbo lag and provide more midrange punch, as well as had a local muffler shop put a custom cat-back in with a 2 or 2 1/4" dia. mid-pipe, with a DynaMax muffler and stock oval tip. It move pretty good for what it was.
My dad had one of these! I'm super bummed it got totalled, and I've been wanting one forever. Unfortunately they're rare and pretty expensive... Maybe someday. Lol a very nice car indeed.
You really "HIT THE MARK" for me on this one. I was a poor kid with parents that could care less if I ate dinner the night before. This was the kind of stuff I would day dream of having. Brings back both bad and good memories . It's amazing how similar the design is to the mustang gt and the mustang lx ? Is there anything to that that you know of?
My uncle bought the same exact car & color when he retired from the Boston police department in 1985 lol brings back a lot of memories lol I thought it was the coolest car ever digital dash lol
My grandpa had an 85 Daytona turbo Z same wheels as this but red car. I have the aftermarket computer for it. He removed it before selling to his friend for his daughter. It takes boost from 7 (on the gauge) to 12psi (as per gauge) and wastegate stays closed until 6500 rpm instead of stock 5500 rpm. Maybe I’ll find one to put it in.
I bought a black one new, but it did not have the turbo. A lot of good times were had in that car. Traded it in 1993. If I didn't just buy a 2022 Challenger Scat Pack, I would buy this one.
I had one of these. Manual. Turbo. I ised to smoke Celica, Hondas, and nissans all day long. And the Japanese competition would rot out way before the warranty ran out too
When I think about this car I think about quantum leap! Because as I recall, that’s what the main character drove! lol. I remember seeing it so much on the show that that’s literally all I associate the car with. And Scott bakula. 😂
A friend "gave" me one of these in 98 or 99. I only had it for a few months, it had a lot of problems and I thought I'd be able to fix it but it just had so many electrical gremlins I think it wound up getting scrapped. We did have some fun with it before though, I remember jumping it through a snow bank and pushing shopping carts to like 60mph and watching them crash lol. I wish I still had it now...
My first car originally was supposed to be a Chrysler laser that looked almost identical to this one but months before I got my license a drunk driver crashed into it and drove off the laser was completely totaled and was sold to a junkyard
If I was American, id have that as a daily driver 🤷♂️ the 80s styling is cool and refreshingly different to the electric shavers cruising the roads today.
It's a sexy money pit, but I love the presentation! My first car was a lazer, 85 i think..brownish/copper, but dark, rustic and cool. Head gasket within 6 months back from the beach on the highway..i flipped haha
I've always loved these and the Daytona twin. Long Live EEK! A rare bird, and was poised for success should the proposed efficiency mandates have been implemented. Only Chrysler would have met them.
I had an opportunity to buy one of these in 1995 fresh out of high school. It was black on black with the red pinstriping. It was stick, leather and the digital dash. I think it might have had the talking features as well. The seller wanted $2,600 for it. I only had $2,000. He didn't want to budge. My dad was with me when we looked at it. He didn't want to lend me the money, taught me to earn everything on my own. That and he said they weren't reliable. I probably would have gotten in a lot of trouble. Teenage boy and a relatively fast car... oh boy.
Saw this on Ebay. Can I get a driving video that shows full throttle acceleration in 2nd gear up to redline? I have looked at so many of these that don't boost right or cut out. Very interested in this one. I used to own an '85 XE and wouldn't mind having another Laser. Also would like to see a cold start video.
How much are these going for in 2024? My dad had one int he 90s so it was relatively new back then. We bought it used for how much I don't know but he sadly totalled it in an accident. Now that he's passed away, I feel like buying one to have that connection again.
Had one of the laser in gold color ,stick put in ,ran so quite,and fast .wish I could find another ,would buy it again .great memories with my deceit husband ,and to kids,and two pugs .
The wheels are from the Lazer I think because they weren’t supposed to be available for the Daytona. That or due to year but you said right year so must be Lazer not Daytona. It was a pretty nice little car.
Bro I'm sorry in advance but you say how knowledgeable you are with Chrysler but you said the build quality of the interior was really not so good but in the mid 80's all domestic car interiors were absolute trash, and actually Chrysler was pretty good, at least my '86 Laser was, I bought mine in '96 and it was in excellent condition. Also dude you talk way too much about unimportant stuff, you repeat the same thing over and over you left out many key details about the awesomeness of the digital dash way way ahead of it's time and instead you took the time to explain that Chrysler had changed their radios in 20 years and that's how this on was upgrade to a CD player, bruh 1st of all Chrysler did change their radios but because all radios are a standard size there would have been no problem to install any radio in that space, you're wasting time talking about unimportant stuff when there is so much awesomeness to be said about that car
Also the window switches were not on the console, I had the fully loaded model with digital dash electric windows ect and the window switches were on the door.
I have to agree about the digital dash. I had a 87 Daytona Pacifica, red with T-Tops, digital dash and the turbo. My window switches were on the door armrests. My interior was like this one but was a lighter shade of gray. Those seats were everything! So comfortable and mine were full power with the inflatable bolsters. The Pacifica trim had unique wheels that were a beast to keep clean. The only thing that went wrong with it was the A/C went out but was replaced under manufacturer warranty. I would LOVE to have my car back today..... 😕
Cool car. I wish they had given it the Mitsubishi VR-4 AWD system. If you’re powering the front wheels on a Sports/Grand Touring car, then you might as well power the rear wheels, as well, for the sake of performance, fun, and novelty.
The Mitsubishi 3000GT/GTO VR-4/Dodge Stealth didn't come until 1990. The Chrysler Laser was in production from 1984 to 1986. Completely different cars and transmissions. Additionally, Chrysler would have had to reengineer the entire floorpan for the rear driveshaft, as the K-car platform was not engineered to support all wheel drive. In fact, the Diamond Star cars wouldn't arrive until 1988 as 1989 cars running Mitsubishi 2.0L four cylinders, completely different from the much older and less sophisticated 2.2Ls Chrysler was running. Not sure how you planned on time travelling from 1990 to 1984 with 1990 Mitsubishi all wheel drive technology or even how you would have funded it, but as long as your flex capacitor was fully charged with plutonium, would have been fun to watch you try, Future Dude.
@@orphancargarage5746 Its a great car and your price is very reasonable... i had an 85 Daytona which was the only new car i have ever owned and it was spectacular. The ONLY option i did not have was the turbo.
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I graduated high school in 1984. I thought these were dumb back because they didn't have a V8 and rear wheel drive, but now I think it's cool. Especially compared to the overcomplicated junk they make today. I'd like to have one.
I completely agree!
I graduated in 81 and bought an 86 LX with the GT options and that 5.0 never lost to any 4 banger back then. I almost felt bad for them after a while
They were the biggest junk piles of the 1980s...the gimmicks like talking were hilarious
I think these are kinda cool because of their rarity.
I had one . I absolutely loved mine. "Your Keys are in the ignition. ".
They were junk... many people bought the. Cuz they talked..gimmicky ...they were 80 to 100k mile wonders
Growing up in Detroit in the '70s & '80 My Grandmother worked for Chrysler and I will never forget when She brought one of these home right before Christmas in '85..!!! In fact She got it in October for the brand new '86s, I was in the 8th grade. Man, she let me drive it and I will never forget it..!!! Not bad for the K Series, huh... Love You Always, Grandma Earlene....LONG LIVE CHRYSLER & IMPERIAL MOTORS...!!!.
You gotta give it to Iaccocca - a turbo and leather seats on a chopped down K Car. It works! She's a beaut. Good luck.
Remember he came up with the Mustang off of the Falcon econocar platform too.
Indeed....Long Live LEE....!!!!
So Chrysler was a Ford property or did he leave Chrysler to work for Ford or GM afterwards? I can't even remember if Chrysler is still around. I know they merged with Mercedes to form Daimler-Chrysler but that's about it.
Those are pizza wheels. The Swiss cheese ones literally looked like Swiss cheese. Similar but with more holes in it. Personally these are the best wheels. The Ninja wheels of the 90's looked great but losing the plastic inner piece was a pain. Then there was the crab wheels. Those and the pizzas were the best. There were also some plastic ninja looking wheels that came out on some CSX's? Didn't last. Don't forget about the 1986 Chrysler Daytona Pacifica. Best featured Daytona ever. I miss these cars. Best times of my life.
I have this 1984 laser identical to this one. I got it for my high school graduation present in 1993.
Wow, your parents had money!
@sugarsore um no, it was $1800 and it was 9 years old when I got it.
I got an 85 for my graduation in 1990. I loved that car
I got this as my first car when I turned 17 back in 2012, loved every minute I got with it. Still in my grandpas junkyard, would love to get it running again.
I had one of these! Same color, same interior! The non-turbo version. Absolutely the best-handling car in the snow I've ever owned! Man...wish I still had it!
Lolol they horrendous junk piles ..
Really nice looking Laser. I hope it finds a good home. I had a new 84' Dodge Daytona turbo in the same color. I never cared for the digital dash either and had the analog. Living in MA also I can attest to what the crap weather here will do to a car over a few winters.
With the options it has. This might be a 1 off… plus it will last a long long time if the turbo and headgaskets/timing is maintained. I’d love to have it!
Has a fresh timing belt. No head gasket leaks. I assume it's been done already.
Those wheels were actually only offered on the Daytona. The "Swiss Cheese " Wheels had more holes.
I has a 85 XT with a 5 speed that was my brother's originally. I found the car was titled as a Dodge Laser. After tinkering that laser could easily do 160 mph
I had a silver 85 XT, 5 speed, and T-Tops. Loved it.
I had these and NO, they would not do 160
My first car back in 87/88 was a black (with red stripe) 84 Laser XE Turbo automatic, fully loaded except no leather (which I preferred anyways). Bought it off some old lady who really didn't know what the car was worth, and basically drove it like a teenager for several years. Fun times! 😁
My dad had an 84 turbo, Mopar computer. I remember pulling on 5.0 mustangs lol
Very nice-looking car. It has that 80's future car look to it. I would definitely buy one if I had the money and add some stuff to it like modern taillights and window louvers on the rear would look really nice.
Blast from the past. 1985 Plymouth laser was my first car. Loved that thing.
I had the '85 Laser XE w/2.2L turbo with the same exterior color but light gray/gray cloth interior back in 1989 during my college days. It had the digital dash, power windows, locks, and seat. Wish it had the turbo boost gage, but got the animation screen instead. Always had mod fever, so I upgraded the whole ECU to one from Direct Connection, the Mopar Performance Division, which provided another 3.5 psi boost and different timing & fuel mapping. I also degreed (slotted) the cam sprocket (retarded 4 deg) to reduce turbo lag and provide more midrange punch, as well as had a local muffler shop put a custom cat-back in with a 2 or 2 1/4" dia. mid-pipe, with a DynaMax muffler and stock oval tip. It move pretty good for what it was.
My dad had one of these! I'm super bummed it got totalled, and I've been wanting one forever. Unfortunately they're rare and pretty expensive... Maybe someday. Lol a very nice car indeed.
Thank you!
You really "HIT THE MARK" for me on this one. I was a poor kid with parents that could care less if I ate dinner the night before. This was the kind of stuff I would day dream of having. Brings back both bad and good memories .
It's amazing how similar the design is to the mustang gt and the mustang lx ? Is there anything to that that you know of?
My uncle bought the same exact car & color when he retired from the Boston police department in 1985 lol brings back a lot of memories lol I thought it was the coolest car ever digital dash lol
I wish it was the blue one, still an awesome car. You always get the best! Keep it up and I will keep looking for my dream car.
Thanks! 👍
Beautiful car!
My grandpa had an 85 Daytona turbo Z same wheels as this but red car. I have the aftermarket computer for it. He removed it before selling to his friend for his daughter. It takes boost from 7 (on the gauge) to 12psi (as per gauge) and wastegate stays closed until 6500 rpm instead of stock 5500 rpm. Maybe I’ll find one to put it in.
I bought a black one new, but it did not have the turbo. A lot of good times were had in that car. Traded it in 1993. If I didn't just buy a 2022 Challenger Scat Pack, I would buy this one.
I had one of these. Manual. Turbo. I ised to smoke Celica, Hondas, and nissans all day long. And the Japanese competition would rot out way before the warranty ran out too
When I think about this car I think about quantum leap! Because as I recall, that’s what the main character drove! lol. I remember seeing it so much on the show that that’s literally all I associate the car with. And Scott bakula. 😂
Thanks! I had forgotten all about that show!
All lasers from 84 to 86 had the spoilers.
A friend "gave" me one of these in 98 or 99. I only had it for a few months, it had a lot of problems and I thought I'd be able to fix it but it just had so many electrical gremlins I think it wound up getting scrapped. We did have some fun with it before though, I remember jumping it through a snow bank and pushing shopping carts to like 60mph and watching them crash lol. I wish I still had it now...
My first car originally was supposed to be a Chrysler laser that looked almost identical to this one but months before I got my license a drunk driver crashed into it and drove off the laser was completely totaled and was sold to a junkyard
If I was American, id have that as a daily driver 🤷♂️ the 80s styling is cool and refreshingly different to the electric shavers cruising the roads today.
It's a sexy money pit, but I love the presentation! My first car was a lazer, 85 i think..brownish/copper, but dark, rustic and cool. Head gasket within 6 months back from the beach on the highway..i flipped haha
I've always loved these and the Daytona twin. Long Live EEK!
A rare bird, and was poised for success should the proposed efficiency mandates have been implemented. Only Chrysler would have met them.
I had an opportunity to buy one of these in 1995 fresh out of high school. It was black on black with the red pinstriping. It was stick, leather and the digital dash. I think it might have had the talking features as well.
The seller wanted $2,600 for it. I only had $2,000. He didn't want to budge. My dad was with me when we looked at it. He didn't want to lend me the money, taught me to earn everything on my own. That and he said they weren't reliable. I probably would have gotten in a lot of trouble. Teenage boy and a relatively fast car... oh boy.
'Fast car' compared to what?
The car was a piece of shit.
Saw this on Ebay. Can I get a driving video that shows full throttle acceleration in 2nd gear up to redline? I have looked at so many of these that don't boost right or cut out. Very interested in this one. I used to own an '85 XE and wouldn't mind having another Laser. Also would like to see a cold start video.
How much are these going for in 2024? My dad had one int he 90s so it was relatively new back then. We bought it used for how much I don't know but he sadly totalled it in an accident. Now that he's passed away, I feel like buying one to have that connection again.
They are still relatively inexpensive. It's finding a good one that's the hard part.
beautiful, what did it sell for?
Agreed! Digital gauges suck! Nice 👍 car.
Great video John Great car
This Laser isn't talking to him the way I remember it. Used to be so annoying!! Plus the computer kept burning out. Ah the typical Crysler!
My first brand new car was a 1984 Dodge Daytona.
Had one of the laser in gold color ,stick put in ,ran so quite,and fast .wish I could find another ,would buy it again .great memories with my deceit husband ,and to kids,and two pugs .
I have a gold one…
The wheels are from the Lazer I think because they weren’t supposed to be available for the Daytona. That or due to year but you said right year so must be Lazer not Daytona. It was a pretty nice little car.
Very possible. I believe this car being a base Laser probably would have had steel wheels with covers when new.
I wish chrysler kept the laser until the early 90s. Hopefully, they'll revive it as a modern pony car as a rival to the camero and mustang.
The name reappeared in 1990 as a Mitsubishi based coupe (same as Eclipse) and that lasted until around 1993, I think.
Bro I'm sorry in advance but you say how knowledgeable you are with Chrysler but you said the build quality of the interior was really not so good but in the mid 80's all domestic car interiors were absolute trash, and actually Chrysler was pretty good, at least my '86 Laser was, I bought mine in '96 and it was in excellent condition. Also dude you talk way too much about unimportant stuff, you repeat the same thing over and over you left out many key details about the awesomeness of the digital dash way way ahead of it's time and instead you took the time to explain that Chrysler had changed their radios in 20 years and that's how this on was upgrade to a CD player, bruh 1st of all Chrysler did change their radios but because all radios are a standard size there would have been no problem to install any radio in that space, you're wasting time talking about unimportant stuff when there is so much awesomeness to be said about that car
Also the window switches were not on the console, I had the fully loaded model with digital dash electric windows ect and the window switches were on the door.
I have to agree about the digital dash. I had a 87 Daytona Pacifica, red with T-Tops, digital dash and the turbo. My window switches were on the door armrests. My interior was like this one but was a lighter shade of gray. Those seats were everything! So comfortable and mine were full power with the inflatable bolsters. The Pacifica trim had unique wheels that were a beast to keep clean. The only thing that went wrong with it was the A/C went out but was replaced under manufacturer warranty. I would LOVE to have my car back today..... 😕
Windows rarely stop easy to fix
Love it //////////////
I had an 85 non turbo Laser - same color too. It was ok, not great
Cool car. I wish they had given it the Mitsubishi VR-4 AWD system. If you’re powering the front wheels on a Sports/Grand Touring car, then you might as well power the rear wheels, as well, for the sake of performance, fun, and novelty.
The Mitsubishi 3000GT/GTO VR-4/Dodge Stealth didn't come until 1990. The Chrysler Laser was in production from 1984 to 1986. Completely different cars and transmissions. Additionally, Chrysler would have had to reengineer the entire floorpan for the rear driveshaft, as the K-car platform was not engineered to support all wheel drive. In fact, the Diamond Star cars wouldn't arrive until 1988 as 1989 cars running Mitsubishi 2.0L four cylinders, completely different from the much older and less sophisticated 2.2Ls Chrysler was running.
Not sure how you planned on time travelling from 1990 to 1984 with 1990 Mitsubishi all wheel drive technology or even how you would have funded it, but as long as your flex capacitor was fully charged with plutonium, would have been fun to watch you try, Future Dude.
Still have it? Would you sell it?
Duch a sweet car
Is it still available?
For sale?
Incorrect valve cover for that year, looks like the head was likely replaced with roller follower head 88+. Way too quiet idle.
Those are Pizza Wheels.
Pizza pan wheels
Is this car still available and what would the price be?
It's currently pending a sale at $8,900.
But can it say "Your door is ajar" ??? Mine did....
This one does not talk. Only the XE and XT models did, I believe.
@@orphancargarage5746 Its a great car and your price is very reasonable... i had an 85 Daytona which was the only new car i have ever owned and it was spectacular. The ONLY option i did not have was the turbo.
They never said "your door is ajar" they said, "A door is ajar" 😉 and my favorite... "All monitored systems are functioning"
I never cared for these. For the money, you could have bought something better
Isn't this a Mitsubishi?
No. That was the later generation Laser that was based on the Mitsubishi Eclipse. 1990-1995
There's probably a good reason I never see these anymore.
There is a reason why the world forgot these.
You said it wasn’t a turbo but it says turbo on it obviously you are not a good car reviewer
Huh? At no point do I say the car is a non turbo. In fact, I mention it has the turbo option several times.