The Plymouth Cricket nameplate was used on Galants from 1974 in Canada, after Chrysler pulled the plug on the unhappy Hillman Avenger-based model sourced from the UK.
The Plymouth Arrow was offered from 1976, a badge-engineered version of the Mitsubishi Lancer Celeste.
From 1979, the Dodge Colt and Plymouth Champ nameplates applied to the front-wheel-drive Mitsubishi Mirage imports into North America.
In the 1980s, the Eagle Summit joined the array of nameplates describing a Mitsubishi Lancer, as did the Vista designation for tall wagon versions based on the Mitsubishi RVR or Space Runner.
Plymouth had gotten the short end of the deal when given the British-built Cricket.
Colt's rear suspension is "U" shaped with two trailing arms and struts (shock absorbers)-with improved rubber bushings and progressive rate springs for a compliant ride.
Although designed for different purposes, Colt and Colt Vista both have versions of strut and coil spring independent front suspension and trailing arm rear suspension with coil springs and shock absorbers.
At the same time the Colt was introduced, Plymouth debuted a similar subcompact model called the Cricket, which was based on an older English design, but the model wasn't nearly as popular for a variety of reasons and was discontinued after 1973.
The Colt, while never as popular as its true domestic brethren (the Pinto and Vega), it was still a solid performer for Dodge, reaching a peak of 125,000 in 1975 - and it didn't suffer the mechanical and body rust woes like they did.
In 1979, the Colt was completely redesigned (and of course still Mitsubishi-built) as a much smaller car (some might classify this as a mini-car), and gained an identical Plymouth version called the Champ, the first sub-compact to bear the Plymouth name since the unloved 1973 Cricket.
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