The Plymouth

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Plymouth was a marque of automobile based in the United States, produced by the Chrysler Corporation and its successor DaimlerChrysler.-Origins:...

 Sundance is a compact

Compact car

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 car model

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 that was produced for model year

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s 1987 to 1994. It was designed to compete with upmarket compacts such as the Geo Prizm

Geo Prizm

The Geo/Chevrolet Prizm was a United States-market entry-level compact car produced for the 1989 through 2002 model years. Like the 1985–1988 Chevrolet Nova it replaced, the Prizm was a rebadged version of the Toyota Corolla...

, Ford Escort

Ford Escort (North American)

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 and the Honda Civic

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 after the production of the Horizon was to be extended. In Mexico

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, the car was sold as the Chrysler Shadow.
The Plymouth Sundance and the similar Dodge Shadow

Dodge Shadow

For 1987, Chrysler Corporation introduced two new compact cars, the Dodge Shadow and the Plymouth Sundance , intended to replace the Dodge Charger - Dodge Omni and Plymouth Turismo - Plymouth Horizon, respectively...

 was available in two body styles, a 2-door coupe

Coupé

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 and a 4-door sedan. Unlike the Dodge Shadow, a convertible

Convertible

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 model was not offered for the Sundance.