A very nice Plymouth Sundance, seen back in the great autumn of 2012 in Beijing. The vehicle seemed in fine condition, painted in white with a red brown stripe over the sides. Note the odd placement of the antenna.
The Plymouth Sundance was made from 1987 until 1994 in the United States and Mexico, where it was known as the Chrysler Shadow. There was also a Dodge-badged variant in the US, which was called the Dodge Shadow.
The Sundance was available with 2.2 and 2.5 liter K-engines or with a Mitsubishi sourced 3.0 V6. Power went to the front wheels. Sadly there was no engine badge on the car so I can’t be sure what was under the bonnet of our white example. The license plate area is way too small for a Chinese plate, so it is folded outwards on each side. Problem solved!
The Sundance was never officially sold in the the traditional way, with a dealer network and such, but at least one batch of Sundances were imported in the early 1990’s, and sold directly to Chinese car trade companies that sold them to consumers on general car markets. The Sundance even had an official Chinese name: 太阳舞, Taiyang Wu, literally Sun Dance.