Introduced for the 1990 model year, this compact sporty coupe was Chrysler’s Plymouth-badged member of the Diamond-Star Motors trio, sharing its basic architecture with the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Eagle Talon. It arrived as part of Plymouth’s effort to modernize its image at the start of the 1990s, pairing an everyday front-wheel-drive layout with the styling and performance appeal then attracting younger buyers. The nameplate was launched in early 1989 as a 1990 model and initially offered in base, RS, and RS Turbo forms.
Over the early run, the car evolved in step with its DSM siblings. For 1991, Chrysler added safety and drivability updates, and turbo models gained broader transmission availability. A more substantial refresh came for 1992, when the car received revised front and rear styling and fixed headlights in place of the earlier pop-up lamps. That update also brought an all-wheel-drive version to the lineup, giving the nameplate a more serious performance edge and making it one of the more distinctive Plymouth offerings of the era.
The model remained in production through 1994, but it never became a major sales success. Its overlap with the nearly identical Eclipse and Talon limited its market identity, and Plymouth discontinued it after the 1994 model year. Today it is remembered as one of the key “DSM” coupes and as a notable example of Chrysler-era badge engineering with genuine enthusiast appeal.