1978 Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon Vehicle Type: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 4-door hatchback PRICE As Tested: N/A ENGINE SOHC inline-4, iron block and aluminum head, port fuel ...

Here's a television commercial from the Horizon's debut year, touting the car's front-wheel-drive stability (whatever that meant) and impressive fuel-economy numbers.

Chrysler introduces the 1978 Plymouth Horizon, the first front-wheel-drive subcompact car built in the U.S., on Dec. 5, 1977. The Horizon, coming amid a spike in U.S. gasoline prices after the ...