The Dodge Aries was an automobile marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1981 to 1989. It replaced the Dodge Aspen, a slower selling car due to quality control difficulties, which in turn replaced the popular Dodge Dart as Dodge's small car. The Aries was marketed as the Dart in Mexico. The Aries was Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1981.

The car ranked as one of Chrysler's most successful cars along with its twin model the Plymouth Reliant. Both the cars have been known as K-Cars for their Chrysler K platform.

The Dodge Aries was produced in Newark, Delaware, Toluca, Mexico and Detroit. The last Dodge Aries rolled off the assembly line December 9, 1988.

The first cars got the 2.2 liter Chrysler K engine standard with a Mitsubishi 2.6 liter as an option. The 2.6 was replaced with a 2.5 liter version of the K engine in a 1985 facelift.