Dodge Dart revealed
1/11/12, 07:32 AM
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1/12/12, 08:20 AM
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Well if that's max hp? So sad. But I doubt it. You'll probably see an srt-4 that's competitive with the focus st and Chevy uh... Toyota um... Honda eh........ You know what it's nice being a ford fan lol.
1/12/12, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by FAP_Zastava_Ikarbus
Honda has Civic Si, Mazda has MazdaSpeed3, Volkswagen has Golf GTI and Chevy is working on the turbocharged Cruze SS.
1/12/12, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Automagically
GTI is becoming irrelevant. When's that Golf R coming? ...crickets...
1/12/12, 12:53 PM
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I had a '75 Dart for my first car, it was fun but not great.
My GF has owned a 2000 Neon (second Gen) since new, 81K miles now and it'll be 12 years old in May. Good car, and I've been trying to talk her out of a Versa for her next car and into this one. If I needed a Compact car for whatever reason, right now it'd be a toss up between this and the Focus.
And I'm leaning towards the Dart (even though I think they could have used a different name).
But I don't need it, I'll keep my Mustang and drive her car (whatever it ends up being).
My GF has owned a 2000 Neon (second Gen) since new, 81K miles now and it'll be 12 years old in May. Good car, and I've been trying to talk her out of a Versa for her next car and into this one. If I needed a Compact car for whatever reason, right now it'd be a toss up between this and the Focus.
And I'm leaning towards the Dart (even though I think they could have used a different name).
But I don't need it, I'll keep my Mustang and drive her car (whatever it ends up being).
1/12/12, 03:23 PM
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I had a '75 Dart for my first car, it was fun but not great.
My GF has owned a 2000 Neon (second Gen) since new, 81K miles now and it'll be 12 years old in May. Good car, and I've been trying to talk her out of a Versa for her next car and into this one. If I needed a Compact car for whatever reason, right now it'd be a toss up between this and the Focus.
And I'm leaning towards the Dart (even though I think they could have used a different name).
But I don't need it, I'll keep my Mustang and drive her car (whatever it ends up being).
My GF has owned a 2000 Neon (second Gen) since new, 81K miles now and it'll be 12 years old in May. Good car, and I've been trying to talk her out of a Versa for her next car and into this one. If I needed a Compact car for whatever reason, right now it'd be a toss up between this and the Focus.
And I'm leaning towards the Dart (even though I think they could have used a different name).
But I don't need it, I'll keep my Mustang and drive her car (whatever it ends up being).
1/12/12, 05:25 PM
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I like it, but I'm not a fan of the name either, should have broght back the Neon name IMO, but that had a lot of negative connotations for many people, especially those with the plain-jain automatic rental car spec versions, and the early ones with headgasket issues.
I like the original Neons, but only when spec'ed out with manual transmissions, the hotter of the two engines, and the sport suspensions. My first new car was a 1996 DOHC Neon Sport Coupe. I autocrossed it, drag raced it, ran a track day and a rally with it, travelled to more than 30 states in it, and just enjoyed the heck out of it for 9 1/2 years and 116k miles. I also owned a 2001 Neon ACR for 3-4 years that was a great car too, part of me still regrets selling both of them.
I wish them well with this new attempt at an entry-level car, the Caliber was an abomination and a very poor replacement for the Neon. I can't see myself buying one of these or any other Chrysler/Dodge products though, except maybe a used Viper in a few years.
I like the original Neons, but only when spec'ed out with manual transmissions, the hotter of the two engines, and the sport suspensions. My first new car was a 1996 DOHC Neon Sport Coupe. I autocrossed it, drag raced it, ran a track day and a rally with it, travelled to more than 30 states in it, and just enjoyed the heck out of it for 9 1/2 years and 116k miles. I also owned a 2001 Neon ACR for 3-4 years that was a great car too, part of me still regrets selling both of them.
I wish them well with this new attempt at an entry-level car, the Caliber was an abomination and a very poor replacement for the Neon. I can't see myself buying one of these or any other Chrysler/Dodge products though, except maybe a used Viper in a few years.
1/13/12, 07:32 AM
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They did a nice job on this car, probably one of their recent bests actually. I knew several people with Neons that were junk. Multiple transmissions, falling apart the list goes on. Hopefully this will be a reliable little product for them because it LOOKS nice.
Name = fail. They should've gone with something new.
Name = fail. They should've gone with something new.
1/13/12, 08:45 AM
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If you take the classic muscle car era image out of the equation, I think Dart is a good name choice for this car. It's just hard to do that.
Interesting alliterations the big 3 are using for their compact cars...
Ford Focus
Chevy Cruze
Dodge Dart
Interesting alliterations the big 3 are using for their compact cars...
Ford Focus
Chevy Cruze
Dodge Dart
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1/13/12, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by codeman94
If you take the classic muscle car era image out of the equation, I think Dart is a good name choice for this car. It's just hard to do that.
Interesting alliterations the big 3 are using for their compact cars...
Ford Focus
Chevy Cruze
Dodge Dart
Interesting alliterations the big 3 are using for their compact cars...
Ford Focus
Chevy Cruze
Dodge Dart
1/13/12, 10:41 AM
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1/17/12, 01:36 AM
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I rented a Neon once and I hated it so much I probably would have run screaming from anyone who offered to give it to me for free. Of course part of the problem was I had to shuttle 5 people around in a 2-door for a week.