Dodge Dart news

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:36 am

Haganracing wrote:So much win!! Gramps, please start a whole new thread for the Dodge Dart because it's the neon's real replacement and deserves its own thread and to be sticky'd.

Here 'ya go! Finally, an American-built small Dodge worthy to replace the Neon (or, as I would like to think of it, a "3GN Neon"

). Let's hope for a Dart SRT-4!

http://www.dodge.com/en/dart/

Kelevra · Post by **Kelevra** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:55 am

Makes me so horny

Had to..

I have to see it in person to pass judgement. if I have a solid job by the time this is out... I may consider from what I see so far

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:19 am

Why sticky it? Good news for Dodge, I'm diggin it.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:45 am

titansxt wrote:Why sticky it?

Ask Hagan- it was his suggestion.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:24 am

Giggidy!

Can't wait for this to be unveiled next month.

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:43 am

ugggg!!!! *bouncing up and down* I WANT IT NOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!!

Themaggots · Post by **Themaggots** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:55 am

All wheel drive is coming, perhaps with late availability.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:55 am

jonnymopar wrote:Can't wait for this to be unveiled next month.

I'm tempted to be in Detroit for the auto show just to see it!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:58 am

*psssst* Hey David...if you go and click the edit button on your original post and look down towards the bottom of the page, you will see some options for what kind of post you want it to be. Click sticky, submit, and done

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:03 pm

Danteneon wrote:*psssst* Hey David...if you go and click the edit button on your original post and look down towards the bottom of the page, you will see some options for what kind of post you want it to be. Click sticky, submit, and done

gramps has acquired mod status! (I think)

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:24 pm

Thats what I was thinking.....

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:27 pm

Danteneon wrote:*psssst* Hey David...if you go and click the edit button on your original post and look down towards the bottom of the page, you will see some options for what kind of post you want it to be. Click sticky, submit, and done

I tried but there is no "sticky" option. Oh well.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:29 pm

Odd. Well, here ya go

For the record, I'm pretty excited about this as well

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:41 pm

It's all ive been thinking about since yesterday morning.... LOL

Post by **jonnymopar** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:31 pm

Midnight_Rider wrote:I'm tempted to be in Detroit for the auto show just to see it!

If I lived as close to Detroit as you, I would be! Hell, it's a lot shorter than your annual trip to Carlisle.

Speaking of Carlisle, with the size of the Neon community that attends, this car will get HUGE amounts of attention if they can get one there.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:10 pm

me want viper

me want viper now

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:27 pm

I love this little thing!!! I'm excited too

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:05 pm

Should look like this, unless the ability to sticky is just a Moderator thing.

Which is what I suspect. I don't recall those options before Dante set me up for this job.

Global Announcement status?

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:44 pm

It's just a moderator thing, those selectable options do not show up for us.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:05 pm

Winning, I hope my money stuff is in order when this car comes out!!

First time I have been excited for a vehicle to come out (that is affordable for many)

Post by **jonnymopar** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:19 pm

Haganracing wrote:First time I have been excited for a vehicle to come out (that is affordable for many)

I hear that!

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:37 pm

Dodge might have teased us with a few images and some initial powertrain details on the 2013 Dart, but Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has provided even more in an interview with Reuters.

According to Marchionne, the Dart is one piece of a larger puzzle for Chrysler in 2013, and the all-new Dart – based off a widened and stretched Alfa Romeo Giulietta – will hit 40 mpg thanks to a host of new engines and transmissions.

As previously reported, the turbocharged 1.4-liter MultiAir fitted to the Fiat 500 Abarth will grace the top of the Dart range, but Dodge also plans to fit modified versions of the 2.0 and 2.4-liter World Gas Engine, comically rebranded as the Tigershark.

When the Dart debuts, a Fiat-sourced six-speed dual-clutch transmission will feed the front wheels, but later in 2013 Dodge will reportedly offer a nine-speed automatic gearbox supplied by the ZF Group and manufactured in South Carolina. ZF officials claim fuel economy will be boosted between 10 to 16 percent over the dual-clutch 'box, and that should put it handily in the 40 mpg range.

And that last bit is important, as Fiat will receive its final five percent of Chrysler stock from the feds when it produces a vehicle with a 40-mpg rating.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:06 am

jonnymopar wrote:
Midnight_Rider wrote:I'm tempted to be in Detroit for the auto show just to see it!
If I lived as close to Detroit as you, I would be! Hell, it's a lot shorter than your annual trip to Carlisle.

I'm seriously thinking of skipping the Indianapolis Auto Show this month and taking time off in January to drive to Detroit.

Haganracing wrote:First time I have been excited for a vehicle to come out (that is affordable for many)

I'm feeling pretty much the way I did in early 1994 when I ordered my first Neon. I don't have any money to buy a new car (and no reason since I have a company vehicle) but, now that the Dart is coming out, should I have the need to buy a new Dodge, there is something to fill that niche for me.

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:41 am

Please let there be an SRT-4 version!

Post by **jonnymopar** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:02 am

Passt wrote:Please let there be an SRT-4 version!

Oh I'm sure Mr. Gilles will have his way with this little car before long.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:46 am

Just made my Detroit motel reservation for next month...

Kelevra · Post by **Kelevra** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:10 am

Midnight_Rider wrote:Just made my Detroit motel reservation for next month...

Take plenty of pics!

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:12 am

^^That's the plan.

Marcel · Post by **Marcel** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:51 am

nice nice nice!

and yes, they should release an SRT version

gtxtreme19 · Post by **gtxtreme19** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:34 am

Midnight_Rider wrote:Just made my Detroit motel reservation for next month...

Ill be there on the 21st I think, my brother and I are going and hoping to get enough pictures for my brother in the military who hasn't missed it in 9 years.