Will there ever be a new NEON?

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:19 pm

Oh my god I hate Jeff Dunham.

DR. GONZO · Post by **DR. GONZO** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:32 pm

yellowpatrol wrote:Oh my god I hate Jeff Dunham.

YOU AIN'T the only one!!!!!!!

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:49 pm

I'll 3rd that one. I think douche bag when I hear his name.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:00 am

yellowpatrol wrote:Oh my god I LOVE Jeff Dunham.

Donkeypuncher wrote:I'll 3rd that one. I think MY HERO when I hear his name.

Feexed

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:01 am

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:46 am

yellowpatrol wrote:

Ban the OP. This topic is beaten.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:26 am

Why do you people insist on bringing up the same topic over and over

Bring back the Shelby Charger GLHS or the Dodge Daytona, screw the neon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCXD8o5J ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ER6V-Z ... re=related

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:04 am

Don't forget the conquest, I really liked that car. The daytona was the first car I ever got to drive, good memories.

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:23 am

I wonder if people even know what a caliber is (because its not a compact car) or even drove one to make judgements on it

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:47 am

Eh. I never drove one myself, I just find them ugly.

I'd take a mazdaspeed3 over the caliber myself.

I'm considering that s my next car actually....

Post by **jonnymopar** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:25 am

Don't forget the conquest, I really liked that car. The daytona was the first car I ever got to drive, good memories.[/quote]

Conquest = Mitsubishi. I'll admit, they were neat cars, but they had their issues (Turbo setup with single point injection? No thanks.)

As far as the Daytona & GLHS comment... you all know what I think of those cars

. 25 years ago, the Omni GLH handled better than a lot of cars do now.

Opi wrote:I'd take a mazdaspeed3 over the caliber myself.
I'm considering that s my next car actually....

That is about the only car I'd buy right now. Other than the regular Mazda3.

Anyhow, you know what I was thinking the other day? Do you think they'll ever bring back the Neon?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:11 am

jonnymopar wrote:Anyhow, you know what I was thinking the other day? Do you think they'll ever bring back the Neon?

Isn't that the point of this whole thread?

And no, I don't think they will ever bring back the Neon. Even if they had a similar design brought back it wouldn't be called the Neon. Too many problems are associated with that name now and plus I think the name is outdated. Nowadays we hear of cars like the Aero and the Kazamai. Neon just sounds...well, used up.

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:15 pm

Where in the world are you hearing model names like Aero or Kazamai

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:31 pm

racer12306 wrote:Where in the world are you hearing model names like Aero or Kazamai

that's what I was just wondering.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:34 pm

racer12306 wrote:Where in the world are you hearing model names like Aero or Kazamai

The Chevy Aero and the Mazda Kazamai? Sorry I shoulda put the company names before it. I was just giving an example of other names that seem to be the 'now' of car names.

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:38 pm

Chevy Aveo

And the kazamai is a concept, concepts have goofy names a lot of times. The concept name doesn't mean that will be the production name.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:43 pm

racer12306 wrote:Chevy Aveo

And the kazamai is a concept, concepts have goofy names a lot of times. The concept name doesn't mean that will be the production name.

Ah yeah thats what I meant the Aveo.

And again, I was just giving an example. I couldn't think of any other names at the time but if you caught my direction I was going, I'm basically saying that the Neon name just doesn't hold any water anymore. At least that's what I think.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:24 am

racer12306 wrote:I wonder if people even know what a caliber is (because its not a compact car) or even drove one to make judgements on it

I got to drive an '09 with 15K miles on it last week when my SRT was in the shop (Enterprise Rent-a-Car to the rescue!) and didn't like this one any better than the one Chrysler provided the last time. To be fair, I didn't like the PT Cruiser that I got another time that my car was being repaired. I was really surprised at how this recent Caliber gulped gas.

For me, nothing replaces a Neon.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:14 am

I was really surprised at how this recent Caliber gulped gas. For me, nothing replaces a Neon.

I said the samething about my wife's sebring with a 2.4, she gets at best 18mpg city

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:32 am

jonnymopar wrote: Conquest = Mitsubishi. I'll admit, they were neat cars, but they had their issues (Turbo setup with single point injection? No thanks.)

Of course there's no comparison with the newer generation of oem turbo'd cars, but for it's time that car has some real balls. That was the start of the whole DSM collaboration between mitsubishi and chrysler, which helped create the small displacement turbo scene we have today. I would call it the beginning of an era that has flourished to this day.

That actually makes me sound older than I really am.

jonnymopar wrote: 25 years ago, the Omni GLH handled better than a lot of cars do now.

We actually used one as a track car in high school since our teacher had an affection for them. We had one that we used to tow cars in and out of the shop, a true beater.

As for the caliber, I was not impressed with the one we had as a rental. It had 5k miles on it. and it felt like it had 105k on it. It was very yugo-like if I had to compare it to another car. Probably one of the weakest cars I've driven in a long time as well, although I can't speak for the srt model.

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:45 pm

i heard a rummor that chrysler and nissan will be making a neon its going to be a nissan tho not too hyped about it ill talk to my buddy to get more info on this he is the one who told me about it

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:52 pm

srtjesse wrote:i heard a rummor that chrysler and nissan will be making a neon its going to be a nissan tho not too hyped about it ill talk to my buddy to get more info on this he is the one who told me about it

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:02 pm

srtjesse wrote:i heard a rummor that chrysler and nissan will be making a neon its going to be a nissan tho not too hyped about it ill talk to my buddy to get more info on this he is the one who told me about it

Well I guess that would go hand in hand with the rumor that Chrysler might sell the Viper designs and name to Nissan. I don't rely on rumors though.

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:36 am

i also heard a rumor that Chrysler will merge with Fiat which means they probable will build something like a neon again cuz all the fiats are small cars and sorta look like shrunken neons especially the 500

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:53 am

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123862048645679781.html

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:58 am

If you go on tne allpar website chrysler is joining forces with fiat

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:02 am

ew. Fiat. * Puts gun in mouth. Pulls trigger. *

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:12 am

Yay! Nationalization of the auto industry! The government will save us all, just like they saved AmTrak and the banks and stuff! Hooray! Congress knows best! The President can help save us all from poverty!

</sarcasm>

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:33 am

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:Yay! Nationalization of the auto industry! The government will save us all, just like they saved AmTrak and the banks and stuff! Hooray! Congress knows best! The President can help save us all from poverty!

</sarcasm>

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:14 am

srtjesse wrote:If you go on tne allpar website chrysler is joining forces with fiat

Yeah, like the "merger of equals" with Daimler.

No, there won't be another Neon, just an imported Fiat that will say "Dodge" on it. Guess that an Italian-made "Dodge" is better than a communist Chinese-made "Dodge".