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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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Anyone seen this thing? Pretty cool looking compact. Its a shame no 2 door RWD version is in the works to compete with the Toyota/Subaru FT86, Hyundai Genisis Coupe, or Chevys potential entry into the RWD compact coupe market.....something like R120 or whatever its code name is. Hell, even Mazda is working on the next RX-? Come on Dodge, a 2 door Dart, call it the Dart Demon. 2.4L turbo, 6 or 7 speed manual, LSD Something like that would make a badass track car. They had a 2 and 4 doors back in the very late '60s, early '70s, why not 2013? Hell even the Neon was a 2 or 4 door.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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yeah, it's totally wrong.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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my uncle sells them(or will rather), he did a post of fb but... i feel like its just a new neon with a R/T option and not SRT option as of yet, dunno to soon to tell

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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 08:57 PM
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To be honest I hate the idea of using an old name such as Dart that was discontinued and bringing it back just to rebadge another car. I wish they would just leave the name alone. In my opinion they shouldnt bring back the name unless it even resembles what the original car was. Its like when they brought back the Charger name. Sure the new chargers are great, but since when were they 4drs? I think the name should hold true to the car it once stood for. As for the concept itself, I think it looks aweful, maybe its just me and my love for old school muscle cars.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 10:51 PM
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I like the front and I like the back of it, but the middle is kind of blah.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 06:41 AM
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My teacher ( still a cert chrysler mechanic ) says they will probably have a srt version of it.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 06:42 AM
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Hopefully they don't murder it as much as they murdered the Charger.
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 12:47 PM
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Hopefully they don't murder it as much as they murdered the Charger.
It's front wheel drive, it has been murdered.
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 05:11 AM
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Looks like another poor attempt at a tuner. I thought Dodge had somewhat redeemed themselves with the Challenger, which I personally think is badass, but it looks like they've done it again.

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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 05:54 AM
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Looks like a Charger rear ended a Mazda 3 and pushed it into an Impala and that came out as one.

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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 06:36 AM
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Lost interest at fwd. But its cool il keep driving my grandfathers dart. 69 383 with a stick.
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 09:21 AM
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Still mad at dodge for making the charger a four door. Why call it a charger? It make no sense, why not coronet or something that does. I do like the challenger, dodge did pretty well with that one (other than being a little plump for a sports car). But having a fwd and calling it a dart is just a disgrace. Shame on you dodge.


And how about this whole "Ram" business. Its been a "dodge ram" all my life and now its not a dodge. So dodge doesn't have a truck then. I guess that's really going to cut down on dodges sells numbers, not having a fullsize truck and all.
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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That car doesn't deserve that name at all. Same thing with the Charger. The only one deserving it's name is the Challenger.
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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Well If I remember right there's like 4 or 5 versions the biggest one has like a 1.8 piece of crap in it. The only good thing one of them has which is the limited is the 8.1 inch u connect touch screen nav and radio. But they all are sticks
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sam24th
To be honest I hate the idea of using an old name such as Dart that was discontinued and bringing it back just to rebadge another car. I wish they would just leave the name alone. In my opinion they shouldnt bring back the name unless it even resembles what the original car was. Its like when they brought back the Charger name. Sure the new chargers are great, but since when were they 4drs? I think the name should hold true to the car it once stood for. As for the concept itself, I think it looks aweful, maybe its just me and my love for old school muscle cars.
X 2 RWD muscle car or just rebadge it as a Neon.
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