A Feat Of Engineering: This Dart Has What It Takes To Win – StreetLegalTV.com.
So I’m thumbing through one of the latest “here are the new cars” periodicals (I don’t spend much time with them…I don’t care much if a Mazda sedan and out perform a VW sedan…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) and ran across that stated “Chrysler looks to the ‘Cuda to replace Dodge‘s Challenger.”
Ok…come on heee…er (New York accent). Didn’t we just have the conversation about the “Dodge Dart“??? Like how it looked more like a Neon!!! And correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t we all agree that the Charger was a cool as “Honda Accord“? Yes, I believe we did!
So now lets take the Challenger the one they got “right’ in a retro sense. So why replace it? Well some could argue in the 70’s the Cuda was a better looking car and you know they bring a lot more money. So just maybe….but read this!!!
“A Barracuda replacement would be much more trim, though still on a RWD platform. Chrysler and…(cough) Fiat are said to be jointly developing a new platform that’s smaller the current Charger… Gille’s Barracuda will be far less literal interpretation of its namesake.”
So let me see if I have this straight….you’re gonna take the Challenger that looks somewhat similar the orig…and you’re gonna replace it with a car that won’t look like this original?
Smart? What do you think?
Tim
(And my last look, unless someone drives one through my house and parks it in the living room!!!! )
You’d think the heat Chrysler took for making the Charger a 4 door…they would have come up with something better looking than a Dodge Neon look-a-like!!!! (I’m a previous Dart owner w/318!!)
But wait… the engines….oh I’m sure there something special there:
Dart’s three, four cylinder engines are:
– Base 2.0-liter – 160 horsepower, 145 pound-feet torque,
– Optional 1.4-liter – 160 horsepower, turbocharged using Fiat’s Multi-Air technology
– Optional 2.4-liter – 184 horsepower, Multi-Air
OH….powered by a Fiat engine….oh…184 hp….um…yeah?
We at least there are 12 colors and 6 wheel choices!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim