Chrysler brings back the Dodge Dart

Relax360 said

I will give it a chance. But this is where car companies usually fail. If you going to bring a name back like the GTO or Charger or in this case a Dodge Dart you must pay respect to the original.

I realize it can't be too much like the original but if you stray too far away from what Americans remember you will have a hard time selling them. When Mercedes own Chrysler and now Fiat the problem is the people in charge didn't have a Dart GTS or wagon so how could they possibly design one.

I really think they need to talk to the consumers more.

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Actually, just the opposite. you have to understand what the "original" was about. The Dart's most popular years 63-76 was spent as a compact car. The idea of a compact car back then and what it is today isn't that much different...small, affordable, good on gas. The new Dart will reflect the old Dart in this aspect. Plus, I'm willing to bet the new Dart will have some type of SRT4 variant (like a 340 GTS Dart back in the day in the sense of a performance offering for the model).

BTW, Pontiac did try to bring back the GTO...great price, great performance, severely undermarketed, and it failed. You want a future collector car? Get your hands on a 2004-2006 GTO today. There were less than 41,000 made.