nothing wrong with a 2000-2005 neon, the earlier ones got a bad name because of the headgaskets but they had that sorted out by 1999
its a downgrade really, a stock 2.0 neon has more power on the hills then a stock 2.0 dart, the 1.4 multi air turbo dart and the 2.0 non turbo neon has about the same power pulling hills
the specs say different but real life driving is where it shows; I've driven all 3