Chrysler brings back the Dodge Dart

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...after all, They make some incredible cars. And, consider this, they were making Hemis at the same time as Chrysler. I had a rusted out Alfa Romeo Giulia that had a 16vDOHC Hemi-head engine that was really kool. Unfortunately, I couldn't use it Sure, the Hemi was a 4-banger, but
"c' è la vita"!
 
good god,i havent seen such an uproar over a new car since the new bug. big deal,it will fade like the pt cruiser and the prowler. all of which i would own, but i wouldnt spend any money of them.i have 35 year old cars to dump money into.
 
73AbodEE said:
good god,i havent seen such an uproar over a new car since the new bug. big deal,it will fade like the pt cruiser and the prowler. all of which i would own, but i wouldnt spend any money of them.i have 35 year old cars to dump money into.
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Fade? no the prowler would have been a HUGE hit if it had been optioned with a v8 and a manual trans, The prowler was simply a parts bin car they used what they had and made a cool car not a over the top performance car. The dart is going to sell very well and ford and chebbie were gunning for your compact cars
 
mopardrt said:
Fade? . The dart is going to sell very well and ford and chebbie were gunning for your compact cars
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you may be right if they option it out and produce go fast goodies for it . i havent read through this entire thread (god forbid) but i saw a pic of a door R/T (prototype?) and it didnt look to bad--dodge different--
 
I'm making up the #'s, I don't know exact, but let's say 1% of Darts were high-performance models. The other 99% were 4 door grocery getters and even if 2-door, had /6 or 318's in them. That was the essence of the Dart. A new compact economy car fits that essence, even if it's not what most of us on this site envision when we think of Dart. The fact that they're making them much sportier now is just to hit that modern youth market where they will sell and make the company money. That's what it's about, not making yet another low-sales enthusiast car to satisfy all of us. If it's not fugly and is a quality-built car, I can see myself maybe buying one in a few years, maybe a used one. Hopefully they make a stripped performance version instead of just a fully-loaded and expensive performance one... that's as close as we're likely to get to an old 340 Dart Swinger with this car. I can't see them calling it a Swinger now though, I think it gives the wrong connotation these days.
 
I was just going to post the same thing as 72 Dart. Face it the 340 Darts and big block Darts are a minority. Does the majority of the general public under the age of 30 even remember the 67-76 Dart, if they do how many of their memories are of a well used 4 door or 2 econo box, because that is all that they could afford.
Also hasn't Chrysler had some associatin with Italian companies for years, weren't alot of the 50's show cars designed and built by Ghia of Italy?
 
I also agree with 72Dodge......hey, and let's not forget this little gem...lol....the Maserati.

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theothergarth said:
I would buy one just for that reason..lol
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Yeah, so would I.

Another way of saying what I said above (and that other people have alluded to in this thread, yes, I read it all): The Dart was the Neon of it's day. It wasn't the Viper or even the Challenger. It was the Neon. They made some ACR and other hi-perf Neons, but 99.9% of them were basic economy car transportation, and that's what most people thought of when they thought of a Dart in the '60s and '70s, just like a Neon now. They didn't think "race car" like we do LOL
 
I agree w/72dodge. They were what they were and have an equal to a car made today along the same line/idea. Basic transport car, nothing more, nothing less. Who knows, maybe one day, they just might end up being sought after like the cars we hunt today and for the same reasons. Sounds weird, but who knows? After all, who would have thought that new Dart in '69 would have been something that someone would pay a price equal or even twice as much as it was brand new some 40 years later!
 
I am saving my aluminum cans for the down pament, I am buying one as a graduation present to my self when i graduate ECU in two years , (donations accepted LOL)
 
What does everyone think of the New Dodge Dart being shown at the Detroit Auto show on 01/09/2012? Here is a link, I have not see very many good pics yet, most of them are partials:

http://www.insideline.com/dodge/dar...or-world-debut-at-2012-detroit-auto-show.html

I saw someone online mention that the classic Dodge Darts will go up in value do to a new one being released, any truth or previous proof of this sort of thing happening?
 
Not another thread about these new Darts? How many threads is that now?
 
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