[StylinRed]

i didnt know this was kind of old news (a week?)

but anyway i was watching the Barett jackson auction and they had a dodge dart go on sale and the announcers were talking about how dodge is bringing the dart back and it'll be based on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta except the car is going to be a bit wider and about 12" longer :crazy2:


silly me i was only thinking about the 8C and was interested

http://www.latestautoreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Romeo-8C-Spider-Exterior.jpg


but then i realized alfa romeo had other cars and the Giulietta actually looks like this

http://www.autotribute.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/New-Alfa-Romeo-Giulietta.jpg


which isn't bad but if its going to be a "foot longer" and a little wider im thinking :heckno:


anyway here's Chryslers website 2013 Dodge Dart | All New compact that's everything but compact | Dodge (http://www.dodge.com/en/2013/dart/)

and their abomination after "americanizing?" the Giulietta

http://www.dodge.com/images/gallery/2013/dart/2013_dart_gallery_ext_reddriveway.jpg

http://www.dodge.com/images/gallery/2013/dart/2013_dart_gallery_ext_redskyline.jpg

http://img2.netcarshow.com/Dodge-Dart_2013_1024x768_wallpaper_03.jpg

starting @ $16k supposedly

base model is a 2.0L 160hp also available in 1.4L Turbo multiair (fiat tech) & 2.4L 184hp multiair ii

looks like a Neon.... :fulloffuck:


articles

http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/economy/auto_news/2013-dodge-dart-has-alfa-romeo-dna

Chrysler teases new Alfa-based 2013 Dodge Dart compact (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/12/dodge-reveals-new-alfa-based-2013-dart-compact/1)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2013-dodge-dart-six-reasons-itll-be-quieter-smoother-than-caliber/2012/01/12/gIQAbzZgtP_story.html

[nack]

do not want

[Iceman-19]

The Dart was a muscle car. That is NOT a muscle anything.

[CorneringArtist]

Rather take the Giulietta

[ilvtofu]

Looks alright for that segment of car, I like the sloping more agressive profile. Not the best looking car but I wouldn't group it with the neon... but that's usually the direction RS goes with domestic brands

If anything it's a more attractive hyundai accent
http://www.precisionhyundaiconnect.com/uploads/images/blog/2012-hyundai-accent-front-coupe.jpg

[StylinRed]

yes it looks better than the accent

but after looking @ the giulietta you'd hope for something similar except with dodge branding... not a shell that looks like an updated for the times neon

[heleu]

The Giulietta is waay better looking. Has a lot of praise from european journalists for the design. I don't know why they didn't just rebadge it and leave the styling the same...yet another disappointment from Chrysler....I mean Fiat.

[AWDTurboLuvr]

The Giulietta is waay better looking. Has a lot of praise from european journalists for the design. I don't know why they didn't just rebadge it and leave the styling the same...yet another disappointment from Chrysler....I mean Fiat.

Because Americans don't buy hatchbacks...even the new A3 will be a sedan.

While the Giuletta looks nice, it was kind of disappointing once I got to drive it on my trip in Italy. Handling wasn't all that crisp and the interior quality (while looking great in photos) weren't that nice in person and had a lot of cheap plastics. The Ford Focus is a better car in that segment.

[!Aznboi128]

I want the alfa!

[satek]

at least there's a turbo option

[vitaminG]

The Dart was a muscle car. That is NOT a muscle anything.

really? most of them came with a gutless slant 6. The dodge dart was a compact economy car, so is this. i dont see a problem.

[Datsun]

Shouldve let the Italians design the exterior. Shit looks dumb, like the new 3 series.

http://www.skiddmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2013-3series_banner2.jpg

Did somebody give them a requirement to have the headlights touch the grill?

[em1.ac]

Shouldve let the Italians design the exterior. Shit looks dumb, like the new 3 series.

http://www.skiddmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2013-3series_banner2.jpg

Did somebody give them a requirement to have the headlights touch the grill?

Wow, I just noticed that. Man I don't like that at all....

[heleu]

..the beamer will grow on me. It's unoffensive and looks like an evolution of the E90.

The Dart on the other hand...

[maxx]

dart looks awesome.. i dont know what you people are on about

[J____]

dart looks pretty good.... that stance from the front looks great. I don't know what drug you guys are smoking..

[ronald55555]

http://classiccarsplus.net/thecars/1970SWINGER/DSC03543.JPG

This is a Dart, not that pos. I have a 1970 dart, and I guess starting in 2013, whenever people ask me what I drive, I have to explain myself that it isn't the shitty neon replacement. F.

[Everymans]

This is also a dart!
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9055/dodgedart4doorsedan1966.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/528/dodgedart4doorsedan1966.jpg/)
It reminds me of that 4 door charger concept. It looks alright, I suppose. I've lost all hope for dodge after owning a pos Neon. They make the ugliest everything. It seems every car brand is taking a memo from the lancer and making their cars without bumpers.

[bcrdukes]

I just hope that Alfa Romeo comes back to North America for sure this time.

[CorneringArtist]

^ Supposedly, they're coming back in 2014 with a new sedan called the Giulia. Personally, I'd like to see Fiat expand it's NA line to include the Punto.

[StylinRed]

the punto would be nice i can see them bringing that

im glad to see they're bringing the 500 Abarth here this year


the commercial for it is great too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWVgAzhFC8

[zulutango]

Bundyology - Facts about the Bundy Family (http://www.bundyology.com/dodge.html)


Speaking of Dodge Darts....

[68style]

http://classiccarsplus.net/thecars/1970SWINGER/DSC03543.JPG

This is a Dart, not that pos. I have a 1970 dart, and I guess starting in 2013, whenever people ask me what I drive, I have to explain myself that it isn't the shitty neon replacement. F.

Nope, you just have to say it's the almost as shitty 1970's one :D

LOL sorry couldn't resist, 68 Mustang owner ;) What engine you have?

[JSALES]

http://www.dodge.com/images/gallery/2013/dart/2013_dart_gallery_ext_reddriveway.jpg


front reminds me of the volkswagen scirocco

[Lomac]

Oooookay... The Dart was originally designed to be an entry model, much like I imagine this new one is going to be. It was really only the late 60's and super early 70's models that could kinda be classified as a muscle car... and then only if you got the coupe with the 440. :p

Apart from that, it was truly a cheap, family car.

[dovo]

Hyundai transmission in it. no thanks.

[Lomac]

Hyundai transmission in it. no thanks.

And what's wrong with a Hyundai transmission?

[godwin]

Huh? ZF makes the transmissions for Dodge.. they actually have a big ass factory in SC churning out transmissions just for them.

Hyundai transmission in it. no thanks.

[Gridlock]

I wish they would stop plundering the old names. The only one that has actually kind of been reminiscent of the old car was the challenger, which is still a little fug.

Just call it the new Dodge Alpha and call it a day.

[em1.ac]

http://acrobaticseveryday.com/blog/images/barf.jpg

[StylinRed]

Alfa Romeo architecture and powered by Fiat Powertrain

fiat powertrain in it...

no hyundai parts? oO


press release
http://www.fiatpress.ie/press/article/189

[bcrdukes]

And what's wrong with a Hyundai transmission?

Ummm...everything?