Just saw the Dodge Dart ad:
http://www.dodge.com/en/dart/
I saw a '66 Dart convertible in Idaho asking for $25,000 - and he got it. These cars used to sell used for $1500 from 1976 to 2000, like VW Bugs. Car Talk said they would be the last cars on earth along with Cockroaches.
also see http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2013-dodge-dart-news
Dart makes a comeback http://blog.seattlepi.com/topdown/2011/12/11/the-dart-makes-a-comeback/
It was a boxy practical car until the 70s when it was bloated into the Aspen / Volare which pretty much blew up the stereotype of the solid Dart / Valiant, but soldiered on as police cars as the Dodge Diplomat.
and was still in the spirit of the K-cars, a boxy practical car that could seat 6.
which was replaced by the cloud cars Cirrus
and then the "odd looking baby Charger" avenger
meanwhile the Neon gave way to the Caliber which is a smaller variant of the Mitsubishi GS platform whic also produced the Jeep Compass and Dodge Avenger, which though exported internationally looks pretty clumsy compared to the Mazda 3 or Subara Impreza / WRX or even the old AMC Gremlin. It was discontinued in Nov 2011 probably to make way for the new Dart.
Now it looks like a Alfa-Romeo answer to Subaru Impreza and Mazda 3, good luck with that.
Maybe if they made a practical boxy car that seated 6 again...
http://www.dodge.com/en/dart/
I saw a '66 Dart convertible in Idaho asking for $25,000 - and he got it. These cars used to sell used for $1500 from 1976 to 2000, like VW Bugs. Car Talk said they would be the last cars on earth along with Cockroaches.
also see http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2013-dodge-dart-news
Dart makes a comeback http://blog.seattlepi.com/topdown/2011/12/11/the-dart-makes-a-comeback/
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It was a boxy practical car until the 70s when it was bloated into the Aspen / Volare which pretty much blew up the stereotype of the solid Dart / Valiant, but soldiered on as police cars as the Dodge Diplomat.
and was still in the spirit of the K-cars, a boxy practical car that could seat 6.
which was replaced by the cloud cars Cirrus
and then the "odd looking baby Charger" avenger
meanwhile the Neon gave way to the Caliber which is a smaller variant of the Mitsubishi GS platform whic also produced the Jeep Compass and Dodge Avenger, which though exported internationally looks pretty clumsy compared to the Mazda 3 or Subara Impreza / WRX or even the old AMC Gremlin. It was discontinued in Nov 2011 probably to make way for the new Dart.
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| Alfa donor model |
Now it looks like a Alfa-Romeo answer to Subaru Impreza and Mazda 3, good luck with that.
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| With the dodge cross-hair nose |
Maybe if they made a practical boxy car that seated 6 again...
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