2013 Dodge Dart

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Teaser images with the Alfa Romeo Giulietta based 2012 Dodge Dart have just been released by the North American company. Described as a "Groundbreaking Car with the Ultimate Blend of Power, Fuel Economy, Handling and Style" the Dodge Dart is a compact sedan which will premiere at the 2012 NAIAS in January [...]

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A week ago Dodge released two photos of its upcoming 2013 Dart’s exterior, along with some basic mechanical specs, which you can read here. Today, it’s showing off two glimpses of the compact’s insides. The two closely framed images show the instrument cluster and the center stack. Dodge says there will be plenty of soft-touch [...]

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Fiat announced today that its ownership stake in Chrysler will increase to 58.5 percent, a jump of five percentage points. The increase is automatic, one of several based on Chrysler meeting certain conditions set when full plans for a merger were fleshed out last May. In this case, the particular condition was that Chrysler build [...]

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This is the 2013 Dodge Dart in all of its glory, having been revealed an eensy bit ahead of its Detroit auto show debut. It’s Dodge’s sedan-only replacement for the woeful Caliber hatchback, and enters a vastly improved compact-car class that includes the Chevy Cruze, Hyundai Elantra, and the excellent Ford Focus. Click here to [...]

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For what’s new and next in the automotive world, check our full coverage of the Detroit auto show. While the Acura NSX concept may have gotten the most applause during its global introduction at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, a ...

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Last year, despite a broken foot, Travis Pastrana wowed the TV audience during the Rallycross portion of ESPN’s X-Games, just as he had always done since the sport was first included in the games back in 2006.He might be competing in Nascar this year, but in a surprise announcement Chrysler has just revealed that he [...]Related posts:

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Competition in the subcompact market heats up in June when the Dodge Dart goes on sale. Dodge has announced its pricing and, as promised it starts at a very competitive $15,995 (plus $795 destination) for the base SE model. This undercuts pricing for the Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus and Toyota Corolla but is a few [...] No related posts.

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The journey that Alfa Romeo’s Giulietta compact has taken from sporty, Euro-only Italian hatchback to global sedan staple reads like a biblical epic. At first, there was only the Alfa Giulietta. Chrysler then swoopeth down and taketh the Giulietta, stretching it and widening it into the 2013 Dodge Dart. Now, Chrysler giveth the Dart-ifed Giulietta [...]

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Chrysler must have a death wish, an inferiority complex, or a burning desire to stay third among the domestic Big Three. Thirty-odd years ago, Lee Iacocca begged Congress for loan guarantees to keep the Chrysler ship afloat. This company had another encounter with the Grim Reaper in the Nineties followed by a full Chapter 11 [...]

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As the sage late-twentieth-century philosophy and electronic-music collective known as Devo once opined, “Freedom of choice/Is what you got.” Looking at the specs for the new Dodge Dart, it seems this couplet still runs through the minds of at least a few Chrysler product planners. How else can one explain the bewildering number of trim-level [...]

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The Dart sedan is perhaps the most anticipated new Dodge in some time, and while it will offer a panoply of powertrain and transmission options, the car driven here is the one that aims most directly for the heart of the compact market. Its 2.0-liter four-cylinder is the affordable base engine—more torque is available from [...]

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