2013 Dodge Dart

The naming of the new compact Dodge Dart was brilliant. Many potential customers know, young and old, very reliable, cheap, and the mid-60s slant six models and the late 60's better with the V-8 GT bland than the over stylized early '60s full-size cars or moderate mid-70s phones. (Every American car was moderate until the mid-70s.) The new Dart carries his own luggage when the car is pre-installed, on behalf of the Obama administration. Do not forget that Fiat Auto earns an additional 5 percent of Chrysler Group, by focusing on a 40-mpg (EPA unadjusted) car in America to build with the Italian company's technology in 2012. Mandate or not, the result is very positive. We get a nice, well-designed compact that a segment full of good overcrowded cars, including the relevant domestic small car suddenly arrives. The segment is desperate for a striking, however, and may be the new darts.

"This car does not even exist on paper in June 2009," Marchionne told Steve Kroft on CBS's "60 Minutes" days before the first press drive in Healdsburg, California. Dodge has a double clutch, or a 2.4-liter R / T versions do not have to taste that only the 1.4-liter turbo and 2.0-liter, some with six-speed automatic transmission, something with the Honda slick gearbox. "It's got a bit of Italian flair," Kroft noted. "Yes. Just enough to keep it interesting, and it avoids the pitfalls of being Italian," said Marchionne. So, mechanically, it is sorted. Three years is a short time for a new car on the market, even if it begins with the Alfa Romeo Giulietta. By now you have read through most of the changes, including 1.2-inch wider track, longer wheelbase and length 12 cm longer than the sedan Giulietta. Chrysler optimized geometry for the rougher roads in the United States to a dual-rate on the back of the dart, to be included in a specified direction and the other multi-rate. It has 68 percent of hot-stamped ultra-high strength and high-strength steel and is active in the lower front grille shutters.

The base 2.0-liter is a part of a family of Chrysler engines originally designed by Mercedes and Hyundai, but with a delicate balance shaft, enlarged bore and shorter stroke and other optimizations for improved noise, vibration and harshness. It also gets the new engine family name, tiger shark. Fiat 1.4-liter turbocharged four MultiAir give Dodge the 40-mpg version of the Dart, and it proves that the enthusiasts' choice to come, even with the 2.4-liter atmospheric Tiger Shark in the fourth quarter with the R / T version. The 2.4-liter Tigershark gets Fiat MultiAir II technology, which, like the 1.4 MultiAir I mean electro-mechanical input control of the intake ports of cylinder-to-cylinder timing. When it Three engine variants are large seems they are the darts comes with three transfers. A six-speed manual transmission, a six-speed dry dual-clutch transmission and a six-speed automatic transmission that confronted Chrysler pitfalls Ford in their last focus, a dual dry-clutch six speed and avoid any torque converter.

The Tiger Shark 2.0 and 1.4 liter MultiAir are based on SE, SXT volume, funky, sporty, rally, and the cozy Limited optional. The double clutch on the 1.4 MultiAir late in the third quarter, which is ranked as an optional 40-mpg model. Yes, the Dodge boys and girls talk to each other via a dart SRT-4. We might think it would come with a supercharged 2.4. It is too early for an official decision. Early enough in the short duration of the development of the Dart, Dodge knew it had to be a very attractive design. With five trim levels, three engines and three transmissions was pulling a Dodge Mini Cooper, with many factory options, 46 dealer accessories and bright colors inside and out, so that the gray-beige look at the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. The Dart is different in one segment, striking desperately looking for a. The once cool Civic has been replaced by the Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra, competent car with best-in-class interior design and materials.

Dodge Dart has the same level of interior, Cruze-like in quality, but with a stylish splash of color. Most of these options and accessories are available as stand-alone, without bundling, but it means that your sticker price can escalate quickly if you go to your Dodge dealer and a drunken Snooki. The Dart SE base price is $ 16,790, and while that includes electric windows, it comes with a flat black door handles and no air conditioning. Another received $ 2K car territory of Alaska and in the volume $ 18,790 SXT, with better arrangements and standard a / c. Add a large rally is limited to the sport, and other than that for the huge bonus, and you're still where competition has priced its luxury compact car. The R / T, with its 2.4-liter, Tiger Shark, on sale in the fourth quarter, jumping to $ 23,290. The oft-quoted LED tail lights are optional circuit for a few months after launch. The lights are made of red plastic trunklid, not if you do not pay for the option, and your dealer can activate it at any time. The circuit is made on the instrument panel bezel surround, but found this press drive during the day, so we do not have the full effect. A 8.4-inch 7-inch screen and multimedia reconfigurable dashboard cluster are optional. I prefer the standard analog meters, because the revolution was clear and easy to read.

Go to your dealer representative Paul Ryan, but with a sense of style, Turin, and you go home with a cool, affordable car. Or you can add your own and drive a little more pronounced in 45-60 days. Save the 2.0-liter Tiger Shark. It is a good engine for mainstream buyers, compact, and probably is quieter and smoother at idle than most competitors. There should be a bit more torque at low engine speeds, Dodge notes that will come with the latest calibration. The six-speed automatic shifts smoothly and the right places. The car has a bit more road noise than the Chevy Cruze, but it's pretty quiet in general. The outbreak is a 1.4 MultiAir Dart Rally, fantastic fun on the highway in California One. With more torque than the R / T 2.4, it moves beautifully from the second and third-gear corners. You feel the 2.4 is worth a little more money it costs only if you live on a straight-line performance. Is 1.4 for this type of road compensated.

Same with the chassis. The rally does not have to try hard to cut in this way. The electrically assisted power steering provides sharp, precise input in comparison to many of the races "EPAS and understeer is minimal. In corners or on lousy roads, feels set of Dart chassis, not stiff and well-damped ride make it fun. Direction is unobtrusive, with good weight and feedback, and does not need the constant corrections from other compact cameras. The turbo four makes Rorty rumble exhausted by the dual from the outside, and a beautiful, high noise from inside. This adds up to a striking. Compact Already before the "big engine" model there is a version that people who want to drive it meets is enough quality in the mainstream versions (pronounced "base engine, automatic transmission"). To the drive-while-you-on -the-phone audience satisfaction. Marchionne told "60 Minutes" Kroft with the Chrysler Group from the forest, he can only afford a failure of implementation. "A car," he said. Marchionne has to worry about this.