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Chrysler hopes to hit target with new Dart
Reuters ^ | 9 January 2012 | Deepa Seetharaman

Posted on 01/09/2012 7:58:26 AM PST by Army Air Corps

When Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne introduces the Dodge Dart compact car this week, he will be showing off the first example of what a merger between Chrysler group LLC and Italy's Fiat SpA can create.

The 2013 Dart -- to be unveiled at the Detroit auto show -- is based on a Fiat-engineered platform that also will serve as the basis for the next generation of Jeep SUVs.

With the Dart, Chrysler aims to take market share from Toyota Motor Corp's Corolla and Honda Motor Co's Civic in an area the U.S. automaker has traditionally fallen short.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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KEYWORDS: dart; dodge
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1 posted on 01/09/2012 7:58:32 AM PST by Army Air Corps
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To: Red Badger

Ping.


2 posted on 01/09/2012 7:59:08 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

They never hit the target with the old Dart...................


3 posted on 01/09/2012 8:00:03 AM PST by Red Badger (If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
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To: Red Badger

The Dodge Dart - Al Bundy’s car.


4 posted on 01/09/2012 8:00:37 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Klik & Klack will have fun with this!........................


5 posted on 01/09/2012 8:00:48 AM PST by Red Badger (If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
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To: Army Air Corps

A Fart and his Dart..................


6 posted on 01/09/2012 8:01:33 AM PST by Red Badger (If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
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To: Army Air Corps

>> also will serve as the basis for the next generation of Jeep SUVs.

Ooooh — based on the Dart! I’ll bet THAT’ll be a gutsy li’l monster. Heart be still. I’m gonna start saving up NOW.


7 posted on 01/09/2012 8:02:04 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Red Badger
Fiat has consistently produced junk.
This year, they will produce Belvidere junk.
8 posted on 01/09/2012 8:03:38 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Gimme that old time fossil fuel.)
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To: Red Badger

Bool sheet. I had a ‘63 Dart. You couldn’t kill it. What a great car. Wish I had it back right now.


9 posted on 01/09/2012 8:04:18 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'm not cut out to suffer fools like this.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Al Bundy’s car for folks with a Kelly Bundy brain. LOL


10 posted on 01/09/2012 8:04:18 AM PST by dforest
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To: Army Air Corps

Will it have a 225 Slant Six?


11 posted on 01/09/2012 8:04:25 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
The Wiki says that This car is the basis for the new Dart:
12 posted on 01/09/2012 8:04:48 AM PST by Red Badger (If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
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To: Nervous Tick

It could have been worse, they could have considered basing a Jeep on a Neon.


13 posted on 01/09/2012 8:05:19 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Slant six?.................


14 posted on 01/09/2012 8:06:04 AM PST by Red Badger (If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
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To: Army Air Corps

:: What next, a the new 2012 Plymouth Duster? ::

To be quickly followed by a RoadRunner option with a 4-foot tall rear wing! In fluorescent lime!

Meep! Meep!


15 posted on 01/09/2012 8:07:42 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a tyrannical and violent POLITICAL ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Red Badger
Looks like the ubiquitous ugly jellybean-shaped riceburners.
16 posted on 01/09/2012 8:08:13 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Red Badger

An inline six inclined at a slant of 30 degress from vertical.


17 posted on 01/09/2012 8:08:19 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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At an auto dealer near you, the NEW Ford Pinto and Chevy Vega!


18 posted on 01/09/2012 8:08:42 AM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Army Air Corps

2013 Dodge Dart

19 posted on 01/09/2012 8:09:39 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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To: Army Air Corps

I don’t know what has worse reputation in Europe Chrysler or Alfa Romeo which is a mom for this Dart.
IMO Russia was the best European market for Chrysler last year with....hundred or so cars sold (along with millions of Fords, Toyotas, Hyundais and Ladas).


20 posted on 01/09/2012 8:11:11 AM PST by cunning_fish
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