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After teetering on the brink of extinction, Chrysler is continuing its rebound with the start of production this week for the new Dodge Dart. The Dart marks Chrysler's return to the compact car segment. As other manufacturers have been doing, the Dart offers increasing efficiency through conventional improvements without relying on big technological changes like hybrids or electric drive.
One version, the Dodge Dart "Aero" model, is expected to offer "at least" 41 mpg highway according to a company press release.
The standard engine for the Dart is a 2.0 liter, 160 horsepower engine that gets an EPA fuel economy rating of 25 miles per gallon (mpg) City/36 mpg Highway/29 mpg Combined. An optional 1.4 liter MultiAir Turbo engine gets an EPA fuel economy rating of 27 mpg City/39 mpg Highway/29 mpg Combined. The "Aero" package, which will be available later this year, uses the smaller turbo engine along with extra features to boost that to 41 mpg Highway.
This is the kind of improvement all manufacturers are pursuing as fleet efficiency standards continue to push for greater efficiency across all segments of their vehicles. The super efficient vehicles may lead the way, but most of us will continue to drive more conventional cars for a long time to come, and the overall impact of improvement to the conventional segments far outweighs the benefits from the far less prevalent, super-efficient models.
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written by kootzie, May 10, 2012
How about hyping and flogging gear that actually exists!!?
So Chrysler, in time-worn fashion offers the BigFoot bling version first, and then, with unspecified footnotes and disclaimers some high-MPG version sometime later if they decide to feel like it...
Whatever, that's the rut they're in...
Why are you hyping that? When and If they actually put iron on the ground that performs at 41mpg, that's
plenty soon enough to be breaking out the bubbly and tooting their horn.
How about harping on the absence of small high-perf TDI-esque diesels, or the outlawing of REALLY high-mpg
vehicles (some of which are built in the US but which are illegal to be sold there), or the absence of innovative tech like torsion-fields, steam-injection, factory HHO
Your cheerleading of some almost-half-assed soon-to-be semi-accomplishment is so tiresomely irrelevant, is it not?
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written by David, May 12, 2012
Diesels are only a halfway solution to being green. The Jetta TDI has the same amount of total room as the Dart, 140 HP and gets 30/42/34. But there is no such thing as a PZEV Diesel engine, and the reason the other Diesels aren't sold here is they don't meet our emission standards. If the Dart Aero turns in close to 30/41/34 then the much cleaner gas engine makes it a greener choice than the TDI.
Of course my Prius at 51/48/50 puts the Dart and the TDI to shame for around the same price.
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So, someone explain to me how I'm supposed to get excited about the Dodge Dart.