Dodge News
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FCA and Cummins are being sued over alleged excess emissions in heavy-duty diesel pickup trucks.
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SUVs so hot that Dodge Dart, Chrysler 200 may never return
FCA has been unsuccessful in finding another manufacturer to build the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200.
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Dodge Dart to die for good in September
The Dodge Dart four-door compact sedan was the first new vehicle created by the combined Fiat and Chrysler companies following the latter's 2009 bankruptcy and government-backed restructuring. Based on widened and lengthened underpinnings from a European Fiat model, it came together relatively...
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2016 Dodge Dart lineup cut to 3 models as small sedan simplifies
The 2016 Dodge Dart lineup gets streamlined midway through the model year.
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Why 707-HP Dodge Challenger Hellcat Doesn't Conflict With Green Goals
Automotive sites with readers whose tastes tend toward sports and performance cars have been having a field day with the upcoming 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. This 707-horsepower muscle car (along with the Charger Hellcat four-door sedan announced just this morning) is the most powerful...
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2014 Dodge Dart Dumps Dual-Clutch Automatic, Except On Aero Model
The Dodge Dart compact sedan launched as a 2013 model hasn't sold as well as hoped. One thing that hurt its debut was the unfamiliar feel of its dual-clutch automatic gear gearbox, brought over from Europe to boost the fuel economy of versions fitted with the 160-horsepower turbocharged 1.4-liter...
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The 2013 Dodge Dart has gotten off to a slow start in the market, but it's a vitally important car for Chrysler. The first vehicle based on shared underpinnings from its parent Fiat, the Dart has to show Chrysler can build competitive cars--and, even more important, top-quality small cars that compete in the heart of the market: the compact four-door sedan segment. Based on a weekend test drive, the first Dart we'd driven since the launch event last summer, we'd say that the Dart is a huge step up from the unloved Dodge Caliber hatchback it replaced. But it's not yet among the best in the...
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IIHS: 2013 Dodge Dart Named A Top Safety Pick
In the automotive world, nothing says a car is more safe than a 5-Star crash test rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and a Top Safety Pick award from the insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) While the 2013 Dodge Dart, Chrysler’s first compact...
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2013 Dodge Dart Aero Gets 41 MPG Highway, 32 MPG Combined Rating
If you’re in the market for a compact sedan with a low running costs and a highway gas mileage over 40 mpg, you’ll know there are an increasingly large number of non-hybrid cars to choose from. Now, it’s time to add the 2013 Dodge Dart Aero to that list. Promised earlier this...
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2013 Dodge Dart: Automatic Cars On The Way In August
It’s a well-known fact that most Americans prefer to drive cars with automatic gearboxes over ones with manual transmissions, while others are unsure of how to drive stick at all. So it’s no surprise that Chrysler -- whose manual transmission 2013 Dodge Dart launched earlier this year...
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2013 Dodge Dart Aero: High-Mileage Version Of New Compact Coming Soon
The eagerly-awaited new 2013 Dodge Dart compact sedan will start arriving at dealerships in June. But the first volley of Darts won't include every model. The model with the highest gas mileage will be known as the Dart Aero, and it should go on sale sometime between July and September. At a Dart...
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2013 Dodge Dart Compact Sedan Priced From $16,790
Dodge has priced its new Dart compact sedan from under $17,000, including destination charge.
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Unless you’re the kind of person who can afford a bespoke luxury car, you’ll know the pain of finding out from your car dealer that the car you want doesn’t come with the paint or interior options you’d like. So what if you could help automakers decide on which options to offer with a new car -- before it even makes it to production? That’s the idea behind the online customization tool for the 40+ MPG 2013 Dodge Dart, which our sister site The Car Connection covered yesterday. To start, any visitor Build Your Own Dodge Dart page has to enter their ZIP Code...
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How Does The 2013 Dodge Dart Get 40 MPG? It's The Transmission
When the covers came off the 2013 Dodge Dart at last month's Detroit Auto Show, the new compact sedan got high marks for style, interior design, and putting Chrysler back in the car game. The Dart lineup will also include a model that gets 40 mpg on the EPA highway cycle, but so far Dodge has been...
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Chrysler To Offer Diesel Engine Options, But Only In Trucks
Chrysler will soon sell a diesel-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee, which may be followed by a diesel-powered Dodge Durango. The next Ram Dakota will get a diesel, too, but don't expect to see one in a Chrysler automobile.
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2013 Dodge Dart Compact Sedan: Video From Detroit Auto Show
We brought you the actual unveiling of the 2013 Dodge Dart, complete with flashy graphics, loud music, and the car emerging in a welter of spotlights. Now, we can bring you a slightly calmer walkaround and summary of Chrysler's most important new car on video, as a complement to the full Dodge Dart...
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2013 Dodge Dart: 2012 Detroit Auto Show Live Photos
We'll admit it - we're excited about the 2013 Dodge Dart. Why shouldn't we be? It's a great-looking compact with a good range of efficient engines, with high equipment levels. It's also a spiritual successor to the respected Neon, and should banish memories of the resented Caliber. The model will...
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2013 Dodge Dart Launch: Live Video From Detroit Auto Show
We're just back from the live launch of the 2013 Dodge Dart, one of the most crucial--and well-attended--launch events of the Detroit Auto Show. And while it may fit right into Chrysler's marketing plans, we thought you'd like to see the actual unveiling--complete with flashy videos, loud music...
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The 2013 Dodge Dart is set to be one of 2012's most significant new releases. Replacing the underperforming Dodge Caliber, the new Dart should give Dodge its strongest compact ever and provide tough competition for Ford's Focus and Chevrolet's Cruze - and now we have all the details. If you've been following our previous stories here at Green Car Reports, you'll know the Dart is hitting the market with a well-proven platform, based on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta sold in Europe. Overview It's a very different car on the outside though, looking more like a scaled-down Charger than an Italian...
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2013 Dodge Dart Video & Photos Leak Before Detroit Auto Show
Before its unveiling, coming at 8:45 am this Monday, Chrysler trickled out photos of the exterior and dashboard of its new 2013 Dodge Dart compact sedan. But now both a video and more photos have leaked out onto those crazy Interwebz, showing every angle of the first product developed by the...
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2013 Dodge Dart: 40-MPG CAFE Target Hints At EPA Ratings
The 2013 Dodge Dart, which will be fully revealed to the public at next week's Detroit Auto Show, achieved an unadjusted gas-mileage rating of at least 40 mpg, according to Chrysler. But hold on; before you rush over to the dealership and put money down, consider that 'unadjusted' means that it's...
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RIP Caliber: Substandard Subcompact Superseded By Dodge Dart
Ding, dong, the Caliber's dead. That news will probably come neither as a surprise nor much of a shame to many of you, as Dodge's baby hatchback hasn't exactly set the market on fire and has been representative of a time before American carmakers cared about making competitive compacts. Detroit...
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2013 Dodge Dart: More Teaser Photos, Now The Instrument Panel
One week ago, we got the first teaser photos of the 2013 Dodge Dart, the all-new compact sedan that will replace the unloved and obsolete Dodge Caliber hatchback. Now, we've got more. Chrysler has released two more photos, in this case of the instrument cluster and touchscreen center stack in the...
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Why The 2013 Dodge Dart Sedan HAS To Get 40 MPG Highway
It's a magic number, 40 mpg, a nice big round figure to tout in big print every time gasoline prices go up. Most makers have at least one car that achieves 40 mpg, but for the new 2013 Dodge Dart, it's not an option--there has to be one model of the Dart that's rated by the EPA at 40 mpg or better...
John Voelcker