Thursday 12th December 2002

Hot Neon

Dodge Neon SRT-4 is Dodge's response to the Scooby in the USA

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[v8thunder]

And will it go rallying or do touring cars? Didn't think so.

[jimbro1000]

To be honest how many so called "performance" cars from the US do ANY kind of competition.

Seem to remember some of the older Neons being used in competition though...

www.allpar.com/neon/neonacr.html

www.racingone.com/article.asp?artnum=5490

[viperman]

is it just me or is the front copied of the viper GTS-R competition coupe. It has the intake the 2003 comp coupe has too!

[apache]

Hot?!!

[DTWD]

Should we demand one over here? Erm no.

We are in Europe, this is where all the good looking cars are designed. Over there (USA) is wbere all the crap is designed.


Paul

[levensnevel]

Boomtown rat with a neon heart
qte...
Everybody screamed and roared for more
Lonestar angels shouting encore
Time was the enemy we had to kill it dead
The clock kept creeping round so we went to bed instead ... unqte

Ouch, those yanks .... Not really my cup of tea. As cold as permafrost I would say.

[Mr.joe]

yeah, you brits are right, Neons don't have much street cred in the US either, but the fact remains that Dodge has its fans and in a country with 35g's avg salary and an urge to go fast, Dodge will sell plenty of SRTs. Its not about Subaru at all, which are considered station wagons here. Its about Hondas, Toyotas, and everything else getting souped-up. The SRT is just Dodge's Civic SI (fwd, 4-pot...)

[dubaiguy]

Anyone want a new (2001) 500 miles Neon LX?? See classifieds under 'Boring Cars' ...... NOT mine - mothers.

[ErnestM]

Mr.joe said: yeah, you brits are right, Neons don't have much street cred in the US either, but the fact remains that Dodge has its fans and in a country with 35g's avg salary and an urge to go fast, Dodge will sell plenty of SRTs. Its not about Subaru at all, which are considered station wagons here. Its about Hondas, Toyotas, and everything else getting souped-up. The SRT is just Dodge's Civic SI (fwd, 4-pot...)

Agreed

ErnestM

[Farmer]

nothing at all wrong with the basic styling of any Neon , to my eyes it looks great and very un american . but every report I've ever read says it is built like an american car i.e flakey and drives like one i.e dull and wooden .

[Fourwheeldrift]

There's a hot Neon in the technology department of Selfridges, it is a Dimma (sic) conversion and looks a bloody sight better than this one.