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Dodge Dart Gets "Aero" Package To Break 40 MPG
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: April 30th, 2012
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Looks like the Dodge Dart will apparently break 40 MPG adjusted in the end…but you’ll need a special option package to do it, just like its chief domestic rivals, the Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze.
We weren’t invited to the launch of the Dart, but reports from the event state that the 1.4L MultiAir turbocharged engine with the dual clutch transmission will return 27 mpg city and 39 mpg highway. Dodge will release an “Aero” package that will help them return “ at least 41 mpg“. No word on what the 6-speed manual will return, or the 2.4L engine for that matter, but the base 2.0L “Tigershark” will get 25mpg/36mpg with the 6-speed manual. We’ll have our impressions as soon as we get our hands on one.
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Published April 30th, 2012 9:47 AM
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I like the car and the option packages I was able to put together on Dodge's site while they still had the "build your own" up for it. However I'm still disappointed that this car with the sloping backside isn't a hatchback. I predict that in and of itself would steal a few sales from the Chevy Cruze.
This looks like a great car, and a unique entry with its additional size and power vs. class favorites. Long term reliability remains a concern, and I wish there were an interior color besides black.
Why don't they design these aero-packages into cars from the start?
...but you’ll need a special option package to do it, just like its chief domestic rivals, the Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze... And foreign competitors like the Honda Civic, but hey, lets leave those facts out.