Dodge Dart

Dodge revived the iconic Dart nameplate for its new C-segment contender, unveiled at NAIAS 2012. While the Dart represents a new product, filling a gap in the market left by the Neon, it is effecively a rebodied Alfa Romeo Giulietta.

The Dart's DRG features drawn-back lamp graphics that are combined with a large grille displaying the classic crosshair insert. This blurring of the boundaries of grille and lamps is big emerging trend. In profile, the car's steeply diving wedge shaped DLO and feature lines visually identify it as front-wheel drive. Around the rear, the Dart mimics the Charger's ‘racetrack' lamp graphic.

Inside, an eight-inch touch-screen monitor, housing the Uconnect infotainment center, dominates the IP. Beneath this horizontal section is a hollow central stack that contains the HVAC controls. A seven-inch TFT monitor replaces the traditional analogue dial pack. Elsewhere, the cabin's ambience is lifted by the use of a colored rim around the dial binnacle and central screen..

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