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2013 Dodge Dart to start at $16,790

Pricing for the 2013 Dodge Dart was released on Monday via a status update on the Chrysler Communications Facebook page. Below we've listed prices for five Dart trim levels, but so far, Dodge is keeping quiet about rumors of a high-performance SRT version: -- Dodge Dart SE: $16,790 -- Dodge Dart SXT: $18,790 -- Dodge Dart Rallye: $19,790 -- Dodge Dart Limited: $20,790 -- Dodge Dart R/T: $23,290 The Dodge Dart is expected to be in dealer showrooms in June, but you'll have to wait until the third quarter if you have your heart set on the R/T version. If we hear anything regarding the SRT, we'll let you know.

Mazda to recall more than 500,000 vehicles

Mazda plans to recall about 514,000 vehicles to repair power-steering systems that fail suddenly. The recall will affect the Mazda 3 and the Mazda 5 manufactured in Japan from 2007 to 2008, according to a report in Reuters. Currently, Mazda has filed recalls for 215,000 vehicles in the United States and more than 10,000 in China.

Lutz's Cadillac puts on a better show than Lutz

"Hi, I'm Bob Lutz, and this is the Cadillac CTS-V Drive Challenge." General Motors Co.'s marketing chief dons his monogrammed helmet and puts Cadillac's 550-horsepower sedan through some warm-up laps at Monticello Motor Club, a members-only track. In what might have passed as a dismissible moment of Lutz braggadocio, "Maximum" Bob has challenged anyone with a four-door sedan to beat his 2010 CTS-V. Though not a showman by trade, Lutz is bankable for amusing, bald-faced assessments of his employer, his critics and the auto industry at large.