Preview: 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4

[NFS4]

http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/preview/articles/59670/article.html

 

[Atrail]

Nice specs,
Too bad its a Dodge Neon.

 

[NFS4]

<< Nice specs,
Too bad its a Dodge Neon. >>


Haha, I know the feeling For a $20,000 pocket rocket, I'd rather have a BMW...specifically the Mini Cooper S

Besides, that useless rice wing has GOT to go along with those wheels which will scrape many curbs (they protrude out too far)

 

[Phuz]

Isn't that fairly old? It's been seen here anyway... and a lot of features have changed.. interior, stereo.. ect.

 

[pyonir]

wow, looks like it comes "riced" from the factory....

 

[ElFenix]

<< specifically the Mini Cooper S >>

the expensive cars shop a block from my apartment had one of those sitting out front the other day! (along with various other desirables, such as ferrari and lambos)

 

[RossMAN]

<< wow, looks like it comes "riced" from the factory.... >>



Domestic rice, hehe.

 

[NFS4]

<<

<< wow, looks like it comes "riced" from the factory.... >>



Domestic rice, hehe. >>


Ricearoni, the San Fransisco treat

 

[Adul]

LOL NFS4

 

[iamwiz82]

i wouldnt call a car that will be hitting low 14 sec quater miles rice.

 

[NFS4]

<< i wouldnt call a car that will be hitting low 14 sec quater miles rice.

>>


LOL, I'd call it fried rice

 

[ElFenix]

heheh fried rice

"you wan flied lice? you wan drlink? no no you mas buy drlink to get change back! ha ha! i make joke!"

 

[Rent]

I agree that the rims and spoiler are gaudy, but the car is not rice. Its built with a purpose and it achieves it well.

 

[crawford]

yea there was one on display at the barret jackson auction in phx a couple months ago, looks pretty cool in real life.

 

[bizmark]

<< Haha, I know the feeling For a $20,000 pocket rocket, I'd rather have a BMW...specifically the Mini Cooper S >>



So you consider the Mini a BMW? Do you consider Dodge Neons Mercedes-Benzes?

I'm just being an ass But seriously I'd like to determine how people draw the line in things like this. Is the Mini Cooper a special thing? Does it share (m)any components with any Bimmers?

But I definitely agree that I'd take a Mini Cooper S over a Dodge Neon

 

[BCYL]

A $20,000 Neon is too expensive... I dont care what performance it gets, it's still a Neon...

I agree with NFS4, I would rather get a BMW...

 

[b0mbrman]

<< wow, looks like it comes "riced" from the factory.... >>


I really hate that...I wish they'd just leave off alleverything except the rockin' engine and leave the silly stuff as options...then they could offer a $15k 200hp car that looks like everything else on the street...

 

[pyonir]

<<

<< wow, looks like it comes "riced" from the factory.... >>


I really hate that...I wish they'd just leave off alleverything except the rockin' engine and leave the silly stuff as options...then they could offer a $15k 200hp car that looks like everything else on the street... >>


agreed

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

I'd rather have this than a Mini Cooper S...but that's just me.

I'm sure the 2.2L Turbo is going to be reliable <I'm sure Genocide can attest to that>

 

[NFS4]

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<< Haha, I know the feeling For a $20,000 pocket rocket, I'd rather have a BMW...specifically the Mini Cooper S >>



So you consider the Mini a BMW? Do you consider Dodge Neons Mercedes-Benzes?

I'm just being an ass But seriously I'd like to determine how people draw the line in things like this. Is the Mini Cooper a special thing? Does it share (m)any components with any Bimmers?

But I definitely agree that I'd take a Mini Cooper S over a Dodge Neon >>



The Mini was developed by BMW. The engine is a colaboration between Chrysler and BMW. The chassis was developed by BMW and is 50% stiffer than a 3-Series. The rear suspension is a modified multi-link arrangement from the 3-Series.

 

[bizmark]

<< The Mini was developed by BMW. The engine is a colaboration between Chrysler and BMW. The chassis was developed by BMW and is 50% stiffer than a 3-Series. The rear suspension is a modified multi-link arrangement from the 3-Series. >>



Hmm, I was in the dark about this. I was under the impression that Minis had been around this whole time, and they were just being re-introduced to the U.S. once BMW bought out Rover and blah blah blah, with a major redesign happening to coincide with all of this. I didn't realize that it was a totally new car developed by BMW.

However, I still don't quite feel right referring to it as a BMW! It's a Mini, damnit! I don't know why, but it just doesn't seem right to me to call it a BMW. But everybody else, even BMW/Mini itself, seems to have no problem with it. I don't know, it just seems like constantly referring to "Totota's Lexus GS430" or something. I guess that in this case, though, BMW gains prestige for the Mini by calling the Mini a BMW, but Lexus would lose prestige (in the eyes of the American consumer) by being called a Toyota.

So I guess I feel comfortable with calling the Mini a BMW in the same way that I feel comfortable calling the Corvette a GM vehicle. Of course, it IS a GM vehicle, but it's more correctly a Chevrolet vehicle, and Chevrolet has an image and thoughts attached to it that GM on its own does not. Does this make any sense at all?

 

[NFS4]

<< Hmm, I was in the dark about this. I was under the impression that Minis had been around this whole time, and they were just being re-introduced to the U.S. once BMW bought out Rover and blah blah blah, with a major redesign happening to coincide with all of this. I didn't realize that it was a totally new car developed by BMW. >>


The new Mini is in no way related at all to the old Mini. It may have the general overall shape, but it is a totally new vehicle from the ground up.

BMW bought the rights to Rover and Mini. They lost a ton of money on the Rover deal so they sold it. They wisely kept the "Mini" though as they had put so much development time and effort into it.