Dodge Dart
The Dodge Dart is the first competitive compact sedan offered by the Chrysler Corporation in more than a decade, probably since the last new Dodge Neon. As such, it gives the company a crucial entry in a hotly contested segment long ruled by the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic. But their dominance is now under attack by a host of remarkably good new contenders, including the Hyundai Elantra , Ford Focus, and Chevrolet Cruze.
The Dart will have to be a good car indeed for it to wrest sales away in a segment that's now as important in the U.S. market as mid-size sedans. That said, the Dart is clearly worlds better than the defunct and unloved Caliber hatchback it replaced, and it's already attracted lots of attention--most of it positive--for Dodge .
By 8 am Friday, the RNC also received a complaint of a 2002 Chrysler Neon car having had its windows broken out during the previous night.
