I hit a deer about 6 weeks ago and as a consequence my car was in the shop for about a week. The insurance company arranged for a rental, which turned out to be a Dodge Dart SXT. It was a feisty little thing which had some serious scoot. Perhaps Chrysler is finally getting it together.
CC
They always had great cars with pathetic quality control. Lots of cool toys from the pentastar.
Be glad you didn’t hit the deer in that shitbox.
Pretty amazing, considering they are owned by Fiat. Spent a fair amount of time in Italy during my military career; the locals told me FIAT was actually an acronym for Fix It Again Tony. Most Italians drove them because it was all they could afford.
I had a few Fiats as rentals, driving them between Vicenza and Aviano; individually and collectively, they sucked. On the autostrada, you learned quickly to stay out of the left-hand lane; the Fiat was maxed out at 130-140 km/hr, while the big Beamers and Mercedes blew past at 170-190 km/hr.
Apparently, it took an Italian to remind Chrysler that Americans will still buy a hot-looking car with lots of horsepower. My 13-year-old granddaughter and her friends think the Challenge is the coolest car on the road, hands down. There may be hope for the next generation after all.