[Army Air Corps]

What next, a the new 2012 Plymouth Duster?

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Red Badger]

Klik & Klack will have fun with this!........................

[Nervous Tick]

>> also will serve as the basis for the next generation of Jeep SUVs.

Ooooh — based on the Dart! I’ll bet THAT’ll be a gutsy li’l monster. Heart be still. I’m gonna start saving up NOW.

[Disambiguator]

Will it have a 225 Slant Six?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: What next, a the new 2012 Plymouth Duster? ::

To be quickly followed by a RoadRunner option with a 4-foot tall rear wing! In fluorescent lime!

Meep! Meep!

[Malone LaVeigh]

2013 Dodge Dart

[HereInTheHeartland]

They must have hired the same consultants that advised Coke to do away with Coke and bring out New Coke.

Really; 2012 and the best marketing idea they have is a Dart?

[FastCoyote]

I had I think a 1967 Dart with push button transmission and torsion springs. Strange little car.

[SueRae]

LOL.

You would have thought they would have at least picked a popular mopar for recreation, like Ford did with the T-bird and the Mustang.

The Dart? Really?

I remember those Dusters, too...yech.

[taildragger]

Nevermind the Dart, check out the Fusion...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2830265/posts

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ahhh....but will it have fine Corinthian leather?

[nuconvert]

How ‘bout a new 2012 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback? (with that giant rear window)

[cripplecreek]

They were good cars. I'm not expecting much this time around.

[Boiling point]

I had a 68 Dart with a 318 & 904 automatic Trans. I liked the car as it was simple and easy to fix as were most cars of that era. I couldn’t keep a transmission in it though. Those 904s apparently weren’t very good.

[blueunicorn6]

Sergio Marchionne? Didn’t he make all those spaghetti westerns with Clint Eastwood? Aheaheah wa wa wa, aheaheah wa wa wa..........

[lgjhn23]

"...What next, a the new 2012 Plymouth Duster?..." Dunno about all that, but I'll be keeping my old blue '72 440-powered Dart Swinger for Saturday nite cruises just the same. Of course, it costs about $5 in fuel just to crank the ugly thing...lol. I do like the 470HP SRT-8 392 Challenger even better though, especially in red.

[WayneS]

...will also serve as platform for the next generation Jeep SUVs

That's a pretty revolting thought, but in all honesty, as long as they don't screw with the Wrangler line, they can do whatever they want with their "SUV"s. As far as I am concerned, those "SUV"s are not real Jeeps, anyway.

In fact, I was in the "CJ7 was the last REAL Jeep" school of thought, until I test drove, and then purchased, a 2010 Wrangler Rubicon. It is, quite simply, the best Jeep I have ever owned. Over the years I have had a 1951 M38, a '52 CJ3-A, '57 CJ5 and a '71 Commando, among others (a total of seven).

The old military Jeeps, and the Willys, Kaiser-Fraser & early AMC CJs are very cool, and a lot of fun to own, drive and look at. However, with that said, my Rubicon can, just about literally, run circles around them on any off-road terrain I can think of. Also, where comfort, reliability and on-road manners/handling are concerned there is absolutely no comparison.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I’m holding out for the all-new Polara...

[manic4organic]

F.I.A.T. Fix It Again, Tony!

[killermosquito]

I loved my 71 Duster Twister with the slant 6 which my parents gave me when I went to college in 78. Very slowly started falling apart but I didn’t really need a speedometer anyway. The self starting horn and accelerater made some fond memories.