A Look At The Future: 2014 Dodge Dart SRT4

Although the Dodge Dart just recently became available, a follow-up is already well in the works. Dodge is fine tuning some of the performance features, aerodynamics, and overall look to try to corner the market on affordable performance vehicles. If you like the current model, you will be impressed by some of the speculations of the 2014, as it adds slight improvements to pretty much that makes everything great about the current Dart. Take a look, what do you think of the design?

The base Dart borrows heavily from the Alfa Romeo Giulietta platform, so expect an upgraded version of the Giulietta Cloverleaf's dual-clutch, six-speed transmission to find its way into the Dart SRT4. The Cloverleaf's 1.7-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder probably won't come with it, as it makes only 230 hp. The Dart SRT4 needs to aim higher, since by summer, Ford's Focus ST will hit the streets with a 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder making at least 247 hp and 250 lb-ft of torque. 

The last-generation Caliber SRT4 made 285 hp and 265 lb-ft from a turbo 2.4-liter, so for the return of the SRT4, expect no less. The all-aluminum, direct-injection, 300-hp four-cylinder engine that should arrive in the long-awaited Alfa Romeo 4C could be a perfect, though expensive, fit. A turbocharged and intercooled larger displacement version of the Dart's Tigershark 2.0-liter might be a better option.

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_vehicles/1201_2014_dodge_dart_srt4/#ixzz1lo9EqjID



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