New For 2012: 'This Isn't Your Father's Dodge Dart'

DETROIT (AP) -- As the new Dodge Dart makes its way to showrooms, Chrysler wants you to remember some things about its namesake from the 1960s and 70s....

Chrysler will begin rolling its new Dodge Dart compact car into North American showrooms in May as the Auburn Hills, Mich., auto maker returns to the small car market after a seven year absence.

A recent article in the New York Times noted the first fruits of the Chrysler and Fiat merger (see A Merger Once Scoffed At Bears Fruit in Detroit and Will the Dodge Dart be a high-caliber replacement?).

The Dodge Dart, a 1960s compact car that gearheads turned into street racers, is making a comeback.Chrysler said Tuesday that it will use the Dart name for a new compact car based on Italian technology ...

The North American International Auto Show opens this week in Detroit. For Chrysler and General Motors, this is the post-bankruptcy auto show where the companies need to persuade potential customers that more than $60 billion in federal bailout money was well spent.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Chrysler Group unveiled its much-needed new small car, the Dodge Dart at the Detroit auto show Monday.