Last week, the Chrysler Group gave us our first look at the exterior details of the brand-new 2013 Dodge Dart compact sedan with the promise of teasing the interior on December 13.
True to its word, the Detroit automaker published a fresh batch of photos today giving us a sneak peek into the interior of the new Dart saloon, which will officially break cover at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in the second week of January.
The futuristic looking instrument binnacle houses an available 7-inch Thin Film Transistor (TFT) customizable cluster display with a light surround between the analog tachometer and fuel gauge.
On the upper side of the center console, we find the Chrysler Group's UConnect multimedia system sporting an 8.4-inch touchscreen that Dodge says is the largest of its kind in the compact segment.
According to the Detroit automaker, while the Alfa Romeo Giulietta-based Dart packages the footprint of a compact car, its interior space will be equivalent to that of a mid-sized sedan.
Dodge also makes claims about "materials and precision craftsmanship typically found in more expensive vehicle segments" while also highlighting the fact that it will offer "thousands of ways to personalize" the compact model through a choice of 12 exterior colors, 14 interior color and trim combinations, six wheel options, three engine options and three transmissions.
Mopar will also offer its own customization options and themed packages specifically developed for the Dart.
Standard features will include 10 airbags, while the Dart will also be available with the Blind-spot Monitoring and Rear Cross Path Detection systems.
17 Comments:
wow!! Chrysler isnt playing around. quality is finally better than G.M and Ford, and they dont have Daimler trying to cheapin their image. this car will be better than any of fiat, alfa romeo, or lancia product. this car and the future cars coming in the next 24 months will show why Chrysler will run the combined companies in detroit.
This is sizing up to be the best offering from Chrysler in a long time.
I don't want to be dissapointed with this... Seems to be a great car design!
What I want to know is:
A) Has the overall quality improved
B) Why the heck is there a "rear wiper" control on the stalk???? A wagon? A 5-door??
Bad graphic (font) used for the digital speedo. It takes too much concentration to figure out if that's 60mph or 30mph or 80mph...and when you're driving, you don't have time to stare at the speedometer readout and try to figure it out. Obivously the 'designers' didn't take into account the simplicity of easily read numerals, but - instead - chose a low, flat font that 'looked cool' (but is difficult to read).
Build an SRT4 version please.
OK, Dodge, you have my attention. How many times have we seen seemingly great Chrysler products that end up looking old and tired before their times because of the use of substandard materials and construction. I hope we are not being set up for more disappointment.
You are so... enthousiast ! How can you judge the final quality ? Only with photoshoped pictures ?
I always wait the real thing...
Interior looks very well designed & color keyed with a slick tech package. The anticipated fuel economy (40 mpg) from this car matched to an attractive price point makes this a contender for a daily driver.
The exterior shots looks good so far - hopefully the final result will look nicer than the round tail Giulietta hatchback and Dodge will offer in sedan form.
I do agree! But as a Designer I can assure you that we know that and we take care of that. The point is that today the marketing departaments rules, and as ignorants as they are... they ignore that, thinking that a dashboard is a comic magazine.
If you need to look at the speedo to see if you're going 60 or 30 or 80, you most likely shouldn't be driving a vehicle.
It's a nice joke... but safety is about reducing the risks. If you need a second more to see what's going in the dashboard, you missed 90 foot of the road.
Jeeeez.... it's an rendering done in either Photoshop or a 3D software..! It's not going to look exactly like that.
The real problem is not having an analog speedo in the first place. Or is this one of those virtual video whatever displays that can be turned into other configurations? (Probably too expensive for a Dart.)
They have obviously looked at various 60's era Dodge designs and smooshed them onto a modern shape. Sorta like a Hyundai, except that Hyundai doesn't have any heritage to work with. The problem to me with most recent Chrysler designs is that they are too much 60's or even 50's (original 300) and not enough modern times. Basically cartoon cars.
Even the new 300 is too much olde tyme Chrysler/Bentley and not enough now. Imagine applying those themes to a Buick Regal (Opel/Vauxhall Insignia) shape and you can imagine what the 300 should be. The current one is what it should have been back in 2003.
Remember... what you're seeing is a pre-production version of a car based off an Italian five-door hatch.
Very likely. It wouldn't be the first time for an SRT4 to come out of the Belvidere Assembly plant where this is being built.
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