I commented on this on the other thread before the pictures were really had. There was a bright gleaming moment when I thought to myself, "Self; you could have two MoPars. One daily and one fun." Then I realized that their Turbo option engine is a 1.4 liter 160 Crank pony pushing lawnmower engine and not the SRT-4. I was instantly dissappointed.
I drive a turbo'd 4 banger for my daily driver. To be honest, it's working on that car that got me a lot more serious about classics. I'm a younger guy, and these light weight, high reving forced induction 4 bangers are the "Muscle Car's" of my generation. Now, don't take offense to that, I wouldn't dare call my Mazda a muscle car, but they're fast and they're cheap. That's the formula right?
Will I buy one? Hell no. My Mazda is a 12 sec. car and that turbo "dart" engine would have a hard time getting me to my mailbox in 12 seconds. But, I can see where they were going when they made it. Like it or not, desirable for the mass of the populace with the buying power isn't 1/4 ET's. It's MPG's, blue tooth, navigation, starbuck's call ahead feature and whatever other gadgets you can shove into it at a price that just barely let's you make rent. I think all that they're trying to do now is stick to the nostalgic names, because if nothing else, it get's them PR and any PR is good PR.
