Chrysler Neon

The Dodge Neon was one of early 1994 to late summer of 2005, built by the U.S. carmaker Chrysler model of the lower middle class.

The first model was built from January 1994 to August 1999, the second from August 1999 to September 2005. The separation was carried out in early 2006 by the Dodge Caliber.

The Plymouth Neon was completely identical sister model; in the export of the Neon was called Chrysler Neon ( for detailed information see below). The following is the Neon of the U.S. market is treated.

Neon (1994-1999)

Dodge Neon sedan (1994-1999)

In early 1994 debuted the Dodge / Plymouth Neon as a successor to the Dodge Shadow and the Plymouth Sundance as a model in 1995. Indicator was the design of the so-called cab-forward design with a long wheelbase, forward gerücktem passenger compartment and a short hood.

At launch, only the sedan was available, the coupe followed in the fall of 1994. Selects the basic model were ( only as a four-door ), the Neon Highline and the Neon Sport. All versions had a standard two-liter four-cylinder (98 kW/133 hp) with an overhead camshaft, only in Neon Sport Coupe otherwise subject to surcharge DOHC version of the machine was in principle (110 kW/150 hp) installed. Power transmission was via a five-speed manual transmission or a three-speed automatic available as an option.

In model year 1996, there were the coupe also in basic version and for the Neon Highline came a Expresso package into the program, the special trim and a hood with power promising scoop included. The two-liter SOHC was now consistently in all models, even in the sports coupe, serial. 1997 accounted for the equipment line sports and was replaced by a sports package that was available on Highline models at extra cost.

In the model years 1998 and 1999, the Neon program fanned on the versions Neon Highline, Sport and Neon Neon R / T, the latter. Available in special colors and emphasizes sporty features In Plymouth welcomed the trim levels Highline, Expresso and style, the style represented only as a four-door model available and no counterpart to the R / T, but a comfort-oriented variant. The relatively noisy two-liter was revised at the same time in terms of lower running noise and vibration.

From 1996 to 1999 there was also a Neon ACR as a base model for racing.

From the neon of the first generation emerged (without 1999) a total of 910,000 pieces.

Dodge Neon Coupe R / T (1997-1999)

Neon (1999-2005)

Dodge Neon (1999-2002)

In the second generation of the Dodge Neon was produced only as a four-door sedan. From then stood four-cylinder engines with 1.6 and 2.0 liters of displacement, as well as the top version 2.4L turbo available. The latter was officially sold under the name Dodge Neon SRT-4. The Dodge Neon was offered in Germany under the brand names Chrysler Neon.

In late summer 2005, production of the Neon was discontinued, as the successor to the Dodge Caliber came in spring 2006 on the market.

In August 1999, the second generation Neon was presented at slightly longer wheelbase than Dodge or Plymouth Neon. The interior was somewhat more spacious, and the motors won again something running smoothness.

At the beginning there was the new Neon only with the 98 kW ( 133 hp) two-liter engine, the model year 2001, a 112 kW ( 152 hp) variant with variable intake tract was set aside (as a replacement for the DOHC no longer used engine). At the same time, the three-speed transmission was replaced by a four-speed and the Neon R / T is the second generation was introduced to the market.

Facelift

For the 2003 model year was the Neon, the Dodge as there was only since the cessation of Plymouth brand in 2001, in the fall of 2002, a facelift with Dodge typical radiator grille with intersecting struts.

As an independent, although anabolic on the Neon model, the high-performance variant Dodge SRT-4 was marketed from 2003 to 2005. It was a very powerful neon derivative with initially 160 kW ( 218 hp ), from model year 2004 with 171 kW ( 233 hp ) at 1300 kg mass.

End of September 2005 was the last Neon from the tape.

Dodge SRT - 4 (2003-2005)

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Flammang, James M / Kowalke, Ron. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999. Krause Publications, Iola 1999. ISBN 0-87341-755-0

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