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2004 Dodge Neon SRT-4 Compact Sports Sedan
MSRP Range: $20,000
Invoice Range: $18,000
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MSRP As Tested: $19,450
Versions: SRT-4
Vehicle Category: Compact Sports Sedan
Engine Location: Front Engine
Drive Wheels: Front-Wheel Drive
Engine As Tested: 2.4-liter, Dual Overhead Cam, Turbocharged, Inter-cooled, Inline 4-cylinder, 215-horsepower at 5,400 rpm and 245 lb-ft torque at 3,200 rpm.
Transmission As Tested: 5-Speed Manual
Fuel Economy (city/hwy): 22/30
Standard Safety Features: Driver and front passenger, front airbags, 4-wheel power disc brakes, In-Trunk Emergency Trunk Release.
Competition: Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Mazda Protege, Nissan Sentra
WITTMAN, Arizona -- Crank that three-spoke steering wheel quickly to the left, then hard to the right, now left again to scoot through snaky chicane curves on a blacktop slalom course spread across pancake-flat sands in the desert west of Phoenix.
On the straight stretch that follows, you can put your foot into the dimpled aluminum accelerator pedal and play the stick on a manual gearbox, but look out: This new turbo-charged sports sedan from Dodge runs up to high speed as fast as you can shift it.
It's so swift, in fact, that Dodge ranks the performance of this car second only to the awesome Viper SRT-10 supercar in the current Dodge fleet because its zero-to-60 time is topped only by a Viper.
The new performance sedan, sized in the compact class and rigged with street-legal mechanical gear to run in the fast lane, also shares a name with the SRT-10 Viper. Dodge casts it as the SRT-4.
