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Originally Posted by Duceanahalf
I think it comes from the Neon being designed originally not as a sports car but as a economy car that was later turned into a sports car. It is stuck with the stigma of being a Econo-box trying to be something else. How many years was the Neon in production before the SRT-4 came out? after that long you just associate it with being an economy car.
with the Lancer you could get the Evo at the same time so it was associated with being a sports car.
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with the Lancer you could get the Evo at the same time so it was associated with being a sports car.
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and duceandahalf, if that was you at the track yesterday....you should get a neon, its faster!
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I personally perfer when someone with a srt-4 races, persay a mid 12 second mustang. The srt-4 loses and says, "Oh well, it's just a neon." Then, lets say the same person races a mid 15 second honda and waxes him-then says, "You got beat by a neon!" Heh. 
High 13's stock is impressive, but not compared to the street racing scene.
High 13's stock is impressive, but not compared to the street racing scene.
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but its IS still a neon! right?
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it annoys me that people know so little about the history of the neon, sure its an economy car like a civic, altima, whatever, but back in the day when neons first came out they had the ACR(American Club Racer) version which was a very nice car for its class, winning races right and left, the street version of this car was the neon RT, which was based off the highline(fully loaded) neon, but was meant as a compromise between the ACR and the Highline, and so was therefore somewhat heavier in comparison to the ACR, but still came standard with the DOHC motor and rear disc, the sport models were a step down from the RTs in luxury, but much lighter cars and had an optional DOHC engine option(but rear discs were an option, standard equipment was rear drum) on a side note, some neons originally slated for SOHC engines got a free upgrade to the DOHC version because chrysler had a shortage of SOHC motors because of other cars(plymouth breeze, etc) had just come out and the base engine was a 2.0L SOHC in them, but this is all beside the point, the point is the neon had more racing history before the SRT came out than many other compacts people soup up, neons and racing is not a new thing, now that my rant is over....
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Originally Posted by Beans&Disease
exactly. Thats why they had to rebrand the cavalier to a cobalt when they decided to slap a supercharger on it. But likewise in the end, its just a cavalier and duceandahalf, if that was you at the track yesterday....you should get a neon, its faster!
and duceandahalf, if that was you at the track yesterday....you should get a neon, its faster!
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Originally Posted by spectacle
but its IS still a neon! right?
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