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fastforward
I can't cite the Prowler and Viper? Then the Japanese Car Fans can't site the Skyline GTR and Honda Civic Si as innovative products.
2. The introduction of the Neon SRT-4 heralded a new horsepower war. Dodge generated huge amounts of power out of the Neon's powerplant yet still maintained its civility. In a time when the Civic Si's 160HP seemed like a lot the SRT-4's 230HP was a major improvement. This upp'd the ante, and you can thank Dodge that today our sport compacts come with more guts.
The SI has been built years before the SRT-4 I could understand if the SRT-4 has been out in the same amount of time as the Si, but it hasnt. Of course it was a major improvement. Seems it was a major improvement to lour (bad sp??) people away from civic's, integras etc.. etc..
Back in my High school days when the hipe of all kids were into getting a Si, or swapping out their d15/d16 for a b16 or higher no1 was talking about neons. I've been out of high school for almost 10 years and no1 had a neon or talked about one when I was in school.. It was either a Honda civic, RX-7, Mustang, or eclipse very few had the old school toyota's and datsuns/nissans