Dodge to roll out 'Cuda droptop - Automotive News
Dodge will benefit from Fiat Chrysler's massive effort to revive Alfa Romeo. The American brand will use an Alfa rear-wheel-drive platform for the next-generation Charger and Challenger. Also among the new products shown to dealers: a convertible version of a vehicle on the Charger/Challenger platform that will carry the 'Cuda name from Plymouth's past. Dart: Dodge will re-engineer the compact in mid-2016, adding a nine-speed transmission and a revised 2. 0-liter inline-four engine. A turbocharged SRT version will be introduced in late 2016. Journey: A redesigned Journey will move onto a Fiat platform in mid-2016, and production likely will move to the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, home of the Chrysler 200. Expect the... Charger: The Charger was freshened in 2014 and will remain on its current platform until 2018, when it will be redesigned to share a platform with larger Alfa Romeo sedans. Challenger: Like the Charger, the Challenger was freshened in 2014 and will keep its current platform until 2018, when it will migrate onto an Alfa Romeo platform. Source: www.autonews.com
