Dodge Dart Refuses To Die, Three New Fashions Promote In Q3 2022

It has been some time since Dodge stopped making the Dart. It was in 2016 that the American automaker pulled the plug on the Dart manufacturing, nevertheless it seems just a few items of the compact sedan have been nonetheless offered over the past three months of the 12 months.

In FCA’s Q3 2022 US gross sales report, three items of Dodge Dart have been delivered to rightful house owners. Which means these items have been in inventory for six years earlier than getting despatched to their new house owners. The identical gross sales report noticed the Fiat 124 Spider, 500, and 500L getting new house owners regardless of being out of the US market just a few years in the past. 

The variety of Dodge Dart offered in Q3 2022 displays the identical quantity offered in Q3 2021. Yr-to-date numbers reveal that Dodge has delivered 4 items of Dodge Dart up to now – a bit down from the 5 items offered from January to September 2021.

The Dart nameplate has been round for the reason that ’60s, with the unique mannequin getting discontinued in 1976. Below FCA, Dodge revived the nameplate in 2012 as a front-wheel-drive compact sedan that shares its platform with Fiat fashions. The Dart line bought the ax in 2016 due to its dismal gross sales.

In the meantime, Dodge additionally moved 5 Caravans in Q3 2022 – down from the 89 items offered in the identical interval final 12 months. The corporate has offered 26 Caravan items up to now this 12 months, and that is regardless of getting discontinued in 2020. Of be aware, no Dodge Vipers have been offered from July to September 2022 – one other discontinued mannequin that refuses to die.

Total, the FCA manufacturers, which consists of Jeep, Ram, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, and Alfa Romeo – now all underneath the Stellantis model – have offered 1,199,407 items from January to September 2022. That is down by 12 p.c in the identical interval final 12 months.