Just want to make a few corrections to this thread, just in case anyone is
still reading...
On Wednesday, November 29, 2000, at 07:42 AM, Mark Darby wrote:
> In 1994 Chrysler hand made 182 NEON ACR's. They were
> all SOHC sedans.These cars were built in 1994 but
> Chrysler held them back till 1995 using a brake recall
> as their reason. Wouldnt you know it,I just by chance
The hand-built ACR sedans were all built in 1994 in several batches starting
somewhere around February or March of 1994. All Neons built in 1994 were titled
as 1995 models. I can't confirm the 182 number, I thought that it was more like
200 but perhaps 182 is correct. I owned ACR #160 which was built in June 1994
and delivered to me on July 5, 1994. According to the customer relations
engineer at the Belvedere plant mine was the first car of the last batch of
hand built cars. Regular ACR production started sometime later in 1994
(September or October maybe?). I am not sure exactly when the coupe came out.
BTW the hand-built cars featured a different transmission with what appear to
me to be better gear ratios for Solo. Mark Chiles owned one of these hand-built
sedans too and he concurs that it was definitely faster and almost up there
with the DOHC coupe.
>It was April 94 before the first cars hit the
>street.
>>****Most of these cars were BUILT in April of 94 and
>>didnt hit the street for sale until Aug or Sept of '94
They may not have made dealer lots until then but they definitely were on the
autocross course by May of 1994 and I ordered mine in late May and was driving
it the beginning of July (less than 2 weeks from order to build BTW).
The only options were the rear defogger and certain paint colors ($100 extra).
I had the dealer add cruise control to mine in addition to the rear defogger I
had ordered with the car.
- Alan Dahl
(former Neon owner)
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