Ahh but the neon owners and people on the inside of DC know this is VERY
far from the fact...I happened to have gone to neon99 (the nationwide neon
gathering in belvidere) and we got a nice peak at what the 2001 ACR and
R/T will have on them. Can you say double adjustable struts which are
being made by the same people who make the struts for the Lemans Viper? No
more rebound adjustable Koni's.
Also better larger wheels for road racing.
A brand new ABS system which the racers are actually using at least on the
road course..and according to prelimiary testing the 2001 ACR is faster
than the old ACR..by more than a second before they have sorted the
suspension.
the 2001 ACR and R/T neon will be a very nice car with at least 160hp more
than likely more with a VERY nice engine with all the tweeks and tunnings
that we can hear all of the other people whine about how the ACR is so
different than the base model..well it will be..different struts different
wheels different engine components..so whine now cause they wont hear you
from the top of the winners podium.
Jason
yes I own a neon.
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Ben Thatcher wrote:
> It seems pretty obvious to me that Chrysler has rolled out a re-designed
> Neon that isn't as sporting as the old one. Everyone who has driven one
> of the new cars says the the new car won't be as competitive in S2 or
> road racing.
>
> So now Chrysler can bow out of the contingency program that supported a
> car they no longer make and make it look like SCCA is the bad guy for
> them pulling the plug. I think this is the real reason. Obviously,
> Chrysler stands to get a lot of good press out of Topeka, so the S2
> contingencies stand. But with the "trunk kits" in road racing their
> chances of getting good press were substantially reduced so they bailed.
>
> But essentially the contingency program would have been ended by the end
> of 1999, anyway IMO.
>
> Part of this is just business. Contingency programs come and go based on
> the business goals of the company who puts up the money. If the company
> feels it is getting a decent return on the dollars expended, they like
> the program. Chrysler used the contingency program to hype up its new car
> and was able to position their product as a sports car by doing so. Now,
> they have changed their design philosophy of the Neon so the contingency
> program doesn't fit their business philosophy any longer.
>
> The fact they were able to shift the blame over to SCCA because of the
> "trunk kit" issue helped them dodge the "bad press" they would have
> gotten had they waited until after the runoffs to pull the plug.
>
> Ben Thatcher
>
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