The order called for no changes to the engine internals, so the Garrett T25 turbo puffs just 6.9 psi of peak boost into the DOHC 16-valve 2.0-liter four. Mazda called in Callaway Cars of Old Lyme, Connecticut, to slip some more engine-room zoom into last year's Mazda Protegé MP3. Like the Dodge, the Mazdaspeed Protegé gets its superpowers not from a glowing pinky ring but a glowing turbocharger. The SVT engine hitches its 170 horsepower and 145 pound-feet to a six-speed stick.Įnhanced with a six-CD-shooter stereo ($675), a power sunroof ($595), and xenon gas-discharge headlamps ($450), this one rolled out of the SVT lab at $21,350. Enlarged intake ports and a compression bump from 9.6:1 to 10.2:1 are among the power tweaks. No hulking up here-the five-door has the identical exterior and interior dimensions as the three-door and pressed the scale with just 60 more pounds.Īlso the same is the excitement generated by the injection of an extra 40 horses and 10 pound-feet of torque in Ford's DOHC 16-valve 2.0-liter Zetec four from the ZX5. Now Ford's speed division, the Special Vehicle Team, has issued a five-door version. The Ford SVT Focus earned its propers by vanquishing its super-hatch competition in our "Desert Foxes" comparo (March 2002). (Side airbags are the only option at $275.) Dodge seeks $19,995 for the no-extras example pictured here. Springs, shocks, anti-roll bars, brakes, even the front knuckles, have been fortified. The SRT-4's extra displacement and atmosphere put the five-speed manual on the hook for 215 horsepower and 245 pound-feet of torque. Step one was stripping the "Neon" badges and jettisoning the Neon's 150-hp, 2.0-liter four and strapping in the cast-aluminum DOHC 16-valve 2.4-liter in-line four from the PT Cruiser, along with a Mitsubishi turbocharger and an intercooler the size of Superman's cape. From exceedingly humble roots in the base Neon, DaimlerChrysler's year-old Performance Vehicle Operations has extracted a just-add-gasoline club racer. Whether it was from a gamma-ray beam or just an inspired pencil and slide rule, these cars deliver straight-line scamper and switchback agility all out of whack with their junior-petite dimensions and $20,000 price range.Ĭonsider the newest American hero, the Dodge SRT-4. Tested: 1986 Dodge Shelby GLHS Goes Like Hell S#%!įar-fetched? Meet four such schlepnick sedans that have had the ho-hum hacked right out of them. Best Sports Sedans for $15K: Window Shop with C/D.Desirable Sedans, Past and Present, and a Shelby-Tuned Compact
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