In last summer’s Coolest Cars of the 1980s piece, we made sure to leave room for a modest little Dodge hatchback among the F40s and 959s and GNXs. Fettled by a certain Texan with a penchant for chili and victory, the Shelby-fied Omni GLH was America’s answer to Volkswagen’s GTI, a cult classic from an era of often-desultory American iron. For this year’s SEMA show, Dodge has brought back the “Goes Like Hell” badge and slapped it on a Dart.
-FCA’s parts-and-accessories division has gone hog-wild with its own line of bits and pieces, fitting an aluminum Hellcat-reminiscent hood and a body kit featuring a front splitter, rear diffuser, and side skirts. Mopar 18-inch wheels fit over their high-performance brake kit. Inside, the seats get covered in Katzkin leather featuring red mesh seat inserts and red stitching to match the lower-body stripe. The pedal kit, shift knob, floor mats, and sill plates are also Mopar items.
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But what Mopar didn’t do with the Pitch Black–painted Dart is upgrade the powertrain (beyond adding a pair of exhaust tips). The original GLH cars offered a 26-hp boost over the 84-hp Omni. And in 1986, when Carroll Shelby turned out the sporting Omni’s ultimate evolution, the GLHS, it featured a 175-hp turbo engine. The thing scooted to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds. America had never seen anything quite like it. The last Dart we tested, a 2015 2.4 automatic, took 8.2 seconds to do the same thing. A Dart with a body kit and exhaust tips feels like it’s just trading on the name, more a Challenger-badged Sapporo than a modern GLH. C’mon, Mopar. You can pay more fitting tribute than this.
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