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The compact sedan market has become one of the most vital vehicle classes to the automakers doing business in North America and with the introduction of the 2013 Dodge Dart, the Chrysler Group will finally have a car that could be a major player in that segment – with a price of $15,995 making it less expensive than the bestselling models in that class.

The 2013 Dodge Dart is expected to make its grand debut at the 2012 North American International Auto Show tomorrow in Detroit but as has become the big trend this year – images and videos showing the sporty new C segment sedan have slipped onto the internet ahead of the big debut.

The numbers are in for the last month of 2011 and once again, the Chrysler Group led the way for the entire American auto industry in terms of year over year growth – with all four of their pre-existing brands showing positive growth in December while the Fiat brand trudged onward.

Since Fiat has taken majority control of the Chrysler Group from the US Government there hasn’t been much talk of Chrysler ownership but with the upcoming 2013 Dodge Dart reportedly hitting 40 miles per gallon in preliminary testing late last month – Fiat has met the final requirement set forth by the feds when Fiat purchased the first piece of the American automaker in 2009.

While being coy with facts on the 2012 Dodge Dart, Chrysler has announced almost complete details on the 2012 Dodge Charger Redline coming to the Detroit Auto Show next week.

While most of the American public was preparing for Christmas last week, the folks who have built the Dodge Caliber for the past 5 years saw the last compact hatchback roll off of the line at the Belvidere Illinois Assembly Plant but sadly – few people other than those who built the Caliber shed a tear over the death of this low priced 5-door.

Dodge has been slowly unveiling the 2013 Dodge Dart through tightly cropped images of the inside and outside of the new C segment sedan but the Chrysler Group enthusiasts/authorities at Allpar have dug up the newest (and possibly most revealing) exterior shot of the new Dodge Dart on their new site Dart-Mouth.com

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When the Chrysler Group unveiled the first interior teasers of the 2013 Dodge Dart, the focus was on the high tech center stack and gauge cluster but on the 2013 Dart teaser site, Dodge has quietly added two new images showing the door panel and what looks to be a seating surface of the new C segment sedan.

This morning, the Chrysler Group unveiled the second group of 2013 Dodge Dart teasers, this time focusing on the center stack and gauge cluster of the new C segment sedan but around 6pm eastern standard time, Dodge posted another interior shot of the 2013 Dart on their official Facebook page - offering us a closer look at the whole dash layout.

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Detroit, MI - The stream of teasers from the Chrysler Group showing their new 2013 Dodge Dart continued this morning as the automaker offered up the first official look at the interior of the new C-segment sedan – giving a glimpse into the gauge cluster and infotainment area of the 2013 Dart.

Yesterday, the Chrysler Group offered up the first official information on the new 2013 Dodge Dart including a couple tightly cropped teaser images and a brief mention of the engines available at launch but while speaking yesterday with Reuters, Chrysler/Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne declared that the new Dodge Dart will be the first Chrysler Group vehicle to offer 40 miles per gallon.

We have known for some time now that the Chrysler Group would use the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit to unveil a new compact sedan based on Alfa Romeo architecture but this morning, the folks under the Pentastar offered up a handful of information on this new model – officially named the 2013 Dodge Dart.

Penske Racing and 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion Kurt Busch (pictured) have parted ways, mutually ending their six years as partners, owner Roger Penske announced in a joint statement with the driver this morning.

Study by J.D. Power and Associates shows owners generally dissatisfied with factory-installed navigation systems, but give the Garmin Navigation System in the Dodge Charger top marks.

The Chrysler Group as a whole has had a fairly quiet 2011 LA Auto Show but among the debuts is the new Dodge Challenger Yellow Jacket – a limited edition muscle car in the new Stinger Yellow exterior colored applied to the high performance SRT8 package.