(Sport Compact Car magazine tested the car in the Feb. They created a concept car, the 2000 Neon SRT, in just 4 months, with a 2.0 L 16-valve four-cylinder topped with a 45-cubic-inch Eaton supercharger, which produced 208В hp (155В kW) and 180В lbв‹…ft (240В Nв‹…m) of torque at the flywheel on 11В psi (0.76В bar) of boost. Gale was the design chief of the original Dodge Viper concept vehicle, and recognized an opportunity to build a sport compact that would appeal to the younger auto generation who grew up on tuner cars, who may prefer a new car with the same performance appeal right off the showroom floor.ДЄ group of young Dodge and Chrysler talent was assembled to put together a vehicle to meet Gale's request, with all of the team members sharing first-hand knowledge and familiarity of the existing Dodge Neon.

Gale noted a list of performance features he saw on the sport compact cars at the show, and wanted to integrate those features into Chrysler's compact production car, the Dodge Neon. In 1998, Tom Gale, (then Executive Vice President of Chrysler Product Development and Design), attended the 1998 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. ( October 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. ACR (American Club Racing) and Commemorative Edition models were later introduced as well. The '4' in the SRT-4's name denotes the number of cylinders of the engine. PVO was officially renamed SRT ( Street and Racing Technology) in 2004. A turbocharged variant of the Neon, the car was developed by DaimlerChrysler's in house PVO (Performance Vehicle Operations) tuner group. The Dodge Neon SRT-4 is a sport compact car manufactured by Dodge from 2003 to 2005. Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive

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