1984 Dodge Colt GTS Turbo review from North America

The transmission case broke, but the dealer fixed it. Other than that, it was a great car.

I had one of these cars between June of 1984 and July of 1987. I have time slips of 15.7 with factory 165-70-13 tires when the car was bone stock. The two best things about the car were the power and the economy. After a year, I installed slightly larger tires; a 2.25” exhaust system and the Direct Connection boost kit. My buddy had a stock 1983 Trans-Am with the 5-liter mated to an automatic. He finally talked me into racing him on Capitol Expressway and the Colt beat him badly from 0-100. My best ET was around 15.0, maybe 14.8 or 14.9, but I had to install larger front tires in order to get sufficient traction for launches. As for economy, we had 55 mph speed limits then, so I used to cruise at 61 or 62 mph on Interstates, but economy was 35 mpg on freeways. Why is it that someone cannot build a similar car now? I think that the car cost me $7500.00 w/o A/C.