Your rear tire is too wide...

oh? so the Flintstones aren't a good design reference?

If you used the Flintstones to design that, you're way off, but it worked out damn good for ya.. lol

Just a reminder that all entries need to be in by the 28th.

Man I need to get to work on the color.

I've got a design that I think is done, but I'm going to give it a day or two to see if I can think of any revisions before submitting. I want that diecast... haha

Nice work, TJ.

Glad to see you back - and glad to see that you still have your design chops.

Ok, so...here is my updated version ( listening to the comments here ) for a Dodge Dart :

Spend some more time trying to disguise it's origins as a Fiat Punto. That's my only advise.

Spend some more time trying to disguise it's origins as a Fiat Punto. That's my only advise.

Yea, I did kinda keep it "production ready"...but I would agree with you that it can be better developed. see what I can do ...

Chrysler-->Fiat rebadges for Europe are nothing but a grille and logo change. What makes us think the opposite will be different? Whoa, I just scared myself.

You're on, TJ.

I'm going to spend most of the day tomorrow and hopefully get mine done.

You guys better hurry up before Dodge beats you do it.

OSHI- new Neon!

So the crosshairs are giving way to a giant triangle? That's different.

like yours Jett.....nice sketches....

OK, here's mine.

Unfortunately it probably won't be reversed. It was a move done by Fiat for multiple reasons but the biggest is this. If Dodge and Dodge trucks now 'Ram' could both stand and on their own feet, this gives Fiat the ability to sell the Dodge or Ram brand more easily in the future. Remember when Dodge was attempting to sell the Viper brand on its own? I don't think anyone jumped from there seats to purchase the brand because there would never be too many takers for a brand thats primarily sold because of the brand that it falls under. Especially in the case of the Viper that sells in very small numbers to for the most part Gearheads with deep pockets. You sell the 'Ram" brand to lets say Kia and Kia now has to slap their name on the brand or come up with a brand name that no one is familiar with and would easily give away the fact that Ram is no longer owned by Chrysler/Fiat, sales would sink like the Titanic, only faster. The Ram truck brand is very valuable and I think it was just Fiats way of creating more assets in the event they could not turn around Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep and now Ram they would still have a fall back plan when it comes to making money.

This is sadly true, Fiat is doing this to increase their assets and the ability to break up the divisions and sell them off to recover any loss. From a business sense, it makes sense to keep each section as a stand alone group that can be sold off. FIAT does not have the best track record with america, so if they feel threatened they could always dump the trucks to raise cash to keep their crappy cars going.

Ok, so...here is my updated version ( listening to the comments here ) for a Dodge Dart :

Nice over all, never seen the auto before, My only suggestion is to stretch those little black bottom openings up so it give the over all nose a better dodge Cross Hair look. They just look wrong down so low. If possible to add fender flares over the rear wheels would be cool too.

Over all Nice Job!

You're on, TJ.

Sweet ride! Love the Color. Does it fit us 6'6" tall Americans? That is the biggest problem with cars. I just do not fit in anything but a full size truck or SUV.

You guys better hurry up before Dodge beats you do it.

That is one Fugly Car!

Keep it up, everybody! I am going to extend this contest by one day per request. The deadline is March 1st @ 11:59pm EST.

Get those last minute submissions in!

You're on, TJ.

OOOOOOO! Nice.

I'll have the color GTS's up later tonight. The SRT may not be done in time...but with the extension, that changed from a "Most likely not," so I'll see how it goes...

Edited February 28, 201114 yr by Turbojett

Here goes somethin':

Looks great TJ! Mine's coming down to the wire, hopefully it'll be worth the wait.

Remember.. tomorrow's the last day for this!

I loved the Neon SRT4 and although the Caliber SRT4 didn't make the splash Chrysler expected I love hatches and wagons...so I am hoping Dodge revives the Neon name and it returns as a 5-door like the Caliber but the way it should have been done the first time around...Chrysler had a great platform for the Caliber but still fumbled the ball, I know it was partially Diamlers fault so here is hoping Fiat and Chrysler will do right by us this time!

Edited March 1, 201114 yr by Gizhost

3.5 hours to go!

Well, I don't think I'll color the SRT in enough time...I tried, but it'll just have to stay a sketch for the contest. Regardless of what happens, I'll still finish coloring it and post in the Design Showcase once the contest is over--and that'll even give me some time to do multiple shots.

and this just means I'll have to bring out las pistolas mas gigantes for the next one.

Edited March 2, 201114 yr by Turbojett

Finally done. The design was influenced by the 1962 Dart and Lancer. I think it complements the Charger surprisingly well. It's also still got a hatchback.

I hope I got everything. Down to the wire here!

Didn't even have time to come up with a name for it. Maybe later. While I didn't get to shade it or anything, I did sketch out a rear view. Whew!

Edit: Gave it a name.

Phew.. you scared me man! I didn't think you'd make it!

I was literally doing this right up until 11:57!

That's crazy! Glad you got it in time.

I'm sending a PM to the voters now. Hopefully voting won't take too long!

Ooh, I like that one, too. Very mini-Charger.

How did you do the wheels? They look sort of 3-D realistic rather than vectored like the rest of the car.

Edited March 2, 201114 yr by Turbojett

Ooh, I like that one, too. Very mini-Charger.

How did you do the wheels? They look sort of 3-D realistic rather than vectored like the rest of the car.

I "cheated" and borrowed them from another car and chopped them on.

I wanted to do the wheels in vexel but it would have probably taken me another 4 hours. I put those wheels on at 11:53 last night! Didn't even have time to apply a filter to make them look more vexel. At least the donor lighting was in studio VS outdoors so it doesn't look too out of place, and the design is kind of like what I had originally sketched out.

Mini Charger was sort of what I was going for. Not a carbon copy but with styling cues like the side sculpting and the full width tail lights. I think the new Charger's side styling translates better onto a smaller package than the old Charger's did (see Avenger).

The Avenger was just horribly done all around. Any one of us could have done a better job with the LX Charger's design cues on a midsized platform.

anyway, maybe I should have done that with my wheels too.

I got lazy with them because I hate doing wheels, and couldn't come up with a decent design.

Edited March 2, 201114 yr by Turbojett

I agree that the Avenger definitely would've looked better with the newest Charger's cues (i.e. the '99 Charger concept's cues).

DF... your rear wheel/arch looks really small to me. Is it just me or does it look a little disproportional?

it might be the flare throwing you off. I think it should be a bit bigger (front one is pretty big), but I ran out of time to work on it. The wheel/arch are correctly size though, it's just the angle.

Ahh I figured out what it reminds me of! The front wheel arch seems like it's sized about right, but the rear seems like it should have a 14" Yaris wheel on it or something:

That's my only gripe though. I love the rest of it, especially the headlight/hood sculpting, and you did a good job incorporating the side sweep.

You know what? You were right, the arc was a bit small as well as the flare being way too small. Contest's over but I fixed it and a few other things I didn't have time for.

Yeah, that's better.

BTW, two of the three assigned voters have PM'd me their votes and it's pretty close... only a four point spread between 1st and 3rd place! I am giving each of these voters the right to list their favorite 1st/2nd/3rd places, so I'm doing the normal point system... 1st place gets 5 points, 2nd gets 3, and 3rd gets 1. If two people tie, the winner will be decided by who got more 1st place votes. If it's still tied, I'll bring in an extra voter.

This contest proves that small cars don't have to be ugly.