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I saw a recent article in Autoweek that discussed some of the projects being worked on by Chrysler (with pictures). They had a 300+ hp turbo PT that was a 2dr hardtop based on the upcoming vert PT. It had extensive ground effects, 20" tires and a big wing on the back deck lid and to me looked more like one of the Honda Civics you might see in the Fast and Furious. They also showed a similar 2.4 turbo Stratus sedan (not the 2dr, likely because the 2dr is Mitsubishi based). Whether these make the light of day who knows but they had rolling running hardware and refered to the Stratus as the SRT-6.

Also, the PVO group's charter is to make low volume nich versions of vehicles like the STR-4, SRT-10 and the SRT-10 Truck not upgrades and parts. They are not the ones responsible for the Stage I upgrade for the SRT-4 and PT GT. Mopar Performance is seperate business unit within Chrysler with it's own P&L requirements, they are the ones that are offering the Stage I upgrade.



Mopar Performance certainly used what the PVO group has learned about the turbo 2.4 and likely had them do the engineering work, but it's MP that responsible for it seeing the light of day. What MP sells may or may not be made/designed by DC, it comes from whom ever can provide what they want. For example the small block V8 crate motors are built from DC manufactured blocks and heads but the actual engines are assemblied by either Catipillar or Arrow Racing Engines. The big block and Hemi crate motors are re-engineered blocks because all the original tooling was destroyed and most of the engineering drawings were gone too.