When Chrysler went all machowith tough car names, it was partly an attempt to expunge the marketing memory of the cute and happy ads for the Neon. The Neon was much better than its wretched Shadow/Sundance predecessor, but still enough of a disposo-car that junkyards teem with them today. Mostly I walk right by discarded Neons (unless I see something unusual, like an Expresso or an R/T), but this '99 Neon Sport has aftermarket performance gear to match its stickers and that's interesting enough for this series. This car is in pretty good shape and barely cracked 100,000 miles on the clock, so I'm guessing that its engine is toast. Cars like this tend to sit on the street or in an apartment-building guest parking spot (while the owner tries to scrape up cash for repairs) until towed away, and if they don't run they don't get bids at the auction that stands between them and The Crusher. There are B&M Shifters and Sprint Suspension stickers on the side glass, and what appear to be aftermarket springs and shifter in the car. As we've seen, most cars with such stickers are just talking the talk. This one, however, is walking the walk, a little. I thought about grabbing this shifter and making a few bucks, but I don't have the patience to sell parts to flake-O eBay buyers right now. We can assume that someone scored this at the All You Can Carry For $59.99 Sale soon after I got these photos. Is 1990s nostalgia here yet? Perhaps we'll see a return of this "spatter-paint" style of car upholstery soon.
When the '99 Neon makes a move, the rest of the world has a hard time catching up!
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