page_title: Dodge Dart
section_title: South America
hierarchical_section_title: Dodge Dart / Foreign markets / South America
caption_attribution_description: English: Dodge Dart Coupé 1980 Brazil Museu do Dodge Curitiba
context_page_description: The Dodge Dart is a line of automobiles marketed by Dodge from the 1959 to 1976 model years in North America, with production extended to later years in various other markets.
  The Dart name originally appeared on a 1956 Chrysler show car featuring a streamlined body designed by the Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Ghia that was later modified and renamed the Dart Diablo. The production Dart was introduced as a lower-priced, full-size Dodge in 1960 and 1961, became a mid-size car for 1962, and then was a compact from 1963 to 1976.
  The Dart nameplate was resurrected for a Fiat-derived compact car that was introduced in 2012.
context_section_description: Production of A-body Darts continued in Brazil, where they were also sold as Chargers, through 1981 and in Colombia through 1977. Dart-based A-body cars with various names including Valiant, Coronado and Polara were produced in Argentina through 1979. The Brazilian A-body cars used the 111-inch wheelbase (2,820 mm) bodystyle from 1970 and were always equipped with the 318 cubic inch V8, set up to run on the lower-octane fuel used in Latin America at the time. Originally a three-speed manual was standard, with an optional Torqueflite automatic, and later a four-speed manual was also available. The equipment levels in Brazil were: de Luxo, SE, Gran sedan, and Gran coupe, with the sporty Charger R/T coupé at the top.
  The last true A-body Dart was built in the summer of 1981 in Brazil. This car is virtually identical to the U.S. market's 1976 Swinger.
caption: A 1980 Dodge Dart (Brazil)
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