well, as some of you may know im in the market for a new car. and i was doing my usual rounds and i come across this. somehow i do not think this is an R/T any one know the diffrence and can you decode it with the Vin to see if its actualy an R/T?
1999DodgeNeonHighLine R/T

 

Does appear to be a r/t. I just googled a free vin decoder and it said its an r/t.

 

dont know where you got that vin decoder from, but the vin decodes as a sport model......
THIS IS NOT AN R/T
r/t's were NOT available in automatic
ONLYcame in blue, red, white, and black
this car does NOT have the r/t wheels (though i know they can be changed)
r/t's also came with colordesignated accent designs on the interior.....(red car, red accents...black car, red accents....blue car, blue accents.....white car, blue accents)

 

i agree with spud.

R/T's were never available with automatic. not to mention that the R/T's drop the 'neon' badge in the back and replace it with R/T.

i can also tell you that the difference in engine works is the PCM (lower accel, lower redline). if that is enough for you, be my guest. However, you don't get all the goodies (correct me if im wrong) like:

- macphearson and chapman struts
- close-ratio 5-speed mtx
- front and rear anti-roll bars

...so on and so forth.


all that being said though, that particular neon looks to be in good condition. i think it would be a decent basis for a project with the dohc and all. the atx might not be something you like but it's your decision. good luck finding a new neon man!

some i found on ebay that look decent:

98 R/T: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1999-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998-...QQcmdZViewItem

Pimped out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-...QQcmdZViewItem

96 sohc: rice, built head, not iceman like he claims haha, its the 3.0 by the looks of it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-...QQcmdZViewItem

very clean 95 highline. verrry clean:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-...QQcmdZViewItem


hope some of this helps you in your search. for the most part these looked alright. i'd say your best bet of these would be either the R/T or the last one (highline) that is super clean and same seller as the R/T. anyways, good luck Garrett!


-Zach

 

Zach,
That red R/T is hot! I wish I had the cash. I'd buy it.

 

well this is what im looking for.
2 Door
R/T blue is what i perfer but ill take a white one i just want the blue accent seats.
sunroof - sure if it has one if not not to worried about it.
an auto would be nice but i dont care - its really for the wife
less than 100,000 miles
or ill take my neon back that i had when i bought it it had 18519 miles on it and took care of

 

if an auto is what you want i know of a white one, depending on how far you are willing to travel. its in pretty good shape. the only thing is that above people are mentioning that r/t wernt auto, but this one is i dont know why.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1999-...QQcmdZViewItem
ohh eat your heart out spud if they dont find my car and i get a good check this one is mine lol and its a stick so wife can stick it and ill see if her dad will let me keep it in his garage loooooow miles too
could use to loose the vent shades on the back windows and the banner across the bottom and i dont care for the hood neither
then it would be way better

 

that was on ebay before back in december or later i dont remember. its beautiful

 

i hope it dont sell again
till i can gather the cash for it. shouldnt be a problem at all though