• Dodge first introduced the Spirit mid-sized passenger sedan in 1989, marketing it as a family vehicle. The model had a strong start, selling 60,000 cars in the first year. But the brand only lasted six years before it was replaced by the Stratus. The 1994 Dodge Spirit was the last update to the model.
  
  

Body and Exterior

• The car's body is 181.2 inches long, 53.5 inches high and 68.1 inches wide with a curb weight of 2,824 lbs. The automobile has body-colored body-side molding. It has variable intermittent windshield wipers.
  
  

Engine and Powertrain

• The car sports a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine with 100 horsepower at 4,800 rpm, although buyers can opt for a 3-liter, six-cylinder engine that gets 141 horsepower. The car achieves 135 foot-pounds of torque at 2,800 rpm. It has forward-wheel drive, a 16-gallon tank and it gets between 19 and 22 miles per gallon (mpg) in the city, and between 25 and 29 mpg on the highway.
  
  

Suspension and Handling

• The car has a front and rear anti-roll bar to keep the car from rolling on tight turns. It has disc brakes in the front and drum brakes in the rear. The transmission is a three-speed automatic or five-speed manual transmission with overdrive, although a four-speed automatic with overdrive is optional.
  
  

Interior

• The car seats six people and offers 14.1 cubic feet of luggage capacity. The cloth-upholstered interior has bucket seats or a split bench seat in the front, as well as a rear bench seat. It also has air conditioning, an AM/FM stereo, cassette player, cruiser control, rear defroster and optional power windows.
  
  

Safety

• The Dodge Spirit has driver front-impact airbags, and optional four-wheel anti-lock brakes, which keep the brakes from locking during hard braking. The car has rear child safety door locks, and optional power door locks.