Used Car Of The Day: 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4

by Tim Healey

Published: October 15th, 2025

used car of the day 2003 dodge neon srt 4

Today we bring to you a 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4. One of the hot compacts of the early Dubya years.

Most car enthusiasts over a certain age love these cars -- even folks like me who haven't driven one.

This one of course has a stick-shift -- five speeds of fun, no waiting -- and there are 81,000 miles on the clock. It's stock, save for a cold-air intake.

It runs well and has no rust, according to the seller.

You can find this one in the Las Vegas area for $8,700. Click here for more.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Slavuta on Oct 15, 2025

Great car. Almost as good as Volga siber - pride and joy of modern rusia. Masterpiece of rusia innovation and design.

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- The Oracle on Oct 16, 2025
  
  Volga still using wood in their designs of the chassis and body?
  
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MoDo on Oct 17, 2025

Back around 2012 I needed a new daily and looked into these, neat cars but at the end of the day its still a neon. I was job hunting at the time with lots of interviews lined up and didn't think showing up in a neon was a good look for a young professional. I went with an 03 3.5L Maxima SE instead (my budget was $6500)

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