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Once parked on your driveway, does it look the performance machine outwardly? It’s sleek in appearance and its gaping grille treatment up front suggests it might be a “pokey little motor”, as my late dad would describe a hot performing small car. The side and rear view don’t really enhance that notion. Not much to differentiate it from many inoffensive contemporary sedans, though the Hornet is marketed as a Crossover Utility Vehicle. Let’s not split hairs over the market segment descriptor, please.<\/p>\n
The interior design appealed. There a some premium interior features in the shape of Alcantara seats, with an embroidered Dodge Rhombi logo. The racing-oriented Alcantara seats have what are described as “red crust” accents highlighting the seat perforation.<\/p>\n
The flat-bottomed steering wheel suggests performance possibilities. And controls, one enabling a one-touch switch between Sport and Standard drive modes, are at your fingertips on the wheel spokes.<\/p>\n It’s a driver-centric cockpit with centre stack controls and a central display screen and HVAC vents, both tipped slightly towards the pilot at the wheel. I get the first tilt but not sure the vent positioning is designed to impress the co-pilot. That said it wasn’t difficult to redirect the vent positioning to cool down the ‘nagivator’!<\/p>\n The 12.3-inch digital cluster screen is clear and uncluttered thus aiding quick driver glances. The central 10.25-inch central display operates like the smart phone of choice.<\/p>\n Apple fans might find the next line offensive and triggering so perhaps skip to the next paragraph. The system is Android-based and offers a simply operated Uconnect 5 infotainment system. The Driver Profile content and home screens can even be personalized. Amazon Alexa allows users to connect digitally to the Hornet with in-vehicle Alexa virtual assistant with voice capability.<\/p>\n Ok, Applets, open your eyes. Apple CarPlay can be chosen as an operational option. Just try to keep Siri away from Alexa.<\/p>\n The Harman Kardon premium sound system pumps out 465 head-banging watts through 14 speakers and a subwoofer. I have retained a liking for Black Sabbath into my dotage, so that also qualifies me as a potential Hornet owner.<\/p>\n Base price is $61,745. Gulp. Price as tested with exterior camera system and fancy performance features was $71,725.<\/p>\n keithrmorgan@hotmail.com<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2024 Dodge Hornet is great for zipping around town but its performance capabilities show on the highway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":118220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"dodge-hornet-2024-interior-keith-morgan\"](\"http:\/\/interior-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/10\/dodge-hornet-2024-interior-keith-morgan.jpg\")