Four times a year, we dive into Stellantis’ sales reports in search of so-called “zombie cars.” The Q3 2025 results don’t disappoint, as several models popped up despite being out of production for years. No, there’s no Viper this time, but Dodge has three other nameplates that really shouldn’t be there.
Dart sales are up 500 percent compared to Q3 2024. As absurd as that sounds, it’s mathematically correct: Dodge sold six cars from July through September versus just one in the same period last year. It’s been a while since the compact sedan was in production. The last one rolled off the line at the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois in September 2016.
That means six people bought “new” nine-year-old cars, assuming those Darts were from the final month of production. Back in the FCA days, the model lived on for a bit longer in China, sold as the Fiat Viaggio and, in hatchback form, the Ottimo. Both rebadged versions were discontinued in 2017.
In its final U.S. model year, the Dodge Dart started at $18,990. For comparison, that’s roughly the price of a base Nissan Versa in 2025, a far more sensible buy since it hasn’t been sitting on a dealer lot for nearly a decade. Then again, those six buyers who chose a Dart over a brand-new car must’ve scored one heck of a deal.
Elsewhere, Stellantis dealers still had leftover Dodge Journey inventory. No fewer than 13 crossovers were sold in Q3, with 17 moved in the first nine months of 2025 compared to none in the same period last year. The Journey isn’t as ancient as the Dart, but it too is fading into memory. Production ended in 2020 at the Toluca plant in Mexico. The Journey name made a surprising comeback a year later for a made-in-China rebadged Trumpchi GS5 sold in Mexico.
An honorable mention goes to the Dodge Caravan, with eight units sold in Q3 and nine year-to-date. The last minivan rolled off the line in 2020 at the Windsor plant in Ontario, Canada.
Other FCA/Stellantis castoffs that refuse to die include the Fiat 500L (two units) and 500X (31 units in Q3, 158 year-to-date).
Altogether, these zombie cars made a teeny-tiny contribution to Stellantis’ positive U.S. Q3 results, which rose six percent to 324,825 units. Still, 2025 hasn’t been a great year overall, as shipments through September are down six percent to 928,024 vehicles.
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