The Demon 340 Was Introduced To Compete With The Big Boys
Not for the first time has a muscle car with outstanding
performance been promoted before the Dart Demon
340. In 1968, Dart had three trim levels:
Custom, GT, and GTS. Dodge fitted the Dart GTS with
a 340 cuin V8 while the Custom and GT's
engines varied from a 198 cuin slant six to a 318
cuin V8. However, this nomenclature was only used for
a year before Dodge discontinued the GT and
GTS. The Swinger and the Swinger 340 took their place.
The Duster and Duster 340 with an A-body fastback styling
were introduced by Plymouth, a sister company of Dodge,
in 1971. It must have been based on the new
compelling enough, but plummeting