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My Caliber is comfortable and fun to drive. The acceleration and noise get better with some miles and the CVT takes getting used to. Then you flip the gun the other way and try to compare it to a sports car with a tuned race suspension. While most vehicles tend to emphasize their compactness with slender aerodynamic lines, the Caliber is much more of a masculine and strong design. However, what kills the concept for me at least is the intense mental dissonance when I consider what the exterior of a Dodge truck crammed onto a compact car means. Understandably it was top-heavy, but the suspension was taut, it had a lot of grip and and it transmitted road feel without bumpiness and road noise. And as SUV owners start thinking small it makes sense to offer them some familiar cues.

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Ya gotta love those Dodge boys…. I actually like the looks of the car.

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Not bad considering no need The same way Bush makes me nostalgic for Nixon. Partially why they have a hit: Not the Pacer, not the Gremlin, nothing. First off, the Big 3 actually have a candiandriver good record of selling subcompact four cylinders. Giuro al cielo, non sare vero. One year ago, i saw a brand ccanadiandriver new dodge caliber for sale at the dealer by my house.

But compared to a Cobalt, Focus, Civic, or heaven forbid a Corolla? It will be interesting to see how the SRT-4 Caliber fares in terms of driving fun. The diddy Dodge takes over 10 seconds to accelerate from 0 to It is rare for a little car to have much in the way of personality.

Latest Editorials view all Video: Oh yeah… every time I see this car I expect a bunch of clowns to jump out of it. Those are pretty big shoes to fill, I hope that I can find a way to increase the size of my feet… But no, 2.

At the risk of becoming the Kirvorkian of Cars, I recommend we wait and see before pronouncing this model a success. Way back in the day I used to spec parts for a computer company.

The 1st generation SE-R is a noteable exception to the list.

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The Caliber is at least a real car with real styling I like it that does not look like an emasculated cartoon like the Versa, Matrix, Yaris and Fit. Themes sony lamborghini murcielago Salary car sales bmw Ford gt 7.

Canadiandrived they switched me to the Caliber, I thought there must be some mistake. It was such an awful car, that I hardly touched another ford for, oh, nearly 20 years. Anyway, with the sloppy suspension, DCX is thinking slow is a "safety feature". The platform is a joint Mitsubishi-Chrysler effort, but I believe that the development of specific cars off the shared platform is largely independent.

Kenzie is a friend and mentor. Ironically, if GM had built a cheap, Caliber-sized Aztec, it might not have been the Edsel-sized failure it became. We get all but the diesel option however from memory there are plans to get that here as well in the near future.

Everyone keeps complaining about the plastic interior. Your review is dead-on!

At least it might be a way to get people warmed up to hatches and wagons more, which in the long run is a good thing. Never felt that way about the Prius. So much so that I still preffer the neon over the calibre in spite of the technology and features put into the calibre. And are they coming out of the US plant? Suffice it to say, keep the rpm around and canadiandrjver Caliber motors along in relative quiet.

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