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#61 of 1634 Re: Another look [klogd] by leadfoot_ed Sep 14, 2005 (1:21 pm)
Replying to: klogd (Sep 07, 2005 8:02 am) With gas at $3.00/gallon, I was really holding my breath that the new 2006 Civic Hybrid would be my next car..... until Honda released pictures of it. Interesting as a hairy snake, and about as ugly, too. That being the case, I agree with aveman. If they put the VW TDI diesel in this car and sold it at a decent price, I think they would sell the heck out of this thing! ************************ Why the VW TDI? Honda has one heck of a turbodiesel in Europe. 140 horse and about 220 lbs./ft. I'm sure as soon as they can get the regulatory and emissions issues worked out, they'll offer it in the states (I hope). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. At first, I thought the new Civic is kind of "out there" but it's growing on me. Maybe it's that "snake hair" that's growing on me.
#62 of 1634 Re: Another look by eirikbiorn Sep 20, 2005 (4:33 am)
The VW TDI because DC has already made project agreements with VW to develop hybrid engines, not to mention it is dubbed as one of the "World Engines" that DC seems to be obsessed with. Besides, for 2-300 you can buy a chip that would boost the measly 90-110hp to nearly 170.   Also, I could be wrong, but isn't the diesel in the Mercedes and the Liberty from the same development projects?   Anyway, all I gotta say is, with gas at 3.00, and my 50 min drive to work, if DC produces this thing with AWD and a diesel, I might buy two.
#63 of 1634 vote of confidence by aveman Sep 26, 2005 (6:49 am)
I think my interest in the Caliber is about over.Chrysler Corp. decision to cut back the 7 year /70,000 mile warranty to 3year/36,000 in 2006 is a major reason.They are indeed bringing some appealing products out like the Caliber. But cutting the warranty the same year you introduce an all new model is no vote of confidence. It seems more like a cover my corpprate behind in case these bright technologies don't work right. I would not want to take that risk. Also it will be interesting to see what the Mitsubishi warranty on a simalar platfort vehicle will be.I am sure they realize that Hyundai and Kia have no problem giving there products a vote of confidence. I would pay close attension to the powertrain part of the warranty
#64 of 1634 www.dodge.com/caliber ; Jan 9 Production by micweb Oct 07, 2005 (11:46 am)
The Dodge website has some additional information (finally) on the Caliber - no hard information, some puff stuff on the CVT and engine family, pix of the concept.   On another website, a reliable poster has indicated first cars will be at dealers on Jan. 9. That would explain why they discontinued the Neon (leaving Dodge with no small car at a time when people are looking for small car gas mileage).   I don't much like the looks of the Caliber, but I do like the packaging (Matrix/PT Cruiser vanlet) and hope Chrysler worked some of its old time engine magic on the new family of engines.   I have heard the Caliber platform will form the basis for the next PT, and I suspect the new "world" 2.4 will be replacing the existing 2.4 in the PT. Since I am interested in getting another PT (on my short list!) I am therefore very interested in how the 2.4 will perform in the Caliber.
#65 of 1634 The Dodge Caliber is being built on by iluvmysephia1 Oct 10, 2005 (7:57 am)
the new Mitsubishi Lancer platform. Humm...need more information than that. Well, having said that, this is the next best looking Detroit car since Pontiac first started popping out Solstice's a few months ago!   All of a sudden the Asian makers and now American makers are thinking small is good again! Could $3.00/gal ghastly have something to do with that?   No, I think they got the styling right on this Caliber. If they can offer a 5-speed tranny and keep the price down (but still include obvious needs like air conditioning) I would be interested in test driving one at least. If what I think is gonna happen happens, like the Caliber adding up to a grand total of something more like $18,500 before T & L I'm slinking away from it like I would if I accidently caught a swath of Dennis Rodman's breath at an unfortunate time. That is the historicity for American car makers, overprice the thing to take it out of reality and try to make everybody think that the car's are really worth it. I will follow the development of this one along, though.
#66 of 1634 Caliber? Ewww! by vcrpro3 Oct 14, 2005 (5:34 am)
Just another example of Eurocrap design being foisted upon the sheeple buyer...... Replies to this message: dialm4speed (Oct 15, 2005 12:52 am)
#67 of 1634 Eurocrap design? by iluvmysephia1 Oct 14, 2005 (9:41 am)
I wouldn't call the new face of Chrysler Eurocrap, I think it's all-American. It's overused by DCX, but in a small form like on the Caliber it looks fairly good to me. A lot better choice than the Dodge Neon for looks.   The thing I'll be watching is how the price chimes out eventually. If it follows suit for American cars, even small cars, it will be initially priced as a lure at a reasonable amount. Then the second stickers and additional charges will storm in and with the features and options you want on it the car will end up costing you $18,000 before T&L chomps in. Not a viable option at all. We shall see.
#68 of 1634 Re: Caliber? Ewww! [vcrpro3] by dialm4speed Oct 15, 2005 (12:52 am)
Replying to: vcrpro3 (Oct 14, 2005 5:34 am) I don't know if it's Eurocrap but it's certainly BAD design! It will be interesting to see if those that like the Neon SRT-4 will warm up to this POS!
#69 of 1634 Diesel by claudius753 Oct 15, 2005 (3:59 pm)
A 2.0 Turbodiesel with 140 hp, gobs of torque, coupled to an AWD system and delivering 40 mpg highway with hatchback versatility? From a domestic make? As long as the styling doesn't turn out hideous, I think it could do very well. I'd be interested in one if they offer AWD with the Diesel and CVT.
#70 of 1634 claudius753... by iluvmysephia1 Oct 16, 2005 (7:57 am)
I agree, this new Dodge Caliber sounds fairly good for a domestic rig, now if the mechanicals can prove to be trustworthy. I like the looks of it as we see it in the concept model, hopefully Dodge won't change it at all.

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