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That should be interesting, the Dodge Caliber was a FWD Corolla kind-of car, and they're replacing the Caliber bringing back the Dart??
Well as long as it doesn't stay front wheel drive I think it could be a winner ![]()
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Its Nooo The Darrrrt
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Well it will be a no brainer for the Dart to be an improvement. I hired a Caliber in Hawaii and it was the worst POS I've driven in a long time. The dynamics reminded me of an FC Holden.
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Yes, we test drove a Caliber here a couple of years back, just out of curiousity. Like a lot of Yank cars, you look a it and go "Wow, that doesn't look half bad", but you get in it and go "Oh dear...cheap plastics everywhere", and then you drive it and go "Oh dear" for a whole different reason.
"Built down to a cost" seemed to be the way to go on everything apart from the 300C... |
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so dodge continue to recycle their old car names. charger, challenger, 300 and now dart. i guess the fury and monaco will be out soon. i hope Ford don't drop the Falcon nameplate.
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Mopar fans are absolutely outraged about the use of the name on a little 4cyl car. This is the Dart we know and love:
Hemi in a small coupe, for the win.
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Give a thing a recogniseable and well-known (even to people who have very little interest in cars) and you're on a winner. Everyone knows the Dodge Dart, even now decades after they stopped making them. |
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Caliber is a large FWD 4 cylinder hatchback. They should keep the caliber name instead of ruining the dart name. |
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SportFury GT with 440+6 ... Mmmmm ... |
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GM has been ruining old names for years. Impala, Malibu, Nova - oh well who cares, plenty of other things to worry about than manufacturers using names they have the rights to.
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Some more info on the Dart.
http://www.dart-mouth.com/
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That's actually a pretty cool looking little car.
Not a fan at all of Chryslers. Except some of the classics of course. But I hope to see them have some success with their offerings. This little car with AWD and a turbo 4 pot would make for a sweet little car.
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Really dig the look of the red one. If they can shoehorn a 6 in there..!
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looks pretty good.
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Not a bad looking little machine.
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Looks great, i hope its got a awd option as fwd is overdone these days, rwd would be crazy fun.
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Side on does anyone think it looks like a Hyundai Elantra (new model).
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and holden could probly sell 3 times as many VE's if they called them "belmont,kingswood and premier" and while their at it call the cruise "torana" lol |
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