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Dodge Caliber

Compact Hatchback

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Dodge Caliber is a compact hatchback in production from 2006 to 2011. It was available with a range of inline-4 engines that displaced 1.8 to 2.4 liters.

Introduced at a time when Chrysler made several quirky vehicles, and Dodge Caliber has an "unusual" exterior design that is rather interesting, even though it is by no means pretty. The front-end easily fools one to think that the car is more powerful than it really is.

Unfortunately, the drivetrain of the Caliber was pieced together with off-the-shelf engines and transmissions that didn't always work well together. Dodge used CVT for the automatic models, which proved disastrous, too.

Worth noting is perhaps the SRT-4 model with a rather potent engine.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 27%

Pros

Unique design (though not pretty)
SRT-4

Cons

Basic suspension setup
CVT
Unreliable engines

What external reviewers found

External score 52%

Pros

Lots of fun to drive
Cheap-feeling plastics

Cons

Lack of yee-ha

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Variants shown:

1.8

2.0d 140PS

2.0

2.4

SRT-4

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External Reviews

carmagazine^[1]

Reviewer score 52% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from carmagazine have found:

Dodge Caliber is America's answer to the ubiquitous Ford but with a big dose of attitude thrown in for free. Young couples, small families, and anyone with an eye for a bargain are top of Dodge's hit list. At £11,500 the Caliber looks great value against its opposite number at Ford.

Pros

Cheap-feeling plastics
Lots of fun to drive

Cons

Lack of yee-ha

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References

^ Dodge Caliber 1.8 S (2007) review. [carmagazine].

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