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Sat Nov 21
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There's something about the SRT4 that i like, though. The more over-the-top styling actually works. The huge wheels, outrageous body kit and different hood cut line make it look much more aggressive. The hood cut line alone was more pleasing aesthetically on the SRT4, and i don't know why they didn't do it the same on all Calibers.
I would have considered one if it weren't for the god-awful interior. I've seen better plastics in the Rubbermaid aisle at Home Depot.
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Joey: Boss, should I shoot him gangland or executioner style?
Fat Tony: Listen to your heart.
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However, until there is a fundamental shift in the market, American car makers will always have a tough time selling sporty compacts.
Buyers that like compacts, like Hondas, and buyers that like American cars like V8s and RWD.
The 4 banger isn't a deal breaker for me, but wrong wheel drive is.
It's an impressive powertrain in the SRT4, so I think that Dodge should Fiero-fy it (or MR2-ize it, for you Fiero haters), and drop it into a mid-rear 2 seater, and bring us the M4S that we (or at least, I) have lusted after for the past 2 decades.
Done right, and priced around $25k, they could sell quite a few of them, but given the limited market for 2-seaters, it would probably be better to build it to a higher standard, and undercut the base model Corvette by $5k-$10k, and try to get a higher margin on each vehicle to make up for lack of volume.
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I'm not a small-car kinda guy, just prefer those with "back", and even I liked SRT's of every model, if not for daily-driver use, then as a hoonalicious machine on the cheap.
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But at least the SRT4 Caliber made up for some of it by being redonkulously fast for what it was. looking somewhat cool, and having the capacity to overcome a great deal of it's dynamic flaws with a little home-made lovin' straight out of Ma Mopar's parts and recipe catalog.
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Shame that more cars like this don't actually roll off the lots on a regular basis.
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I thought this car was seriously too much fun to drive. Suicidally fun to drive. I like that in a car.
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