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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    09/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show: Postkarte From Day Zwei!
    At the end of today, please use that font to spell out "Final Frankfurtasy III."

    Why, you ask?

    'Cuz.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/17/09

    In reply to 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show: Postkarte From Day Zwei!
    The more I see the four-door A5, the prettier it gets. This is an example of modern design gone right - take note, BMW and Acura.
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    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show: Postkarte From Day Zwei!
    God that bentley is ugly. I can't get over it. Who cares about 752 ft-lbs of torque when your car looks like a turd.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    09/16/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: Still looks better than glorified matchbox that is the Phantom.
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    Image of JoeKhurr JoeKhurr
    09/17/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: It kinda just looks like a rolling tombstone to me, (and before you ask, bacon and extra cheese). It's what that entire brand looks like, nothing more than a collection of mobile mausoleums.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show: Postkarte From Day Zwei!
    Pretty much everything you show us in this postcard will never see a U.S. road. Except for #11 and that is sad.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/16/09

    @brandegee: Well, yeah, she'll obviously be well-received in the US.
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    Image of UglyDuckCar UglyDuckCar
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    Any topic in which brings up my poor car, I am subject to ridicule, yet here on this site I remain. And I won't convince you to think better of it, I know she's horrible in a lot of regards. But she does exactly what I need her to do, go from point a to point b, which most of america needs. The ones who want to do it quickly are a lot less. But the thing is you guys hate on it unconditionally. They made something different, ok you hate it. Then they did what they could to improve it, fine you still hate it. But I get the feeling that even if we were to take the interior of a BMW and put it in there you'd still hate its guts, unconditionally. Sure it's all quite relative, and relative to most of the jalopnik viewers this car is crap, yet I can't help but find large amounts of humor in the fact that I see them on a daily basis. A car that 99% of you hate yet on the roads more often than you think. It does it's job for traveling with space and it does that at the very least. And I'm sure there are plenty of other cars that have stood though the ridicule of the automotive enthusiast world, but we aren't the majority, so just realize that your opinion is just as relative as anyone elses'.

    As for the actual interior, about bloody time. What it should have been when it started, at the very least, if not more. This is what happens when you get that blood leech Daimler off of what used to be a better brand. Hopefully older better Chrysler comes out of this. Sure it's slow progression, but the key word is progression.
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    skitter promoted this comment Edited by UglyDuckCar at 09/16/09 6:53 PM UglyDuckCar was starred UglyDuckCar was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    09/16/09

    @UglyDuckCar: It would be interesting to have a Two Minutes Hate-Off between the Caliber, the Sebring, the Camry, and the Prius. All generally loathed by the commentariat, but for very different reasons. Pundits expect the Caliber and Sebring to split the Chrysler vote.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/17/09

    @skitter: Three would emerge alive. The Sebring would be unrecognizable even with dental records on hand.

    The Caliber's weaknesses stem from a miserable CVT and a (formerly?) awful interior. The Camry's are eye-searing styling and an utter lack of driving confidence. The Prius's main fault is its owners and what it represents, as it has become a more capable car. But the Sebring has nothing in its defense.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    Wow, she's pretty hot. It may be worth a rental, as long as she comes with.
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    Image of area_educator area_educator
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    "The new Chrysler: Better By Default"

    I'm not sure Chrysler can hope for a better marketing slogan any time soon.
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    Image of WonderfullyJaded WonderfullyJaded
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    It's still a s**t cheap ass plastic garbage interior riding on a s**t cheap ass union mobile.
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    09/16/09

    @WonderfullyJaded: Your version of Internet Troller is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to participate in comments.
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    Image of jodark jodark
    09/16/09

    @WonderfullyJaded: Wow yeah, even as anti-Union as I am, this style of commenting just isn't sophisticated enough for these here parts.
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    Image of WonderfullyJaded WonderfullyJaded
    09/18/09

    @jodark: Is this some attempt to attack my intelligence because I pointed out the UAW produces inferior products? They are s**t, deal with it.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    You can see on her face:

    "sigh...these pictures are going on the Internet..."

    /implied face palm
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    Image of tempesjo tempesjo
    09/16/09

    @lauwd, she was lovey-dovey: It's a sad story we see over and over again. A young girl moves to Frankfurt straight out of high school, getting off the bus with nothing more than a small suitcase and dreams of being a car show model. Suffering rejection after rejection at her auditions, and losing her waitressing job for taking off too much time for auditions, she begins losing hope. She realizes that the competition is fierce in Frankfurt, and beautiful women are a dime a dozen. One day, after filling out an application at Starbucks, she sits down to read the local free paper. She sees an ad in the back: "Car models needed. All ages and sizes." She calls the number, and the man gives her an address and tells her to be there tomorrow at 3pm. She tries to ask some questions, but he responds, "Just be there at 3pm." She goes to the address, which is a warehouse in the middle of an industrial area outside of Frankfurt. She walks inside and sees a Viper, a Challenger and some other vehicles on the warehouse floor, and her eyes light up. The man she spoke with yesterday approaches her from an office, they have a short conversation, and he says, "You're perfect. Sign this contract and let's get started. I'll give you $1000 at the end of the shoot. Why don't you take a seat behind the wheel of that Viper and I'll snap a few pictures." The man takes a few pics, then says, "Beautiful. You're doing great. Now let's move on to the Challenger. Perfect. Now, would you mind moving on to the 300 over there?" She reluctantly agrees, after he reassures her that it's alright and that this is how all shoots work. They snap a few pictures, and then he leads her to another room, and takes her behind the blue curtain, and she sees the Caliber. She gasps a little. "No, I'm not comfortable doing that," she whispers. He says, "Come on baby. It's $1000, but you have to complete the shoot. That will pay your rent for two months. I tell you what, I'll give you an extra $500 if you model the Caliber." She thinks about it, and decides she needs the money more than her pride. But as Lauwd, She Was Lovey-Dovey said, the pictures went on the internet, and they will follow her around for the rest of her life.
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    TimTim promoted this comment tempesjo was starred tempesjo was unstarred
    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    09/16/09

    @tempesjo: I saw what you did there. Cheeky bastard.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/16/09

    @tempesjo:

    Well-played, sir.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default

    That airbag cover is HUGE...it's even bigger than the airbag of a 1991 LeBaron! Why?
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    Edited by bmoreDLJ at 09/16/09 4:05 PM bmoreDLJ was starred bmoreDLJ was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/16/09

    @bmoreDLJ: An airbag is considered a passive safety device. This is in contrast to seat belts which are considered active safety devices because the vehicle occupant must act to enable them.

    The size of the airbag is conducive to the size of the vehicle driver. So, in this particular case, the airbag is huge so it will give the utmost protection to the huge person behind the wheel.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    240 mph speedometer?! Hell yeah, I'd say they improved it. Even in kilometeres, that's still around 149 mph. This new interior is fast!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/17/09

    @GreenN_Gold: That makes my naturally-aspirated, automatic Volvo 240's 120mph speedo seem realistic.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    Man, they aren't even trying over there. I believe they've thrown up the white flag.
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    09/16/09

    @Miscellanea: Only when in France.
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    Miscellanea promoted this comment maximum-sienna was starred maximum-sienna was unstarred
    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    09/16/09

    @maximum-sienna: Well, there is a Paris in the US too!
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    Lovely girl, lovely hood, lovely interior. That's unsnarky. Now what do I really think? Yawn. P.S. I have a .38 Caliber.
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    Image of Carplanetzone1 Carplanetzone1
    09/16/09

    @skaycog - Snarky?:

    .50 (I win) ;)
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    09/16/09

    @Carplanetzone1 - A star would be nice : ):
    .50 S&W? My .44 Performance Center was da bomb until they came out.
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was starred Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was unstarred
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    @skaycog - Snarky?: Ha. My Australian friend was surprised the other day that virtually every American he knows either carries a pocket knife. Once he learns that lots of Coloradans have guns he'll be even more freaked out.

    I guess the Paul Hogan stereotype doesn't really fit.
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    09/16/09

    @discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch!: Kinda scary, isn't it? We have a thing about weapons, I guess. (I told my friends that you lived upstream from Golden....they quit drinking Coors). ;)
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    09/16/09

    @Carplanetzone1 - A star would be nice : ): Yours may be bigger, but mine is prettier! It's a Lady Smith with cherry wood grips.
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    Image of Carplanetzone1 Carplanetzone1
    09/16/09

    @skaycog - Snarky?: Awwhh... how cute. ;)
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    09/17/09

    @skaycog - Just do it!: Hey, I still drink Coors, I just don't pay for it. Free samples at the brewery tour FTW! And if your friends were drinking Coors before, I'm surprised my comment had any effect ; )

    Pocket knives aren't necessarily weapons; they're tools, like a screwdriver. And like a screwdriver, they can be used to stab people.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    Wow.

    Just look at those inviting rear seats:
    [jalopnik.com]

    They'll be outselling the Caliber in no time.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    09/16/09

    @Mad_Science: I've been in the back seat of an early Caliber, and they feel like they're made of plywood. The legroom is also only accomodating if your legs happen to be removeable (and, oddly, possibly made of wood).
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    09/16/09

    In reply to 2010 Dodge Caliber Interior: Better By Default
    Is Chrysler going to waste time upgrading the interior on the Titanic, as well?
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