Dodge is working on the replacement for the Caliber
Although the information is very rare for the development of the replacement for the Dodge Caliber, everything indicates that the engineers had both Chrysler and Fiat would use the platform of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta to design this car very expected.
Here we are not talking about a subcompact wanting to face the Ford Fiesta, Mazda2 and Hyundai Accent, but an economic compact whose mission will be to compete with the Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra, Mazda3 and other cars like that.
Cote Mechanical, an entry-level four-cylinder 1.4-liter engine would be found.
In Europe, the beautiful Alfa Romeo Giulietta uses coincidentally engine 1.4-liter T-Jet 120 hp and 170 hp MultiAir. Engine 1.6, 1.75 and 2.0 liter round off everything, which respectively deliver powers of 105, 235 and 140 horsepower.
The current Dodge Caliber is powered by a four-cylinder 2.0-liter engine that develops 158 horsepower.
There are still many things to discover about this car has come:
- Will we change the name Caliber?
- Will it be assembled in the United States or Mexico?
- Its silhouette is she much different from that of the Giulietta?
- Its mechanical organs will-HAI Italian or American?
- When will it commercialized?
That which is already considered as the replacement for the Dodge Caliber could be unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November, if not later than January 2012 International Auto Show in Detroit.
Its theatrical release is planned for the beginning of the year 2012 ...