Dodge Caliber SRT4 – DEAD
Friends, we gather here today in order to pay respects to a car. Not just any car. A Dodge. In the words of Al Bundy, “A name that speaks power and glory…Dodge.” Guess the new Chrysler Fiat, owner of Dodge, doesn’t see any use for a supercharged 4-cyl. The Caliber SRT4 has been extinguished. Apparently, “Caliber SRT4 failed to live up to its Neon-based predecessor—a car which we once crowned king of the featherweights – much less any of its current competition. Indeed, even brand new, the front-drive hatch found itself last in a four-car comparison test.” This decision also means the death of the SRT4’s 285-hp, 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The engine survived for just two model years in a Chrysler product. PT Cruiser, your grandfather’s version of the Caliber, remains thru 2011.
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