Dodge Caliber Review
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Favorite feature: |
CVT |
Least favorite feature: |
Tragic huge blindspots that are unnecessary except for style |
Advice to buyer: |
Similar cars also have bad blindspots. So Caliber is still a viable purchase |
Detailed review: |
I bought the SE Caliber w/2liter CVT & A/C for the CVT & $14,000. Always a manual shifter before, I adore the CVT for its v. smooth magic carpet ride. I'm a featherfooter piloting my last two econo cars to highs of 50+MPG. The Caliber on 4000' foot mountain passes has given 32.7MPG & intown & country road MPG of 27.8MPG which makes me fairly happy. Hope long drives on flatter terrain may give higher MPG. However, I think the Caliber could be more space efficient. The wasted space in the console instrument area could be shortened up & more foot room given for rear seat passengers. Also, the rear of the car could have more space efficiency to shorten & lighten the car(for better MPG?) without losing much storage space at all. Rear passengers would have a bit more headroom if the car would not have been tapered towards the rear. Also, this lack of taper would have made for a bigger rear window. A bigger rear window wiper could have been fitted to clear more glass. Also, the small rear windows should have been eliminated along with the posts. The remaining rear windows should have been enlarged both in width & breadth to dramatically reduce the blind spots. Also the overwide front posts easily hide cars & create other unnecessary blindspots. These are major tragedies of style over considerations of safety. |
Also considered: |
2007 Nissan Versa Hatchback
2007 Honda Fit
2007 Toyota Yaris
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Vehicle purchased: |
2007 Dodge Caliber
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| About This Reviewer... |
Name: |
bill borsheim |
Email address: |
bborsh@lycos.co.uk |
Location: |
Monroe, Washington |
Other vehicles owned: |
None
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Review submitted: |
October 21, 2006 |
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