Neon gets replaced

Honestly if you want sales to go up make a four or two door coupe versions.That acttualy has power!

just looks like a sporty durango why take the srt-4 away and replace it with another durango??


I like the 1st gen durangos better than the new ones. I think the newer gens are ugly.

The 1st gen Durangos are junk, if they are better than 2nd Gen, the new 2nd Gen's should go directly from the dealer to the junk yard (so we can hi-jack the HEMI).

The 1st gen Durangos are junk, if they are better than 2nd Gen, the new 2nd Gen's should go directly from the dealer to the junk yard (so we can hi-jack the HEMI).


i meant exterior design wise, I really don't care for any SUVs, in fact, I hate them all.

hey miguel I just got reading the recent edition of car and driver from what it said you might want to take a second look at your clunky two step shifter vauge steering and the abrupt clutch.quit working on yor air conditioned glove box crap that costs over 1000 grand extra :eek: and work on that top speed when it red lines at 119 mph and the 0-60 mph then just leaving it at almost 10 sec. or get rid of the acaliber and make the neon again WHOS WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????? This caliber is a waste of your companies money!!!!!!!!!!:feedback:

hey miguel I just got reading the recent edition of car and driver from what it said you might want to take a second look at your clunky two step shifter vauge steering and the abrupt clutch.quit working on yor air conditioned glove box crap that costs over 1000 grand extra :eek: and work on that top speed when it red lines at 119 mph and the 0-60 mph then just leaving it at almost 10 sec. or get rid of the acaliber and make the neon again WHOS WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????? This caliber is a waste of your companies money!!!!!!!!!!:feedback:

let's all stop talking to Miguel..................... All he is doing is marketing..And all the answer we will ever get is going to be, bla, bla, bla, bla, and more bla.
If we all stop this posts now he will have to go to a soccer-mom's posts to talk about the shittty caliber.:shakehead

....quit working on yor air conditioned glove box crap that costs over 1000 grand extra :eek:

Maybe soccer-moms think $1k is cheap for that you never know... ha ha ha ha. Hey I could find a use for the Caliber though. You see, I am a smoker, and always have a hard time finding a place for my butts after putting them out. If I had a Caliber, I bet I could pack a good 800,000 or 900,000 butts in there before I would have to empty it again!

Maybe soccer-moms think $1k is cheap for that you never know... ha ha ha ha. Hey I could find a use for the Caliber though. You see, I am a smoker, and always have a hard time finding a place for my butts after putting them out. If I had a Caliber, I bet I could pack a good 800,000 or 900,000 butts in there before I would have to empty it again!

wow dude, and I thought my smoking habits were bad.:nono:

hey miguel I just got reading the recent edition of car and driver from what it said you might want to take a second look at your clunky two step shifter vauge steering and the abrupt clutch.quit working on yor air conditioned glove box crap that costs over 1000 grand extra :eek: and work on that top speed when it red lines at 119 mph and the 0-60 mph then just leaving it at almost 10 sec. or get rid of the acaliber and make the neon again WHOS WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????? This caliber is a waste of your companies money!!!!!!!!!!:feedback:

Hello Ford hater,

Thank you for the feedback. The time and effort you took to communicate your opinion is appreciated. Constructive criticism of the kind offered in your note is always a welcomed and important way of getting feedback. It is a help in providing the greatest possible satisfaction for customers.

Regards,

Miguel M.

The 1st Gen neons sold well b/c they were cheap and went fast. We overlooked a lot of the quality problems and concentrated on the part of the chassis that made a good hot rod (of sorts). The 2nd Gen lost momentum when they made it heavier and didn't offer enough power to move the thing like the 1st gens did, until the SRT. Now DCX drops what little of a sports car the neon was and gives us a underpowered overweight pig. We can't get 36-40MPG out of it and we can't get 0-60 in 7.6 secs out of it. We hate it. Tell DCX to get us a small lightweight car (2600lbs would be fine vs 3500 for the Caliber) and then put the "World Engine" in it. I don't want to buy an SRT just to get decent performance. I have a teenage driver and can not afford to insure a factory TurboCharged car. My '98 Neon R/T is fast (relatively), gets 32+ mpg and is cheap to insure. That is what we want.

Hello Ford hater,

Thank you for the feedback. The time and effort you took to communicate your opinion is appreciated. Constructive criticism of the kind offered in your note is always a welcomed and important way of getting feedback. It is a help in providing the greatest possible satisfaction for customers.

Regards,

Miguel M.

Instead of giving us your company selected answers for every bitch and complaint, why don't you get real like everyone else has, and give us a straight up answer?

Instead of giving us your company selected answers for every bitch and complaint, why don't you get real like everyone else has, and give us a straight up answer?

Give Miguel some credit. If he actually gave us some straight-up answers that compared the Caliber in any way to the Neon or SRT4, DCX would FIRE HIS ASS for the honesty as soon as they read his replies. Way to represent your employer, Miguel.

Now get the heck out of the Neon forum and slowly accelerate your way to the Caliber forum where you'll be at home. I think I actually saw 2 people chillin' in there. But if you want to see just how unpopular your new car is compared to the replaced Neons... then look at the main page in this forum for my new poll, dedicated to you, Miguel, and all those other yes-men working in the DCX marketing and sales departments.

miguel is trying to fool us with this markating crap!

Give Miguel some credit. If he actually gave us some straight-up answers that compared the Caliber in any way to the Neon or SRT4, DCX would FIRE HIS ASS for the honesty as soon as they read his replies. Way to represent your employer, Miguel.

Now get the heck out of the Neon forum and slowly accelerate your way to the Caliber forum where you'll be at home. I think I actually saw 2 people chillin' in there. But if you want to see just how unpopular your new car is compared to the replaced Neons... then look at the main page in this forum for my new poll, dedicated to you, Miguel, and all those other yes-men working in the DCX marketing and sales departments.

lol you know that thought did accour to me when i was typing that, i laughed and went ahead and finished it.

Hello guys,

In regards to your comments/suggestions, I have to say, they are very honest. I would like to make a clarification: the vehicle cannot be sold strictly from marketing alone. Input from consumers is highly needed. We, at the Dodge Information Center, believe that feedback from Dodge owners, and vehicle enthusiasts alike, is the best way to optimize what should eventually transition in to the production phase. The higher the influx, the higher the possibility. Your comments comprise what is most important to us. I apologize if the message has appeared to be one of pure advertisement. This is not the intention. If anyone has any questions regarding the vehicle, I will definitely research any information pertaining the the all-new 2007 Dodge Caliber.

Regards,

Miguel M.

the vehicle cannot be sold strictly from marketing alone. Input from consumers is highly needed. We, at the Dodge Information Center, believe that feedback from Dodge owners, and vehicle enthusiasts alikeWhy didn't they ask for feedback before eliminating the neon and replacing it with the caliber? Sounds like a load of crap as always from DC :grinyes:

But why replace the SRT-4, which is a sports car, with a crossover suv/car? Obviously they are trying to make up for lost sales. The group of buyers that want the SRT-4 I beleive is smaller than those looking for something such as the Caliber. The Caliber is larger, still has some power, and is designed to compete with the Matrix, Vibe, etc. It has decent fuel economy and can carry larger items then most cars. So it isnt a performance car, not in the least. I really hope Dodge will at least make an improved SRT-4. After all, they have the other SRT vehicles, not having a small sport compact would be missing out on the potential for extra sales.

hey, i work at a dodge dealer, and have driv'in several of the new calibers.....my opinion.....junk !!!.....sure they have plenty of bells and whistles that are nice, but i think this is to compensate for the lack of get up and go, ptimarily thanks to the new "world engine and cvt2 trans" (that by the way reminded me of driving a snowmobile). you would think that dodge would have slowly introduced all this NEW technology over a couple of model years, but NO. lets see...

new stuff in one brand new vehicle

- new world engine (1.8L, 2.0L, 2.4L) that by the way has a tiny screen in the block that all the oil going to the cyl head must pass through !!, what a joke
- the new CVT2 trans....if you like feeling shift's don't even bother, you hit the gas and the motor goes to 4 G's and stays there till desired speed.
- brand new A/C system (i.e. compressor, yeah dodge has no luck with the old compressors, might as well try a new one eh ?!...lol, yes i am canadian !)
- brand new cooling system, yes with a primary and secondary thermostat), this system also has no bleeder screw to get air out of, what a plumbing nightmare, can you imagine the air locks after a service ?!
- the door trim panels are integrated with the window regulators, anybody have a bad pwr window reg. before (haha...no not on a dodge vehicle), thats right, if the reg., goes bad, replace the whole door panel. about the only things you can service seperate is the master switch and the door speaker...great thinking !

you would think that when this vehicle was designed with this demograph in mind, they would have re-thinked a few things, sure the price is right, but all the othe downfalls outweigh that for sure


thanks for listening to my rantings, drive one for youirself to see