The high-powered Caliber SRT4 is being cut from the Dodge lineup. The folks over at Car & Driver noticed the absence of the vehicle in Dodge’s 2010 product lineup and have confirmed with Chrysler PR that this is no mix-up. The SRT4 is dead. Sadly, this also means that no model in the company’s new lineup will feature the Caliber’s 285-hp, 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder.
Under new ownership by Fiat since the U.S. automaker emerged from bankruptcy protection, Chrysler’s Dodge brand will instead focus on moving more high-volume Caliber models.
The Caliber SRT4 is just the latest high-performance vehicle to become a casualty of the recession, with one of the car’s main competitors, the Chevy Cobalt SS Sedan having been eliminated from GM’s product lineup earlier this year.
[Source: Car & Driver]
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Dodge banked on selling this car to tuners after the srt4.Dodge had to many suvs durango/nitro/journey/ caliber dodge needs to bring back the srt4 with the same starting hp as the caliber and awd.Not everyone can afford a challenger srt or charger srt. With the way dodge is going I will get the new camero. No fiat for me.
September 4th, 2009 at 12:55 am
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Not having a high performance 4 cyl vehicle will eventually bite them and Chevy in the butt….Ford is going to use their Ecotech (turbo) as options on their 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder ala the Taurus SHO and next the Flex….I’m very happy that I own a ‘08CSRT…Great bang for the buck…
September 10th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
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