I actually like the looks of it, right up until after the rear doors where it takes a seriously awkward turn. The lowered stance, ground effects and front air dam make it looks light years better than a SXT or R/T. The wheels are essential to the looks as well. But that back end....major afterthought. I like the muscular, somewhat mean look of the nose. I just think it is having a hard time deciding what it wants to be. A car-ish wagon-ish SUV?
Putting that ugly ass aside, my chief complaint is the lack of an AWD option in the Caliber's flagship model. Stupidity at its finest. The bottom-feeder models offer it, but you get to bald your front tires on the real performer of the family. At least Mazda doesn't offer AWD on any American 3, so you don't feel like you've been jipped when you can only buy a FWD MS3. Since the hardware is available, Dodge would have been smart to engineer it to handle the 2.4T's output and offer it.