MS3 and CSRT4 Road and track camparison...

[iBoost]

Maybe it would have done better if they didn't compare it to the silver one.....

(flame2)

psh.. your (screwy) everyone knows that the silver ms3 is the fastest of them all. (yes) lol jk.

 

[ispypsi]

it just said a forged crank, no others. the compact dodges are throw away cars, so i wasn't surprised in the least.

forged rods as well it says. it didn't say anything about pistons though, which is where the weak link is gonna show up. they'll be the first to go after boost greed kicks in and someone destroys some ringlands.

the article wasn't bad. for the first 2/3rds of the article, you think they are actually gonna like the CSRT4, until they stop talking about straight line numbers.

i already called it would be the same as the neon, a plastic-laden base model econobox with a big motor and some brakes/wheels. it doesn't look half bad in black because you don't see all the plastic outside. any other color is gonna give away the cheapness.

interior doesn't look bad, but the photos once again don't show the plastic everywhere. i might have missed it, but the boost gauge looks to be blocking an a/c vent and i don't see one on the passenger side...so that leaves only 2 in the middle? seriously???? i enjoy having my side vents available and not having it force all the air out the center ones.

in the slideshow, the built in G-tech deal looked neat, til i read it was about as accurate as "playing darts in the dark" (guy's exact words). no s*** they're going to inflate the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times, or else people would be taking them back to the dealer to go get an MS3

i agree with the writer, seriously why can't dodge make an avenger srt-4? i could guarantee it would sell loads better than anything else. first the neon? ugh love/hate, looks like crap...now this abortion of a pt cruiser on steroids? i guess dodge gets off on trying to stuff power into ugly ass cars. and if they're going for the sleeper effect, they're not doing a very good job with all the flashy wings and hood vents.

 

[KaiserSoze]

I wonder if Caliber SRT4 owners will be as self concious about their cars as the Neon SRT4 owners. I knew this girl who swore up and down that her SRT4 wasn't a "Neon" b/c there was no "Neon" badging on the exterior and even the Dodge website just said "SRT4". She even went so far as to claim that it had completely different lights and body panels. LOL. I just told her, "Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night."

 

[Alejo_NIN]

dude, just WTF goes thru dodge's mind with this vehicles..
and there are actually people who buy them/..

i say this is gonna be the fall of dodge, the lowest point.

oh well,
world, be prepared for some cocky drivers once again...ugh...wans't it enough with the neons? now we gonna have a bag of s*** trying to race anything that moves on the road....
sigh

 

[xxxmonoxidechil]

ive been seeing the test mules locally for awhile, and now they are on the back lot at the factory. i must say, in person, i do like them. and i HATE the normal caliber's. i think they did a pretty good job on them, and they do look pretty quick when there abusing them on the roads.

but if i was gonna spend that kind of money, my heart will allways lie with mazda...

but thats no reasont o hate on another car that has some respectable qualities just cause it may compete with what we like.

 

[Alejo_NIN]

competition is good
now mazda need to revamp the speed 3 and make it quicker and fix the tranny...it now knows there are others in the market that are getting pretty close, and if mazda wants to dominate, they need to fix alot of things