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Originally Posted by Mac3150  I'm not missing the point. My first statement was I wanted to like this car but the interior is crap for a $25,000+ car.
It doesn't matter what the base price of the car is. Your payments aren't based on $14,000 are they, NO, if you pay $25-$28,000 for a car, the interior should not be a plastic piece of crap like the Caliber is.
After you put an exhaust, headers, etc., on this car as most are talking to improve performance even more, you will end up spending another $3,000 easy and now you've spent between $28-31,000 for a Dodge Caliber that might have 330hp and run pretty quick but it's still a Dodge Caliber. For that kind of money you could buy a WRX STi or even a Pontiac G8 and you will have gotten much more for your money.
You sound like the the extras that they put on the car are custom performance parts. With all the suspension modifications they put on it, it still doesn't handle that good because it's top heavy and putting 19's on it simply to fill the wheel wells wasn't the best choice either. Have fun spending over a grand for tires every 15-20000 miles. Read the reviews on this car they are fair at best and most everyone who wanted to like this car states Chrysler missed the boat on it. They could have refined this car very easily and they chose to put out an ok at best product.
Again I wanted to like this car. It looks great, has great power and good gas mileage but simply is not worth the price compared to other cars out
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Yes, you are still missing the point. It's a cheap entry level car. That's all it is. That's what the unibody and interior are. The price is the result of everything else. You're still missing the point. You're looking solely at the price, and not what the car IS. The interior is base model because that's the car it comes out of. Dodge doesn't build a car like this so people can get their jollies off on a feminine metrosexual interior.
Real car people don't give a shit about interiors, as long as they work. I prefer function over style, and the interior of this car has much more function than style. Everything is laid out where it should be, easy to use, and the gauges are nice. I could care less about having velvety soft touch materials on my dash.
I can't believe your honestly taking magazines that get paid with advertising dollars from manufacturers opinions to heart. So many of these damn magazines will complain that a Hummer H1 doesn't have enough cargo room. They put every vehicle on the same playing field and that just doesn't work. Different strokes for different folks.
Truth is, I own the car and I don't need a bunch of armchair auto queers to review my car for me. I can go out and make my own reviews and create my own opinions. I pity those who can't.
Several other independent reviewers that don't get swayed by advertising money love the car.
This car doesn't handle good? Are you kidding me?
For the tires, I run 35 psi and have maybe a 32nd off the tread, and I'm at 9,000 miles.
Please list other cars at $25,000 that have what the CSRT-4 does.
If the interior is the only gripe for the car, go buy an import and enjoy your Starbuck's.