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Originally Posted by fielderLS3
I say Chrysler is heading in the right direction, but still has a long way to go. It looks like they are about to have another product cycle of trying to sell better but still inferior small and mid-sized cars using the halo of their top end products.
The Charger, 300, Ram, and Grand Cherokee are great, but everything else slotting in below them in the line up looks like more of the same, just with better interiors.
New Patriot: I can't tell the difference from the old one on the outside There are better choices in a small SUV.
New 200: They said their designers where targeting Lexus, not Toyota...then why does the 200 look so similar to (an old) Camry from the front? Fusion and Malibu are still better choices.
Dakota replacement: Is it still rumored to be a re-badged Nissan Frontier?
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THe visual changes to the patriot are new grill, bumbers and cladding, the good stuff is underneither where all 4x4s have an extra inch of ground clearance (bringing it from 8-9 inches to 9-10 class killing inches) and supposedly all will have a low range also, not to mention the best 4x4 fuel economy in it's class, it also gains aome additional touches to the refreshed for 09 interior which includes more softtouch materials, the new steering wheel, uconnect and a new center console. Have you ever driven a PAtriot? the 09s covered most of the issues with my 07 and the 11 finishes, also I average 26mpg in mixed driving and pull up to 31 on the highway, hardly inferior.
We really havn't seen the 200 as a whole, but did you see that it will a DUAL CLUTCH 6 speed auto that aparently with the 283 HP pentastar will provide 29 hwy MPG, not to mention the heavily revised interior/exterior styling and COMPLETELY reworked suspension. It is going to be more competitive than you think.
THe Dakota is an unknown, but will NOT be nissan based, I had never even heard that. THe Rumor was they would be getting small cars from nissan, but that alliance is apparently dead and the small cars will of course be coming from Fiat
Don't go discounting cars we don't have the whole story on, they aren't going to half ass these things.