The 2012 Dodge Caliber allotment with a simplified archetypal calendar and a continuously capricious automated chiral (CVT) that's been revalidated for added acceptable achievement and quieter operation. Introduction The 2012 Dodge Caliber starts with a different proposition, which is that a baby auto can be added like a applied account agent and beneath like a banal business module. It's a acceptable idea, but the Caliber doesn't assassinate the abstraction able-bodied abundant to bout up adjoin the antagonism in this awash articulation of baby cars. On paper, this bunched four-door auto gets all the basics right, with a analytic fuel-efficient four-cylinder agent and a applied autonomous abounding with a nice arrangement of accepted features. The botheration is, the Caliber feels blah on the road. This is beneath a amount of sportiness -- annihilation says a baby car charge be adventurous -- but instead, a accepted abridgement of clarification to the automated package. The commuter berth is addition letdown. This is a applied auto configuration, and the aggregate of split-folding rear seats and calmly attainable burden amplitude is a absolute asset in a baby car, additional there are able accommodation like a congenital acknowledgment acknowledgment and accessible speakers that cast bottom ward from an opened tailgate to accommodate a soundtrack to picnics or antic events. Unfortunately, the fit and accomplishment of the autonomous still seems like a footfall abaft the competition, alike admitting improvements accept been fabricated back this model's introduction. Overall, we anticipate there are abounding cars in this class that activity added in agreement of function, achievement and quality. Notable amid these are the Chevy Sonic, Ford Fiesta and Honda Fit, or added agnate sized hatchbacks like the Ford Focus, Mazda 3 and Volkswagen Golf. You can do added acceptable than the 2012 Dodge Caliber. Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options The 2012 Dodge Caliber is a bunched four-door auto that's offered in three trim levels: SE, XT and SXT Plus. The entry-level SE's accepted appearance account includes 15-inch animate wheels, acrimonious mirrors, air-conditioning, bolt upholstery, 60/40-split-folding rear seats, abounding ability accessories, keyless entry, cruise control, a tilt-only council wheel, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, a tilt-only council wheel, a rear burden breadth cover, Bluetooth buzz connectivity and a four-speaker complete arrangement with a CD player, accessory radio, an abetting audio jack and an iPod/USB audio interface. Step up to the SXT and you get 17-inch admixture auto (optional on SE), a firmer suspension, footlights, a chrome grille and body-color alfresco mirrors, a four-way ability disciplinarian bench (manual acme adjustment), fold-flat advanced commuter seat, a collapsed rear seat back and a disposable burden breadth flashlight. The top-of-the-line SXT Additional adds 18-inch admixture auto and achievement tires, a sport-tuned suspension, four-wheel disco brakes and sportier trim accommodation central and out, including upgraded bolt upholstery. The SXT Additional can be able with a nine-speaker Boston Acoustics exceptional complete arrangement that brings with it a leather-wrapped council caster with audio controls. The SXT and SXT Additional are acceptable for a cardinal of options. The Disciplinarian Convenience accumulation (SXT/SXT Additional only) includes acrimonious advanced seats, a ambit and a tire-pressure-monitoring bulletin display. The Security accumulation adds anti lock brakes, an agent oil cooler, trailer-towing base harness, an alarm, a alien agitation (CVT-equipped models only), front-seat ancillary airbags and acropolis alpha abutment (manual chiral models only). Added options accommodate a touch screen complete arrangement interface, a aeronautics arrangement and a sunroof. Power trains and Performance The front-wheel-drive 2012 Dodge Caliber is powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder agent that puts out 158 application and 141 pound-feet of torque. A five-speed chiral chiral is accepted on the SE and SXT Plus. A continuously capricious automated chiral (CVT) is alternative on those trims and accepted on the SXT. Fuel abridgement is appropriate beyond the board, admitting breadth isn't absolutely as acceptable as you ability apprehend with the CVT. The 2.0-liter agent allotment EPA estimates of 24 mpg city/32 mpg artery and 27 mpg accumulated with the chiral transmission, and 23/27/24 mpg with the CVT. Safety Standard assurance appearance for the 2012 Dodge Caliber accommodate a driver-side knee airbag, ancillary blind airbags, alive advanced arch restraints and anti lock brakes (front discos/rear drums on the SE and SXT; four-wheel discos for the SXT Additional and the SXT with Security Group). Stability ascendancy isn't alike offered on the SE, but it's accepted on the SXT and SXT Plus. Front-seat ancillary airbags are alone accessible as an advantage on the SXT and SXT Additional as allotment of the Security group. In government blast tests, a Caliber with advanced ancillary airbags becoming an all-embracing appraisement of aloof three stars (out of five), including four stars for all-embracing aboveboard aegis and three stars for all-embracing ancillary protection. Results were alloyed in Insurance Institute for Artery Assurance tests, with a top "Good" appraisement in the frontal-offset blast test, a next-to-lowest "Marginal" appraisement in the side-impact analysis and a second-best "Acceptable" appraisement in the roof-strength test. Interior Design and Special Features Despite a makeover two years ago that added some soft-touch abstracts in key areas, the Caliber's autonomous is still fabricated up of ample swaths of adamantine artificial that's subpart for alike this articulation of bargain compacts. Head- and legroom are accomplished up front, but the high, SUV-style basement position feels somewhat aberrant to us in a baby car. The collapsed rear seat backs on the top two trim levels are a audible plus. At the aforementioned time, rear bench account is compromised by upholders that jut aback from the centermost animate amid the advanced seats and accomplish the centermost basement position in the rear around useless. The blueprint of the active controls and gages is good. Applied appearance like the acceptable acknowledgment acknowledgment congenital into the glove and the accessible rechargeable flashlight in the burden breadth are nice touches not accessible elsewhere. Cargo allowance is appropriate enough, with 18.4 cubic anxiety of amplitude abaft the rear seats. Fold those seat backs bottom ward and burden accommodation grows to 47.4 cubic feet. This is appealing good, but added hatchbacks authority abundant more, abnormally the alveolar Honda Fit. Driving Impressions The 2012 Dodge Caliber is added acceptable to use than to drive. The 2.0-liter four-cylinder beneath the awning produces appropriate horsepower, but dispatch is comfortable at best, while the CVT dulls the acknowledgment from the power train alike added and produces a dawdling agent agenda during acceleration. The abeyance activity feels a bit acrid and there's added anatomy motion than we would prefer. It all adds to an all-embracing consequence that the car lacks the affectionate of clarification it should have, alike in this articulation area a low amount is a key attribute. |
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