Stellantis to Invest $13 Billion to Grow in the United States

[Jeeper1961]

I drove a Hornet and thought it was a great little CUV. It had plenty of power and drove nicely in city and freeway environments. It was roomy and comfortable and didn't deserve the bad rap it got from the media. It could have used a little more sporty Dodge accoutrements but it was a solid and well made car.

 

[TripleT]

I drove a Hornet and thought it was a great little CUV. It had plenty of power and drove nicely in city and freeway environments. It was roomy and comfortable and didn't deserve the bad rap it got from the media. It could have used a little more sporty Dodge accoutrements but it was a solid and well made car.

It was it just had too much momentum against it. If was assembled in Mexico, a better job was done on the nose, and it was marketed as CUV instead of the Muscle Car.... It would have had a chance. Another thing that bothered me was they tried to Americanize the controlls and IP... when likely should have been just redone complete. Even if they use the Compass. Actually the Tipo Maybe would have been more appropriate. Alfa has very specific interior features that make it a Alfa, the patch work fixes for the Dodge came out wonky

 

[Mopar426]

The dealers are even more to blame, they are responsible for advertising and marketing the car as well. They never had any problem selling Dodge Journeys or Calibers. It was overpriced and they did nothing about it.

 

[patfromigh]

They never had any problem selling Dodge Journeys or Calibers.

This Caliber trim sold poorly. One would think they would have remembered all the hard lessons learned from this first before trying it again with the Hornet.

It's kinda sad, Dodge created the hot crossover hatchback segment and they blew it twice.

 

[TripleT]

This Caliber trim sold poorly. One would think they would have remembered all the hard lessons learned from this first before trying it again with the Hornet.
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It's kinda sad, Dodge created the hot crossover hatchback segment and they blew it twice.

I went to buy a RT and couldn't get of the JATCO whining in the front.... Got a Charger instead. Wife wasn't pleased, gave me crap all the time. Daddy Daddy, mom was racing a Mustang.... she stopped after she was told on.

 

[Mopar426]

This Caliber trim sold poorly. One would think they would have remembered all the hard lessons learned from this first before trying it again with the Hornet.
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It's kinda sad, Dodge created the hot crossover hatchback segment and they blew it twice.

I think this car just had bad timing as it came out right as the second muscle car era was lighting off. It was up against the new Challenger and 400+ HP Mustangs, Camaros and a full SRT line from Mopar. When the Neon SRT4 most of those didnt exist and imports were still the thing