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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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Default Re: Dodge Kills Off Caliber SRT4

Originally Posted by FObangah
I know they are dropping ideas about selling a similar car, but they won't. This type of car applys to a niche market, it will be hard enough to market a car like this by itself, it will be twice as hard with a comparable vehicle under the same roof. Take the pontiac solstice and the saturn sky for example. The solstice debuted one year before the sky. When the sky came out, sales of the solstice dropped 19% for that year, even though the solstice was a couple grand cheaper. This is probally one of the reasons GM decided a solstice coupe would be a good idea.
Think of it this way, do you think Chrysler could have sold an SRT4 neon AND an SRT4 calibur at the same time, even if one was badged a plymouth and one was badged a dodge? One of them would have went either way.....
Good points. Of course in the case of the Sky/Solstice, it could also have to do with the Sky being way better looking.