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Dodge Caliber

The Dodge Caliber is often panned for the uninspired design and cheap materials of its interior. Three years of complaints later, Chrysler is doing something about it by giving the Caliber's cockpit a major refresh.

While the Caliber's interior has been thoroughly revised, don't expect an all-new look. The basic shape and layout of the dash remains the same and Chrysler aficionados will note that most of the new bits and pieces, such as the climate controls and the navigation system, have come straight out of the Chrysler parts bin.

That said, the changes go a long way toward moving the Caliber's interior up the scale. Gone are the cheap-looking white-faced gauges, replaced with more contemporary blue-on-black meters with red needles and thin chrome trim rings. The hood over the gauges has been altered as well, forming a more boxy enclosure that mimics the ones found in other Chrysler products.

Chrysler may well have done its best work over on the center stack. The acres of shiny, faux-aluminum plastic have been trimmed back to simple accent rings around the center stack and the shifter, which appears to have been borrowed from Mercedes-Benz. New climate controls and a navigation system reside below reshaped air vents and a new storage cubby has been added between the shifter and center stack. A new steering wheel completes the interior package.

Chrysler has made a few changes under the hood as well. World markets get a new 2.2L common-rail diesel engine producing 163 hp and 236 lb-ft. Along with the increase in power over the outgoing unit, Chrysler says the new mill brings with it a 5% increase in fuel economy and 3% reduction in emissions. It will only be available with a six-speed manual transmission.

If you prefer gasoline, Chrysler has replaced the old 1.8L engine with a new 2.0L four-cylinder that makes 156 hp and 140 lb-ft. The 170-hp 2.4L engine carries over from 2009, but the high-performance SRT4 model is dead.

Dodge Caliber

2010 Porsche 911 Turbo

While we may be happiest about the updated paddle shifters on PDK-equipped 2010 Porsche 911 Turbos, the force-fed 911 also gets a host of improvements to its performance.

Starting under the hood, Porsche bored-out its flat-six engine 0.2L to 3.8L and fitted it with direct injection, the 911 GT2's expansion intake manifold and a variable turbine geometry turbocharger. The result? A 20-hp and 15 lb-ft power increase, bringing the totals to a full 500 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque. Along the way, Porsche says it was able to drop CO2 emissions by an impressive 18% and coax the more-powerful engine into using "significantly less fuel," though exact figures are not yet available.

While a manual transmission is still available, Porsche is pushing its brilliant PDK dual-clutch gearbox, which now features the more-common left paddle to shift down, right paddle to shift up paddle shifter arrangement. Porsche says that the PDK-equipped 911 Turbo will hit 60 mph in a supercar sprint of just 3.2 seconds. Opting for the Sport Chrono Package, regardless of transmission, also adds Porsche's dynamic engine mounts, that can be softened or stiffened depending on the situation. Also available is Porsche Torque Vectoring, an upgrade to the AWD system that adds a mechanical limited-slip differential.

Deliveries of the 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo will begin in January 2010 for both hard-top coupe and drop-top convertible models. The former starts at $132,800, the latter at $143,800, and both will hit a top speed of 194 mph.

2010 Porsche 911 Turbo

2010 Porsche 911 Turbo

2010 Porsche 911 Turbo

Aston Martin V12 Zagato

Aston Martin V12 Zagato

2012 Chrysler 300 Mopar 12

2012 Chrysler 300 Mopar 12

Updates are in the interior and blue stitching on the steering wheel in perforated leather with blue projection behind the perforations. The performance improvements are only updated brakes and a 3.91:1 ratio rear axle borrowed from Challenger manual said that the 0-60 mph time of a second (for the high range of 4 seconds) to reduce. A limited edition of Mopar 12s will be built this summer.

2012 Chrysler 300 Mopar 12

This special edition of 300 white and blue theme is not new, familiar to fans of the '10 Mopar Dodge Challenger and Charger Mopar '11, but this is the first time the complete treatment and have been applied to a Chrysler Mopar. We say that the bruise-inspired color scheme seems more at ease on the Dodge, though. As befits a luxury Chrysler, Mopar will be kept 300 of the rest of the visual updates subtle and stylish. Instead of the dynamic graphics, spoilers, and hood scoop on the Dodge Mopar, the 300 gets thin "Mopar" blue stripes along the waist and in the middle of the leaf, without the cap. Black 20-inch forged aluminum wheels, black grille and inserts, black and round headlights cut the dark treatment. A handful of badges Mopar Mopar, including "75" pieces on the front fenders, run the external update.

2013 Audi A3 concept

2013 Audi A3 concept

Audi S8 2012

Audi S8 2012

2013 Dodge Dart GTS 210 Tribute

2013 Dodge Dart GTS 210 Tribute

The first is a 2.4-liter multi-air air-fuel ratio and spark tweaking calibrations, and a low pressure, low-restriction intake and exhaust horse screwing production of "210". Suspended in 2013 in the presence of darts, will be reduced, and the rotors drilled. This package, "Phase II" performance has been included. Updated to include the level of the apes seems Charger Redline, a chin splitter, duplicate 18 - In Mopar fashion design, extended side sills and carbon fiber body guard (with shovel) and a rear spoiler look. Within a few flashy ruby ??red Mopar / Katzkin Interior, and the suede - I have a list of documents.
Many of the recently released game for the shaft of simmering conversation. To create buzz for the car is generated, Mopar off-road, from a revenue from the 60-year-old dart GTS is a program that is affectionately GTS 201 has been paid to create dual revenue went.

The car company is a resident of the 75 anniversary of the four-car assault on the part of the sale of Chrysler vehicles. Tribute dart GT 210, Phase 1 of the optimization packages are designed to prepare the package, Mopar. The name of this is that this program is a dual to a new aerodynamic spoiler, new side skirts, a rear spoiler and a diffuser-look rear panel, matt black texture finish, all done with the upgrade focuses on the spread. In addition, the phase 1 program covered carbon, carbon fiber roof with an application and the 18 "titanium 10-spoked law created a new group.

Internal changes in the phase 1 program, seats, door panels, map pockets and central armrest of the black part, it was, ruby ??red, which ended as a complete contrast stitching and suede box device. Meanwhile, a red-black finish, leather-covered steering wheel for the new dual inside look bolder and floor mats.

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