DODGE Caliber · 2.0 SXT · Minivan · 2006 ‐ 2011

Make of automobiles Caliber, modification of 2.0 SXT manufactured by Dodge in 2006 and terminated in 2011. In this auto can sit 5 person including the driver, it has the form of a minivan with five doors, and length 4.4 meters, weight 1.3 tons.

«Caliber 2.0 SXT» vehicle with a variator is fitted to the front-wheels. This car can speed up for 11.3 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 186 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a maximum output of 156 horsepower at 6300 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 10.1 l in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 6.9 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 8.1 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 51 l of petrol, what lets to go nearly 630 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 292 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 262 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the next measure - 215/60R17.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Dodge Caliber received the great number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to active safety features (Traction control, Brake assistant, EBD, ESP, ABS), it is also equipped with passive safety features (head/curtain, passenger, driver airbags).