I hope they spare us the current look that is common to all Dodges. It looked kinda cool on the Magnum, but it’s been much less successful on everything else that they’ve applied it to, in my opinion. And I hope they spend a bit more on the interior too—Chrysler, and especially Dodge, have had horrid interiors the last couple of years. Ugh.

Crossover? There’s a crossover in those pictures, where? All I see is an SUV.
I guess it’s Cool now to call them Crossovers now since SUVs are now behind looked down on by many as big gas-guzzlers. So what the Industry did was they took SUVs and gave them smaller engines. But now they’re labeled as Crossovers so they don’t seem like underpowered SUVs.
“Hey look, your SUV only has a 6 cyclinder with 250hp, haha” , “NO it’s not an SUV man, It’s a Crossover!”
LoL

So this makes sense as a sort of replacement for the short-wheelbase Caravan and Town & Country.. but there is no way this could replace the PT Cruiser at its existing price point. I still say axe the Compass and give us a true PT replacement!

And I have to agree with Scott.. the Dodge styling theme is wearing pretty thin, particularly on the Grand Caravan.. where the rear end differs from the Town and Country only in turning the taillight lenses upside down! I hope there are some new cues on this “crossuv” to broaden the future Dodge look.

Oh, dont worry, this CUV will have the same old Dodge styling. See the rear pic? U can clearly see the taillights with thin twin horzitonal backup lights. Like widened rear lights of the new Avenger.

As for the interior….. this CUV may be the first to have a decent interior. Looks like a center stacked dashboard. (for europe??) I’ll be waiting for more, better shots of the interior.

Oh, another thing…… Ford Edge (bigger compact) is NOT IN THE SAME CLASS WITH GMC ACADIA (almost full size) when LLN mentioned the compeitiors!! God damn it!!! Get it right, LLN!!!

Acadia goes up to $45,000 loaded. Its width matches the bigger brother, Yukon at 79 inches. Its like Yukon, only lower by a foot in height!!!!

^ wow. Haven’t had someone tell me a “your mom” jokes since 5th grade. Congradulations man, your such a funny guy. Just make sure before you bang my mom that you got your Cootie shots taken.

Looks like a lot of truck DNA in there to me. If this is a crossover, it didn’t cross over far enough. I don’t see how this can replace the (car-based) Pacifica or PT.

I guess I would much rather see people driving “cross overs” than useless SUV’s which they dont even take off road.

Anyways I’m so sick of the damned crosshair grill. It looks 1980’s. You cant tell from the camo, but if this looks anything like the new caravan, then it’ll be hideous. I rather get a ford edge if I need to take kids to soccer practice.

LOL @ DeanTJ

yea, we all laugh AT deantj.
pity.

Dodge’s entire lineup is going to be crossovers and SUVS.

I guess this slides in above the Caliber and Nitro things and below the Durango? Who needs every possible size of a crossover/SUV?

Stupid idea to go along with uncreative recent styling…Chrysler deserves to lose money on this

boooring

Is that a Saturn Vue?

The Speedomether is in the middle of the dashboard! whats that a jap crossover???

^ I believe BMW’s Mini was one of the first to introduce it recently into the mainstream. Which would make it a german crossover I guess.

Yeah, that dashboard looks horrible from what I can see.. Nissan (Quest) and Saturn (Ion) learned the hard way that central gauges don’t help to sell mainstream vehicles, and if Dodge goes that route for what I assume they expect to be a high-volume CUV, they should expect less than stellar sales. Central gauges are best left to the Minis and Scions of the world.

god dammit looks like the cycle is deantj disappears for a week, then comes back and acts like an 8 year old (with the enthusiasts knowledge of an 8 year old none the less). wash rinse repeat

next!

Is that the spedo or a nav screen?

What and no update on the Pacifica?

the crossover bus has kinda come and gone if you ask me

This better be good!

Yup, another Lambda wannabe. Following in the path of everyone else like BMW, Acura, MB and Lexus. More LotRot wasting away while the buying public is snatching up Lambdas as fast as GM can build em.

The basic dash if you “LOOK” is in front of the steering wheel. That center pod is likely for a navigation screen.

If it’s on the Sebring platform, it’s basically a Mitshi Outlander in Dodge clothing.

They’ll have plenty of room on the Sterling Heights line with the Sebring/Avenger suckin’ eggs.

I’m Sorry, but how many damb Chrysler products are we going to see before they start making something of quality???????????????????????????????????

Is it that I just dont see as much news about Dodge products as I do GM or Fords, or is it that Dodge just slaps their **** together that fast? I havn’t heard much of anything about this, but here it is. Its like there always spitting things out as soon as there is a demand in the market (eg. Razor). I know that the Razor is an older concept though.

MGBYG.. how can the Avenger be “sucking eggs” if it hasn’t even been released for sale yet?? People tend to jump the gun here a bit.

wow, a jacked-up family wagon, allow me to contain my excitement, zzzzzzzz

Why are they making this? It doesn’t look like a worth Pacifica replacement.

If they could pull off moving that fast and making a relevant product I would have to give them some respect for that. And they have had some hits, 300 and PT come to mind. But the Compass, Aspen, Sebring are losers in my book, I know their not selling very well here. building losers gets you where Ford and GM are at. I just think its better to be a little late to the party with a great product than something thats gets to the market quick but destined to be a failure (not saying its going to be).

Another crossover, YUCK!

When is this stupidity going to stop?

No way, I tired of witnessing cars of mediocrity from Dodge, Chrysler, etc……

Don’t be a box…. Don’t be a box….

Clearly Andre Neves has no idea what the difference is between a crossover and an SUV. Hey, gbb, the stupidity will end when people stop buying crossovers. For some reason there are a lot of people that dont want to buy minivans anymore (even though minivans cover most of what people buy crossovers for and do it better) so your stuck with crossovers.

As for this vehicle, it looks promising.

Andre – CUVs are generally unibody, while traditional SUVs are body-on-frame.

Why are they building a car of this size/stance from scratch when they already have a Jeep Compass and a Dodge Caliber? How the hell many stout, bulldog-looking crossover-y type cars can they build?

Amazing.. I’da figured being Dodge, the rear taillights would have some kind of semi-circle lenses in them somewhere. Looks almost slightly Pacifica-ish to me from the side.. and the lady flipping the bird is great.

What a truly unique product from the inventive minds of Chrysler! What will they think of next? A horseless carriage?
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BTW … an angry woman behind the wheel of a soccermamamobile … can’t sterotype it any better than that!

not making any judgements about this yet if it doesnt take out the camo. but chrysler/dodge products are horrible, rented a sebring and nitro, horrible to drive, i mustve mushed the pedal in the sebring, and the ride in the nitro was slow and hard. dont get me started w/ their interiors.

waste of time…

To me, that is a minivan. Does the angry driver comes with the minivan?

that woman giving the finger is priceless

MORE AMERICAN TURDMOBILES.

The attitude of the woman sticking her middle finger up in the air is how I feel about this automobile. The world needs less crossovers, not more. The truck is hideous like every single dodge. American cars equal old fashioned technology with poor design and terrible reliability. The car much like the brand is absolute garbage.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……………….HUH?? oh another new plastic soccer mom van LAME buy an XC90 if you want to drive your kids around.

I’m pretty amazed that some seem to know everything about this cross-over without even seeing it personally, let alone driving it. Maybe next time those who spout complete crap out of their mouths can keep it closed to spare us from their stench. American vehicles are awesome, despite what some methheads in here have to say.

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The attitude of the woman sticking her middle finger up in the air is how I feel about this automobile. The world needs less crossovers, not more. The truck is hideous like every single dodge. American cars equal old fashioned technology with poor design and terrible reliability. The car much like the brand is absolute garbage.
Comment by sunshine1810, posted on June27 at 2:41 pm

look guys at least some people here have brains shamne the same cant be said for others eh?? 1c3d0g

you know the best thing about “american turdmobiles” is that they run bad longer than most brit cars run at all.:)

OK, be honest. If you worked for Chrysler you would drive around flipping everyone in the world off too, right?

If they’re anything like *some* of the posters in here, then hell yes!

^^^that makes me laugh every time

Me too CTS. Such twats on this forum, if they weren’t so naive and sheltered I don’t know where I’d get my entertainment from!!!

Last time I checked Aston Martin was an American Turdmobile for a number of years. But what do I know, I drive Mopars… bad me, bad!

Not my cup of tea

I’m telling you Sunshine lives in San Francisco and rides a bike. The interior looks just as bad as the current chrysler/dodge cars. When will they learn to mix colors and textures to make it interesting?

I want to know who designed that interior… that’s just disgusting.

I seriously hope those dial headers are only temporary (for what though?), cheasy 80’s car interior all over again.

The center console actually isn’t that bad. Give the interior dashboard a few curves though, and some dramatic color scheme- this is a Dodge we’re talking about, and one way to make your interiors look less cheap is some very simple, inexpensive color and trim.

LOOKY HERE! Another finely crafted, intricately designed interior by the good ol’ boys down at Dodge! First rate materials, top notch fit and finish and a startlingly modern design round out this superb interior!

NOT. THIS IS PATHETIC.

It’s not very often that I agree with Lambo, but I have to agree with him on this one. All I can say is I hope the interior looks much better in person, because it looks like crap in the pics.

Piece of crap. This is unimaginative, no wonder Chrysler is in trouble now. AMGoff, you’re a twat. Aston Martins are built in England and recently in Germany I think, and just used to be owned by Ford.

the instrument panel already looks dated

It doesn’t look too competitive so far compared with other offerings such as the Edge, lambdas and everything else

Commodore: Or with anything at all in the segment, really.

MHW: It was bound to happen sometime, nice to agree.

The interior looks positively cheap and hideous. Yuk.

Needs some infusion of other elements, maybe some chrome or even tan. Too much of the same color is extremely difficult to make not look cheap.

i rather like the placement of the hvac and audio, but the three square pods that make up the gauges are awful. interior needs more color, and those plastics better not be indicative of the final product.

crew is a horrible name for any vehicle.

Jordan: See to me, it would seem more logical, and easier to read, if the HVAC and audio controls were switched, with the audio on top for easy glancing and control, and the HVAC on the bottom, as controlling the climate takes far less of the driver’s attention than messing with the audio, and if the audio was up top and more in line with the drivers line of sight, it would be far more convenient, and safer too. A major flaw in my opinion.

Another corps on display. It’s DOR. Who needs it? What market? It’s a fine company: marketing sucks and engineering isn’t any better.

jjt: Your cup of tea involves a lot of tea bags. Sorry buddy I couldn’t resist.
The only reason I’m in this ****ty thread is that Edmunds has the actual pics LLN Keep up !
The exterior looks great but the interior is bad. The placement of the radio is the OPPOSITE of what it used to be and I think the navi is pop up. It doesnt look as good as the Edge(never thought I would praise that POS) but its good that they have one Get rid of that PT and Pacifica