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It’s not that Ford is so great or their vehicles are so much better. We were all saying that repeatedly here, long before there was ever a thing called B Sport. Yes, a better AWD system and engine would’ve made Compass and Cherokee better. That dated look, with the squared rear cargo area maximizes cargo room….something that Cherokee and Compass failed to do with their sloped rear hatches. It must have been excruciating to be an engineer during that time.Ĭlick to expand.I’d have to compare interior specs, but from what I’ve seen from online sources, they made excellent use of all the interior space for B Sport. Plenty of insiders have mentioned this, some of us personally saw mules roaming about, and the 5 year plans showed what they had in the works. We know that the updates and products were in development. A mid-cycle refresh in 15/16 aligning with the Charger/Challenger refresh styling ('rounder' but still aggressive) and adding the 9 speed would have been plenty to avoid the 'fleet and sub prime only' bin. It got nothing, and Durango even got the better with the PUG. When the refreshed Durango started selling, who would want to buy a Journey that got WORSE gas mileage than the bigger, faster, and all around better Durango. Styling was aggressive and gave off the 'dodge' vibe, but not too offensive. They should have just started marketing 200 as a chrysler's big luxury compact, rather than a small midsize.

Iterative improvement is mandatory in this day and age, and I never understood why they never got that. Ford and Chevy would have been able to leapfrog them instantly.

I think Hellcat would not have the notoriety if it was 'just' over 600hp. Thankfully the engineers secretly (based on the articles from Allpar IIRC) pushed Hellcat to ludicrous power levels out of the gate.

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It was small for it's class, but the fact that it and Dart weren't flying off the lots at full price caused a premature demise. Until the merger with PSA, it felt like 'we release an absolute hit, or nothing at all'. Click to expand.I feel as though the biggest drawbacks to the FCA era, after the first few years, was that it was all 'binary thinking'.