DODGE Caliber · 2.0 SE · Minivan · 2006 ‐ 2010

From 2006 Dodge started manufacture of automobiles model Caliber, modification 2.0 SE and finished it in 2010. This five-door minivan has a length of 4.4 meters, weight 1.3 tons and is destined to sit 5 person total.

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

Fuel consumption is 10.1 l in the urban mode of driving, on the track 6.9 l, and the intermediate fuel rate is 8.1 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 51 l of petrol, what lets to drive nearly 630 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 292 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 262 mm brakes and attached to the underframe with help of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next dimensions - 215/60R17.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Dodge Caliber gained the great quantity of stars - four, indicating that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. In addition to dynamic safety systems (EBD, Traction control, ABS, ESP, Brake assistant), it is also has passive systems of safety (driver, head/curtain, passenger airbags).