The Dodge automobile group started in 1914. From 1914 to 1927 they produced a series of automobiles and light an heavy trucks. Chrysler acquired the Dodge company in 1928. Daimler-Benz acquired the Chrysler corporation in 1998, which now makes Dodge apart of the Daimler-Chrysler brand of automobiles.

The Dodge business started as a bicycle business and machine factory. They supplied parts to the earliest automobile makers. The business was started by brothers, John Francis Dodge and Horace Elgin Dodge in Detroit Michigan.

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The 2007 Dodge Caliber is purely a dodge as it’s taken quite quickly on the market with its 4-door body style, 3 engines (148 horsepower) strategy, 2 transmissions and a choice to get either into 4 wheel or 2 wheel drive with 5 speed manual gearbox. Now that’s what a SUV is all about specially when the competitors are the PT cruiser, HHR and the Matrix etc and dodge caliber is available in 5 trims ranging from SE to R/T AWD.

The best part is the CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission) inclusion in the Dodge Caliber, which keeps the engines efficiency in ultimate mode and the drive even being more than 3000 pounds sounds without much bang and the vibration aren’t bizarre at all. CVT has an ‘AutoStick’ feature that lets the driver to have manual control over the 6 stepped gears just like old days and move the gears as per your requirement.

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Dodge is the American manufacturer that is best known for the legendary Dodge Viper super car. Founded by the Dodge brothers John and Horace, Dodge produced their first car in 1914. Another sports car that made history is the Dodge Charger.