The Neon did get cut, because it wasnt replaced by a 3rd Gen Neon, but rather a brand new model...

 

The caliber is butt ugly and it seems to be appealing to a different market than the neon did for the most part, I think Dodge could easily sell both.

 

Taste is subjective, of course. Yeah they could probably sell both but like I said before unless they come up with a stylish coupe to go with a bread and butter sedan then theres no point. Honda and Chevy seem to sell plenty of civic and cobalt coupes so theres no reason not to offer something with style.

 

The ones to get rid of would be those tired, old, Jeep models - the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee.




Just kidding, I was just thinking of what the head decision makers at a large corporation, who went to college just to learn how to be stupid,and get way overpaid, might say...

 

Here is what I have been told by people in the know.

compass: bye bye
nitro: bye bye
aspen: on the bubble
commander : gone, but see GC.
Grand Cherokee: Mix the commander and gc together. GC will get bigger. Basically the commander will get renamed a GC.
Durango : Is based of the next GC. But it will be bigger than the GC.
Minivans will both stay, but get some distinctions between the two.

 

That list is about what I expected. The aspen really doesn't seem to have enough to differentiate it from the Durango and make it worth the extra cost. It'll be nice to see the Durango change in looks, the current one's side and back profile make me think jacked-up minivan.

 

Being an avid jeep lover and having owned a cherokee 4x4, 99 grand cherokee 4x4 and now owning an 06 Wrangler Rubicon, I can say that discontinuing the compass is like light shining through the clouds from heaven. If they built a fullsize suv with a suspension that can take punishment would be a welcome sight..........or at least a wrangler unlimited with a v8

 

Thank you! Excellent move

But I dissagree with the Pacifica. If engineered properly without minivan similarities I think it could compete with the X5 and Lexus SUV's

 

In my opinion, they need to rethink the IFS 4x4 front ends in the Jeep line. I know they are gearing more for the "soccer moms" and most people never take them off road, and IFS is a more plush ride on pavement, blah, blah, blah. I knew when the Liberty was introduced and it had IFS, the GC would follow suit. To me, a Jeep should be the king of off-road vehicles, there is a lot of heritage here, and that heritage has always been "bulletproof", and an IFS is not bulletproof off pavement...