Packaging RWD in a subcompact vehicle is extremely difficult as it eats up a ton of interior room. You have to remember the NSRT4 and CSRT4 are both based on volume selling models and Dodge is not going to risk turning off the volume buyers to make less than 5% of the potential performance buyers happy. The SRT4 will always be a compromised vehilce it is just a question of how compromised. I think the NSRT4 was just as close to perfect as Dodge could produce for the money back in 03-05. It was IMHO the best all around vehicle in its market segment during its production run. The Caliber platform was just not as viable an option for a performance model compared to what else is available in the market segment.
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