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Fox Car Report talks to Chrysler's Head of Design, Ralph Gilles, about the automaker's important new compact car
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Chrysler design those ahead of the SRT performance division without jail and join us so exciting stuff here.
As far as the -- is concerned is this the sort of they -- gonna expect from dodge in the future I mean I know it's a lot.
There's some similarities to the charger and other cars in the lineup but it does have its own look.
How seemingly always try to carry over some in his you -- -- -- -- -- in this hell.
And then and he had a very distinctive Taylor has become and that's in it.
On the overall it's time harness the president's own minds and it's -- celebrating -- segment we really have participated along.
It has been a -- I mean that's basically replaces the caliber of that was a larger sort of five door hatchback vehicle.
This is really gone back to the four door sedan compact.
Based on the other architecture but heavily modified for them yes it's been -- and like and it -- like -- -- it's got so many options and features that you have to almost compared to -- to levels up again -- kind of features.
Heavily content electronics.
A safety features and also convenience.
This is seriously competitive segment.
Ford Focus -- cruise and everybody's got something new -- some analysts here coming in the next few years ago what.
The -- -- the style what's this once before offers publicizing its.
A little roomier than segment on inside a little more room.
-- overall length but the scene is really infotainment and it's got the largest -- -- in the segment.
And a second for seven inch LCD screen in the -- which is infinitely re configurable.
Else is open architecture allows us to continually update our a year to year -- months we're really excited.
Going to be doing a variety of a power trains and trim levels together street -- three transmissions and three engines and we also have a multiple models in this car can be configured over 150000 ways.
Obviously we'll choices interior trim nicer colors and even up -- -- he feels like you know the Atlantic City.
He's come -- that's a lot of companies have gone towards more here's your five different cars and actually get to choose from.
Opera now going back to something very customizable system from the New York market is.
Legacy youth market for this segment is so big and it's actually the biggest segment in the US right now if you take fleet sales this is it so it's so competitive and it's only people.
Older customers and our customers not just you -- everybody loves his size cars best compromise overall.
We're gonna make sure we have some.
Going to be a sporting -- but also fuel efficient you guys are talking about forty miles a gallon at least -- capabilities and certainly never tells us what you're -- Nelson and treatments were going to be able to gain back market.
Did three very different engines and god would get two liter four cylinder and then the -- -- Four liter -- and and -- 2.4 and administrative with the Cecil had technology on politics that's really grabbing messing around Europe smoltz went an expertise in.
-- -- -- -- -- six us features listen to -- Mario sixty dual clutch transmission and sixty.
-- it which goes with woods on the dual -- will be needed to be -- important -- for fuel economy reasons and on the other news -- -- any money on and on.
This comes out summer full of -- on the second quarter earlier -- early second quarter.
Moving forward.
This is a platform we get to see more off of in the future -- this is the beginning and I think a fantastic legacy I'm really excited spot treatments to vehicles -- -- bonds dynamically -- and apparently.
This reflects weakening anything we want this released this year of course also the head of the facility and performance division here at Chrysler.
As thirteen -- -- -- has given -- -- -- only those -- big areas my guys -- confident.
We had this certain caliber.
And in the -- sorties we've been here before this thing we know how to do some questions for them turbulence.
So you think it's matter of time it was dark sounds like -- that yeah it.
It was -- toughness and.
