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ʻO ka loiloi Dodge Avenger SX 2007

Makemake ʻoe i kahi mea ʻino loa me kahi inoa kapakapa e like me Avenger, ʻaʻole anei? ʻO kekahi mea ma nā rim nui, ʻoi aku ka ʻeleʻele translucent. ʻO kahi mea e hiki ai i kāu hero Marvel comics ke huki i kāna mau pōʻai i mea e haʻalulu ai nā mea ʻino.

ʻAe, ʻokoʻa ka Avenger, inā ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia he mea hōʻino i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka pono, e like me ka ʻōlelo a kekahi.

A pā pololei iā ʻoe ma waena o nā maka.

ʻO kēia ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo loa, ʻoiai ʻo ka manaʻo o Dodge e hahau i ka polite a me ka ʻōlelo palupalu o ka ʻāpana sedan midsize.

No laila e makaʻala iā Honda Accord, Mazda 6 a me Camry/Aurion. Shiver, Volkswagen Jetta - ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi loa no ka mea ʻo Dodge ka wiwo ʻole e hoʻohana i kāu mīkini TDI i kāna ʻano diesel.

ʻO kēia kaikunāne ʻoi aʻe a ʻoi aku ka wiwo ʻole o Dodge's Caliber he kaʻa mini-muscle o nā ʻano, ʻoiai ʻo ka lōʻihi lōʻihi e kau ana i ka grille crosshair i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻoneʻe i nā kānalua ʻole ke alakaʻi ʻia kēia Ram e ka mua ma mua o nā huila hope.

Hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ʻoi ʻoi o ka Accord Euro me ka puʻupuʻu hope wale nō, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kekahi kaʻa Iapana ʻaʻole i kūpono.

ʻOiai ʻo ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke ʻano ʻoʻoleʻa, hui nā puka makani ʻaoʻao me ke kia C ma kahi hui ʻana o ke aniani, ka plastik a me ka metala i ʻike ʻole ʻia (a hui pū e lawe i ka ʻike hope).

ʻO ka mea hōʻino Avenger koho pono ʻole e makemake nui ʻia e ka poʻe i huki ʻia i kahi kaʻa i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia mai kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa loa i loko o kahi ʻano nui. Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo ʻia kekahi huaʻōlelo no kāna hoʻolālā, a laila maʻemaʻe kekahi.

E hoʻopio ka Avenger i ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke piʻi i luna i ka Chrysler 300C akā makemake i kahi puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu o ʻAmelika. A i ʻole ʻAmelika, inā ʻoe e lawe i kahi hoʻohālike me kahi mīkini VW / Audi.

I loko, ʻo nā ʻili e like me ka ʻili ʻili ma ka top-of-the-line V6 diesel a me nā mana petrol (ʻaʻohe mea kupanaha, ʻo ia wale nō nā hiʻohiʻona i loaʻa iā mākou i ka Pōʻalima ma Seville) ʻaʻole e hūnā i ka hale hoʻopaʻi sub-Kia - he wao nahele. ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele me kahi luna. ka uhi o luna me he mea lā ʻaʻole hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia.

Kū like lākou me nā hāmeʻa huaʻai e like me nā mea paʻa kīʻaha i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wela a me kahi ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa multimedia, ma waho o kāna mau gimmicks like ʻole, hiki ke pāʻani i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni no nā mea holo hope a mālama i nā hola 100 o ke mele.

ʻO ke kumukūʻai hoʻokomo maikaʻi loa ma ka ʻāpana ua hoʻohiki ʻia no ke kumu hoʻohālike ʻelua-lita, ʻehā-cylinder petrol stripper i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka Avenger ma ka ʻāina i ka hopena o Iulai. E hui pū ʻia me kahi 2.4-lita hinu ʻehā a me 2.0 TDI.

Ma kahi o ka hopena o ka makahiki, e puka mai ana he 2.7-lita V6, a me ka mana 'akomi o ka engine diesel manual six-speed.

ʻO nā mea pepehi kanaka liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai lākou, hoʻomaka ka Avengers ma 1500kg a piʻi i 1560kg ma ka diesel. Falcodor kaumaha, ʻoiaʻiʻo.

ʻAʻole lākou e hele i waho o ke ala: ʻo ka V6 wale nō ka wikiwiki i 100 km / h i nā kekona ʻeiwa i ʻōlelo ʻia - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hapa kekona wikiwiki ma mua o ka ʻaila a i ʻole ʻehā diesel.

ʻAʻole i lōʻihi loa ma mua, ʻo nā sedan ʻohana nui ka nui o ka Avenger. ʻO 20 mm wale nō ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ʻelima mau mika ka lōʻihi a me 1843 mm ākea, he ʻelima noho ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia.

Hoʻonui ʻia ka pono o ka kāmaʻa 438-lita e nā noho hope 60/40 peluli a - ʻokoʻa no ka sedan - piʻi ka noho kaʻa mua i lalo i kahi papahele palahalaha. No ke aha e mālama ai i ka wahi?

I ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai ka V6 Avenger ma Australia, manaʻolana e loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻoili maʻalahi me nā mea e hoʻohālikelike ai i kāna mau mīkini.

Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kūpono e like me ka mana ʻehā-wikiwiki a mākou i holo ai i ka Pōʻalima, ʻo kēia Avenger he mea hoʻokani uhane, e neʻe ana ma nā mauna Andalusian me ka ikaika a me ka wikiwiki.

ʻO ka understeer koʻikoʻi i ka ihu e like me ka hiki ʻole, akā nui nā mea e aʻo ʻia mai kēlā ʻaoʻao palekana.

Me ka hoʻokele hoʻokele paona maikaʻi i hui pū ʻia me kahi kū mālie a mālie, ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o ka Avenger wale nō e pale iā ia mai ka noho ʻana me ka Mazda 6 maikaʻi loa.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka Avenger he NVH maikaʻi loa a he holo mālie - ma ka liʻiliʻi loa ma nā alanui honua mua ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā ulia pōpilikia. Inā no ka ʻEulopa ma mua o ka ʻono ʻAmelika, ua hana ʻo Dodge i nā hana nui ma ka chassis o Avenger e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma ka metala.

ʻO ka nānā wikiwiki ʻana i ka diesel i hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole pilikia nā Yankees i ka wili i ka lāʻau.

ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻenekini maikaʻi ʻole ke hoʻoulu i ka Avenger me ka torque like me ka Jetta.

Inā alakaʻi kēia sedan i kāna papa ma nā ʻano he nui - ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea āpau ma ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ka hale a i ʻole ka hoʻokele waiwai - maopopo ʻole ia no nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke alanui.

No kēlā mea - ke kumu i hoʻolālā ai ʻo Dodge i kēia mea - aia ka Avenger i kāna papa ponoʻī.

A ma ka ʻeleʻele, hiki iā ia ke hoʻoweliweli i kekahi poʻe lawehala.

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