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2007 Dodge Nitro Hōʻike: Snapshot

E ʻike kekahi i kēia hōʻiliʻili o nā rectangles nui e like me ka maikaʻi. Hoʻomanaʻo kekahi poʻe i ke kaha kiʻi ʻana o ke kaʻa a ke keiki me nā peni penikala.

ʻO "Dardge" - e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe ʻAmelika - ʻaʻole ia e hūnā i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo kēia SUV noʻonoʻo he ʻōnaehana ola ola no nā rims 20-inch mānoanoa a me nā pae ʻoki like ʻole.

He sassy tabloid hooligan me kahi noi ʻoi aku ma waho o ke alanui ma mua o ka SUV palupalu, a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hōʻike ma mua o ke kaʻa.

ʻO ke kaumaha ma 1780kg a ma lalo o 1900kg, ma muli o ka pahu a me ka drivetrain, loaʻa iā Australian-spec Nitros ka V3.7 6 petrol a i ʻole ka 2.8 turbodiesel i loaʻa i nā mea āpau mai ka Compass Jeep a i ka ML Mercedes-Benz i kēia mau lā.

ʻO nā ʻenekini ʻaila ʻelua a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai ma Sepania i ka pule i hala aku nei i hele mai me kahi manual ʻeono-wikiwiki a i ʻole ʻelima-wikiwiki. He koho ka pahu hope loa ma muli o ke pihi hoʻololi kānalua, ʻo ia hoʻi - ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka ʻelima a me ke ono - ʻaʻole i like ka lōʻihi me ka Olumepika.

Akā, ʻaʻole kūpono ka leo leo nui o ka diesel me nā leo poof-doof e hele mai ana mai kahi hoʻohālike SXT hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana me, e ʻōlelo aku, pimp keʻokeʻo kino, nā puka aniani a me kahi chrome crosshair grille.

ʻO ka cockpit o Nitro ka mea maikaʻi loa o nā hiʻohiʻona Dodge hou ʻekolu a mākou i ʻike ai, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea e like me ka hoʻomaikaʻi nāwaliwali. ʻO ka maʻalahi a me ka hana, ʻaʻohe palaki hina e hōʻino i ka Caliber a me Avenger, akā aia kahi ʻili ʻeleʻele maikaʻi a me nā ʻāpana o ka alumini poli.

Aia ka ʻōnaehana infotainment multimedia MyGIG i kekahi o nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele satellite maikaʻi loa a mākou i ʻike ai - hiki ke ʻike a hoʻolaha i nā inoa alanui a me nā helu ala.

Hiki i ka ʻōnaehana kani ke mālama i nā hola 100 o ke mele, ʻo ia hoʻi, mahalo i kona ʻike a me ka leo nui, kūpono ia no kēlā me kēia hana waho. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka noho o ka mea hoʻokele, akā ke neʻe wale ka huila i luna a i lalo, e hana ana i kahi kūlana ʻoluʻolu.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole pili ka manaʻo o ka mea hoʻokele o Nitro, ʻaʻole ia he ʻike makehewa ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā alanui nani. Hoʻokele ʻia ʻo Nitro e nā huila hope, ʻoiai hiki ke koho ʻia me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā huila holoʻokoʻa me kahi offset iki i ka axle hope.

ʻO ka holo ʻana ma luna o nā kaʻa mānoanoa ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole no mākou nā alanui ʻEulopa. Hoʻohana ka Nitro i kekahi mau ʻano o nā huahana Jeep, me ka leo makani nui i ka wikiwiki. E hoʻohuli kēia i kahi mea kūʻai aku i ka Wrangler a i ʻole Cherokee.

Ke noʻonoʻo nei i kāna hoʻopiʻi ʻike, hiki i ka $ 38,000 Dodge ke hōʻeha i ka Hummer GM, e hōʻea mai i ʻaneʻi i hoʻokahi mahina ma hope a ua kūʻai ʻia ma mua o $ 50k. ʻO ka hihia o ka liona a i ʻole ka hipa kāne.

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