Should I get a Dodge Caliber SRT4 or Mazdaspeed 3??

[Freddie aka clutch-monkey]

Okay, so I'm looking into buying a new car and the 2 main cars I want are the Dodge Caliber SRT4 or a Mazdaspeed 3, I did want a Mini Clubman but when I tried it out, it was too small, but the Mazda and Dodge were fine, I like the looks of both, but I am still wondering what I should get, I read on performance cars.com that the Caliber SRT4 gets to 60mph in 5.6 seconds and the Speed 3 gets to 60mph in 5.8 seconds, so the Dodge is only faster by a little, but can anyone here recommend what I should get??

[cakes]

I have an '04 and love it. They're pretty reliable, and cheap to upgrade.

[rhea]

read some reviews..
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp...
dodge or mazda? hmm..gee.. if you know about cars.. you should know you go for the japanese cars.....

[stlsouth]

The Caliber is assembled in Belvidere USA.

If you like both vehicles equally it wouldn't hurt to buy the domestic product.

Cakes has extensive exprience drag racing his '04 SRT so you might give his opinion a little more credence then rhea who has based his on a decade old stereotype on japanese quality.

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/08/aye-carumb...

[dcx96]

Buy American thats why the Big 3 are hurting and ya Ford owns mazda but in reality it's a foreign car co. buy the Dodge save a few jobs...

[Wingsh0t]

Chrysler is on a death watch. It is staffed by a bunch of diversity candidates. No one has gasoline in their veins. So why wuld yo want to buy a car from this bunch of lemonade salespersons?