道奇酷博

Dodge Caliber

????道奇酷博（Dodge Caliber）在去年11月宣告停產，不過道奇的各經(jīng)銷商門店里還是殘存了一些現(xiàn)車，今年三月份有224位消費者被忽悠了，把它們買了去?？岵┑暮罄^車型將重新啟用道奇達特（Dart）的名字，預計將于六月上市。新款達特不會有像酷博那樣略顯矮胖的車身，也沒有酷博的大掀背。不過它將在阿爾法羅密歐（Alfa Romeo）平臺上生產，所以它的形象應該比酷博討喜得多。

????Chrysler ended production of the Caliber in November, but survivors remain on the lots of Dodge dealers, and gullible customers bought 224 of them in March. Its successor, the retro-named Dodge Dart, won't go on sale until June. The Dart won't have the Caliber's chunky body panels or handy fifth door hatch, but it will be built on an Alfa Romeo platform that will give it a far racier image than its ancestor.

大眾Routan

Volkswagen Routan

????2005年的時候，德國大眾（Volkswagen）對美國市場看得還不那么認真，它認為自己應該在美國推出一款純正的美式MPV，于是大眾給克萊斯勒的城鄉(xiāng)（Town & Country）MPV換了個殼子，起了一個拗口的大眾名字，然后就把它推給了經(jīng)銷商。Routan最近的一次設計升級是在2008年。與設計更新穎的甲殼蟲（Beetles）和帕薩特（Passat）相比，Routan的銷量十分慘淡，很多庫存車積壓在經(jīng)銷店的停車場里蒙塵，根本無法與本田和豐田的MPV相媲美。現(xiàn)在克萊斯勒已經(jīng)轉而與菲亞特（Fiat）聯(lián)手。加上考慮到大眾目前在美國市場上的新計劃，Routan應該不大可能會推出后繼車型。

福特銳界

????Way back in 2005, before VW got serious about the U.S. market, it decided its dealers needed a real American minivan to sell. So it changed some of the sheet metal on the Chrysler Town & Country, gave it a typically weird VW name, and handed it off to dealers. Last reengineered in 2008, the Routan languishes on VW lots next to more up-to-date Beetles and Passats and can't compete with better vans from Honda and Toyota. Now that Chrysler is linked with Fiat, and given VW's new U.S. mission, a successor vehicle seems unlikely.

Ford Edge

????2011款銳界（Ford Edge）的外觀經(jīng)過重新設計后，得以在系出同門的另兩款更高調的SUV——翼虎（Escape）和探索者（Explorer）的夾擊下保住了銷量空間。但可靠性問題還是為它招來了《消費者報告》（Consumer Reports）雜志的差評。銳界的研發(fā)基于現(xiàn)已漸漸過時的馬自達（Mazda）平臺。2014款新銳界將采用與福特Fusion相同的基礎架構，屆時它將成為一款全新的車型。另外考慮到福特當下的設計方向，新銳界看起來也許會少了幾分“銳”氣。

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????A 2011 reskin has enabled the Edge to hold its own on the sales lot among higher-profile Ford crossovers Escape and Explorer. But reliability problems earned it a thumbs-down from Consumer Reports, and the Mazda platform on which it is based is going away. Today's Edge will be replaced by an all-new vehicle based on the same architecture used by the Fusion in 2014. Given Ford's current design direction, it will likely look less edgier too.