Nitro Definitely a Bold New Design

Ctowner · 11-21-06, 02:53

These are one of those cars that you need to see on the road otherwise you won't know what I'm talking about. It almost looks like a Mini Range Rover. I saw a black one the other day that was all tinted out and I did a double take. Hats off to Dodge for making a unique mid-size SUV.

DFTowel · 11-21-06, 03:21

Funny you should post this, today I was driving down t he parkway and I noticed one next to me. Very nice vehicle, great styling.

kompressornsc · 11-22-06, 03:43

If you were to take off the styling elements like the grill & lights, it would look just like an H3.

a.k.a. Patrick · 11-22-06, 05:08

I still think Dodge has the best looking products available. Hats off to their concept dept!

Danase · 11-22-06, 05:25

One of the things about living in the Detroit area is who get to see these cars around long before the rest of the country sees them on the road. I dig Dodge's styling for sure.

Gears · 11-22-06, 07:18

Saw one and thought it was going for the mimi hummer macho look.
Have to admit the TV commercial of it falling all the way thru the earth is one of the best car adds on now.

2.5RS · 11-22-06, 07:49

Heh, to each their own I suppose. I *hate* the look of the Nitro, to me it is about as visually repulsive as anything on the road today, and there are a lot of vehicles on the road today I don't care for. Looks like the bastige child of a Toyota Four Runner and a Hummer, and it ended up with exactly zero of the positive aspects of either.
I may be a bit biased though, my family owned a couple mid '90s Dodge vehicles for many years and I can only hope that their reliability (and paint quality) has increased since that time. About the only thing Dodge ever did that I cared for is the Ram pickup. I've got a cousin with a Ram, seems put together pretty well.
Just my 2 pennies.

- Andrew

jfelbab · 11-22-06, 08:27

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Originally Posted by 2.5RS

Heh, to each their own I suppose. I *hate* the look of the Nitro, to me it is about as visually repulsive as anything on the road today, and there are a lot of vehicles on the road today I don't care for. Looks like the bastige child of a Toyota Four Runner and a Hummer, and it ended up with exactly zero of the positive aspects of either...

- Andrew

+1

I don't think it is repulsive but I really don't like it either. Put along side a Infinity FX45 or a Lexus RX350 it looks like an old Jeep to me.

onemeanmachine · 11-22-06, 10:22

I think the Nitro is another of the many Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep vehicles that I have to say "gimme a few months" on. By that I mean that for some reason every time the Daimler group throws out a new vehicle that everyone loves I hate it at first and then it somehow grows on me over time. When the changed the Ram (2000ish) I hated it, now I love it, the new Cherokee...hated it, now love it, the Charger I absolutely abhored because it doesn't look like anything like a real charger and now....well, I still can't openly say I like it because I feel I'm letting down a legend, but I'll say it's not as bad looking as I thought it was before (call it something else and I'll like it!). This pattern applies to most of their cars with me, so for now I'll just hold my thoughts on the Nitro until I can see a few more on the road with some tasteful mods done and then I'll make my decision.

Joshua312 · 11-22-06, 10:30

There are a couple of these at church that I have seen. And up close I really like the design and the look. They are definitely something unique, but personally I think that is one thing it has going for it.

jsatek · 11-22-06, 11:08

When I saw one on the street I thought, if I had a 16 year old son I'd add this to the list of cars I would buy for him.

But, I am concerned with the saftey, it is a Jeep Liberty after all. I dont know that I would want my 16 year old son driving one of those.

Scottwax · 11-25-06, 01:33

It is actually pretty good looking and has decent V6 power too.