十款急需全面整容的汽车

道奇酷博

Dodge Caliber

    道奇酷博（Dodge Caliber）在去年11月宣告停产，不过道奇的各经销商门店里还是残存了一些现车，今年三月份有224位消费者被忽悠了，把它们买了去。酷博的后继车型将重新启用道奇达特（Dart）的名字，预计将于六月上市。新款达特不会有像酷博那样略显矮胖的车身，也没有酷博的大掀背。不过它将在阿尔法罗密欧（Alfa Romeo）平台上生产，所以它的形象应该比酷博讨喜得多。

    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.

大众Routan

Volkswagen Routan

    2005年的时候，德国大众（Volkswagen）对美国市场看得还不那么认真，它认为自己应该在美国推出一款纯正的美式MPV，于是大众给克莱斯勒的城乡（Town & Country）MPV换了个壳子，起了一个拗口的大众名字，然后就把它推给了经销商。Routan最近的一次设计升级是在2008年。与设计更新颖的甲壳虫（Beetles）和帕萨特（Passat）相比，Routan的销量十分惨淡，很多库存车积压在经销店的停车场里蒙尘，根本无法与本田和丰田的MPV相媲美。现在克莱斯勒已经转而与菲亚特（Fiat）联手。加上考虑到大众目前在美国市场上的新计划，Routan应该不大可能会推出后继车型。

福特锐界

    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款锐界（Ford Edge）的外观经过重新设计后，得以在系出同门的另两款更高调的SUV——翼虎（Escape）和探索者（Explorer）的夹击下保住了销量空间。但可靠性问题还是为它招来了《消费者报告》（Consumer Reports）杂志的差评。锐界的研发基于现已渐渐过时的马自达（Mazda）平台。2014款新锐界将采用与福特Fusion相同的基础架构，届时它将成为一款全新的车型。另外考虑到福特当下的设计方向，新锐界看起来也许会少了几分“锐”气。

    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.