Dodge Nitro and caliber??

[JAFFA]

I love theese two newcomers, anyone knows of any plans to put em on the model market??

[crispy]

We'll more than likely see these come from Maisto before or if they ever make it to styrene.

I'm not a huge fan of either, the caliber is cool, but I suspect that their are other more interesting and fascinating cars out their that need to be kitted.

No disrespect intended, just stating my opinion.

I've got a few cars I'd love to see kitted, but I know they won't be.

Chris

[robertw]

There is a small scale diecast of the Caliber out. While we'll probably see the Nitro out in diecast, in my mind I can see it with giant wheels, I really doubt that we'll see either in plastic. Personally I'd love to see the Caliber in 1/25th since I bought one. Needed a vehicle with the versatility of my Jeep Cherokee but better gas mileage. Boy did I make that decision just in time.

rob wheeler

[Zoom Zoom]

I echo the above comments; I just don't think there's enough of a market anymore for mainstream models of mainstream cars like these in plastic. There is no "wow" factor to move them off the shelves at Wal Mart. They're certainly not as interesting as the new Camaro, Mustang, Corvette, Challenger or anything with a Hemi in it. 10-15 years ago we might have seen plastic kits or plastic promos of 'em, but now I think a model company would be crazy to spend that kind of money on something like this in plastic. There are a lot of cars I'd love to see in plastic for my own reasons, but I know that reality is that I'll never see them. Diecast is much more likely, but even that isn't a guarantee with the increasing cost of zinc.

[JAFFA]

Yeah, thats what i thought first too...

Maybe one day ill try and kitbash the the Nitro from a magnum and landroover or something..