Chrysler has confirmed it’ll build the Dodge Nitro as a production sport/utility. Dodge launched the Nitro last year at the New York show. With a longer rear overhang and four inches added to the wheelbase of the Jeep Liberty on which it’s based, Dodge is calling the SUV midsize. It’s on sale this fall as a 2007 model.
Bentley won’t build a sport/utility vehicle, according to company chairman Franz-Josef Paefgen, who says the decision has been ratified by the VW Group board. Paefgen admits the idea was carefully considered, but it now seems certain the Bentley range will be restricted to the Continental-based models—the GT coupe, Flying Spur sedan, and the forthcoming GT convertible—and the Arnage sedan and Azure convertible.
VW itself is said to be working on a bunch of new…
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