Talk:Dodge Stratus

Eclipse
The Mitsubishi Eclipse also shares the same platform as the Stratus Coupe. They're the exact same car except for the outer styling. Everything inside the car is stamped with the Mitsu Tri-Diamond (Minus the badging), right down to the magnets on the stock speakers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.202.132.77 (talk) 13:13, 22 April 2006


 * They are not, altho sharing many interior tweaks and the manual transmission option as the Eclipse , the platform is actually from the Galant. The suspension , track layout and chassis length re all from the Galant and not the Eclipse. The Eclipse platform and chassis is also derived from the Galant , shortened it is yes in the Eclipse model but not by much.Kongkit (talk) 15:31, 28 March 2010 (UTC)KongkitKongkit (talk) 15:31, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

another stratus pic
I just added [[Media:2005-dodge-stratus.jpg]] to the commons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Edgester (talk • contribs).

end of the line
http://www.topix.net/autos/dodge-stratus Stratus and Sebring gone for good

Posted May 21st 2006 9:03AM by John Neff Filed under: Convertibles, Sedans/Saloons, Plants/Manufacturing, Chrysler, DaimlerChrysler, Dodge
 * The 2001-2007 Stratus models are better than the 1995-2000 models. The 1995-2000 Stratus models were slow. Well, the base models were slow. They had underpowered 132-horsepower 4-cylinder engines. The Stratus ES had the 168-horsepower V-6, and the 150-horsepower 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine was also available. I believe that's the base engine for the newer Stratus models, and the R/T has a 200-horsepower V-6. That one has some kicking butt. My garbage truck also kicks butt. &mdash;Flatts 14:35, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

With 132 horsepower and an automatic transmission, the Stratus will do 0-60 mph in 11.5 seconds. With 132 hp and a manual transmission, it will do 0-60 in 10 seconds. &mdash;Gm1121983 01:10, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Last Thursday DaimlerChrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant ended production of the Dodge Stratus and Chrysler Sebring sedan and convertible when an Inferno Red Dodge Stratus rolled off the line. Since 2,000 a total of 1,308,123 vehicles have been built, and the SHAP is currently being retooled to become a flexible manufacturing facility. The new operation will handle the production of the next Dodge Stratus and Chrysler Sebring, the development of which Allpar has been chronicling extensively, as well as handle "cross-load" models from other plants, including the Dodge Caliber if it takes off and more production capacity is required.

[Source: Chrysler] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.112.5.20 (talk) 14:53, 28 July 2006
 * Regarding the above conversation, the 132-hp 2.0 4-cylinder only came with a manual transmission, and the 150-hp 2.4 4-cylinder came with the automatic. With the 2.4 engine, the Stratus will do 0-60 in 10 seconds, and it's a little slower with the 2.0 engine and MT. --Snuffleupagus 19:30, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Battery Replacement
Ive change the info regarding the battery replacement bacause as a owner of a Stratus (2000 model) i know for a fact that you do not need to remove the tire in order to replace the battery, altough it makes the job easier. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.169.28.114 (talk) 21:02, 7 September 2006

ES with a 2.0....
I made a note in the section which talks about the first generation. I was flipping through an old Canadian fleet book (98) when I came across Stratus. Although it has long been assumed that the base engine on ES was the 2.4 4cyl, I was very surprised to read that they could be had with the 2.0. I have never seen a 2.0 ES in person (I've been around a lot of these cars over the years) and have only heard of a 2.0 ES on one or two occasions, but at the time thought of those individuals as mistaken...but I guess not. This is probably much like the Chrysler Minivans. Most people have heard on 5spd minivans, but most didn't know that a 5spd could be had in them even throughout the 90s until 95, eventhough a 3spd auto was a no charge almost all cases (I have only seen 1 5spd 90s Chrysler minivan, a 95 Voyager). Jon the dodgeboy 23:57, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Main Picture
The main picture of this article isn't the Dodge Stratus, it the chrysler Cirrus! Can someone change the picture? 24.151.137.19 (talk) 23:45, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Merger proposals
I propose that the "Cloud cars" or Chrysler JA platform cars be merged into a single article. I propose this because these cars are just an example of badge-engineering with only the front fascia, name and taillights to differentiate the three.VX1NG (talk) 11:54, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

I propose that the Chrysler Sebring sedan and 2nd generation Dodge Stratus sedan be merged into a single article. I propose this because these cars are just another example of badge-engineering with only the front fascia and name to differentiate the two.VX1NG (talk) 12:07, 14 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Strong Oppose the proposed mergers - this would make an utter mess. This is because the first generation Stratus was based on the Chrysler Cirrus, whilst the second generation models were based on the Sebring. I do agree, however, that the Plymouth Breeze should be merged into the Cirrus article. With this being said, if one was to merge the Cirrus article into the Sebring article (plausible, seeing that the first-gen Sebring was a convertible version of the Cirrus, and that the Cirrus nameplate remained in use in Mexico until the end) this might be workable. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 08:19, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * UPDATE: I propose that the 1st generation Chrysler Sebring sedan and 2nd generation Dodge Stratus sedan be merged into the Chrysler Sebring article. I propose this because these cars are just another example of badge-engineering with only the front fascia and name to differentiate the two.VX1NG (talk) 15:55, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Volga Siber price
seems off too me... is that the price for the tooling, the price for the entire production run or ??? I can't imagine that anyone would pay 151 million USD for one vehicle. But that's how it reads to me. ++Lar: t/c 03:15, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Saturday Night Live
The position of the Dodge Stratus as a car for the middle manager was cemented by a sketch on Saturday Night Live starring Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer and Sarah Michelle Gellar in which the male character uses his driving this car to establish his status as someone who should not be interrupted at the dinner table. Many years later the sketch was reprised by the first two actors: this time the car was updated to a Mitsubishi Galant. My entry to this effect on the main page was reverted by User: GalantFan. NRPanikker (talk) 18:50, 10 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Nobody cares. Nobody came here to see that. It's irrelevant. I mean really, SNL cemented something about this car? Did they really??? Did anybody notice??? GalantFan (talk) 19:49, 10 June 2020 (UTC)


 * So far, 42,000 people have said they liked the YouTube video, and 2,000 that they disliked it. So at least 42k people have "noticed." NRPanikker (talk) 13:27, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * But the video they liked isn't even about the car. It's over five and a half minutes long and spends less than one second mentioning the car, and was so unimportant they replaced it with a Mitsubishi next time.GalantFan (talk) 06:34, 14 June 2020 (UTC)


 * WP:CARTRIVIA "The guideline that has been widely accepted for automotive subjects is that mention of pop-culture references should be strictly limited to cases where the fact of that reference influenced the sales, design or other tangible aspect of the vehicle." If you can prove the SNL sketch had a notable effect on Dodge Stratus sales and popularity, was a major part of Dodge's own marketing campaign, or caused changes to the car itself, go ahead and do so. --Vossanova o&lt; 13:54, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * The 1998 TV sketch is unlikely to have persuaded anyone to buy a Dodge Stratus: if anything, it would have discouraged middle managers. There was a massive dip in sales in 1999 which recovered in 2000 (see table in main article) but whether Saturday Night Live had anything to do with it would only be known to Chrysler's marketing people. NRPanikker (talk) 04:42, 14 June 2020 (UTC)


 * That's right, the video had nothing to do with Stratus. Exact opposite, really. Dodge marketed the Stratus as a young, fresh, and sporty small sedan. Which it is. I have the Plymouth Breeze. Handles better than most new cars.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3-4wdpuYfE
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoQuJwIF9BQ
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbrHb4yrOTc
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoMAuY6wA08
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMGB78alP-c
 * GalantFan (talk) 06:34, 14 June 2020 (UTC)