
Side Occupant Protection System: Includes side-curtain air bags with roll detection system that deploy in certain rollover situations and side-impact events.Sentry Key® Engine Immobilizer: Utilizes an engine key that has an embedded transponder to discourage theft.Seat Belt Pretensioners (both front seat belts): During a collision, the impact sensors initiate the front seat belt pretensioners to immediately remove slack from the seat belts, thereby reducing the forward movement of the occupants' heads and torsos.

Remote Start: Conveniently starts the engine from outside the vehicle by using the Remote Keyless Entry fob while maintaining security.The mechanical transfer case required too much effort for some customers, hence the move to an electronic shift.By moving the spare underneath, they could add to the length of the enclosed portion of the car, and lengthening it by two inches provided extra space for the rear seat as well. The four speed automatic was kept partly to focus on other issues - including ride quality, moving the window switches back to the doors, and adding cargo space without much extra length.The 3.7 replaced the 3.8 largely due to production capacity.

