Dodge Durango

The Dodge Durango is a sport utility vehicle the Dodge brand of the Chrysler Group. The model year 1998’s first generation was the successor to the 1993 Dodge Ramcharger set. Then in 2004 appeared the second generation, which has been revised for 2007 model year. The Dodge Durango was produced at the Newark Assembly Plant in Newark (Delaware).

The first Dodge Durango was shortly after the introduction of the second generation of the Dodge Dakota, on whose platform it was based is presented. During the late 1980s, designers had proposed at Chrysler to build an SUV based on the Dakota pickups; However the project was abandoned in favor at the time of the Grand Cherokee Jeep brand. The Durango has a robust ladder frame construction with attached car body, up to seven passengers can transport and traction for up to 4.0 tonnes has towing capacity. The 4.7-liter PowerTech V8 replaced from the 2000 model year the 5.2-liter engine. In the same year a high-performance version with the type designation R/T was released with all-wheel drive and a 5.9-liter engine.

The second generation Durango was released in 2003 shortly before the launch of the new Dodge Dakota. As in the Dakota were much in common with the large Dodge Pickup Ram, such as the lead frame. The new generation was 7 inches (18 cm) long, 2 inches (5 cm) wide and 3 inches (8 cm) higher than the previous model. Chrysler had its own variant of this model, the Chrysler Aspen introduced for the 2007 model year.

In April 2006, debuted at the Dallas Auto Show a revised for the 2007 model year version of the Durango to counteract a drop in sales. Redesigned included the bonnet, radiator grille, front bumper and lighting units and rims. Inside, the operation of the air conditioning system was revised, and the seats of the second and third rows were newly constructed. The equipment was an ESP, a Parking assistant rear, extended an automatic tire pressure monitoring system and a "one-touch"-Blink system. The technical changes were limited to a newly constructed vehicle floor and a revision of the electronics.

From the end of 2008, the Durango was briefly available in a hybrid version. In this case, it was jointly developed with GM Advanced Hybrid System 2, in conjunction with the Chrysler Hemi V8 engine. Only a few weeks after the start of production of the hybrid model, the entire production of the Durango as well as the parallel model Chrysler Aspen was discontinued for lack of demand. Due to the overproduction of both models in 2009 were for a time to buy as a new car.

Since early 2011, the third generation of the Dodge Durango is available on the U.S. market. The car was virtually unchanged dimensions – completely redesigned – except lower by about 10 cm vehicle height.

As for now all vehicles from Dodge is in the V6 engine to Chrysler’s new "Pentastar" engine with more power, with the smaller V8 engine accounted for. The 5.7-liter HEMI V8 in the Durango R/T has a cylinder deactivation. Both versions are optionally available with all-wheel drive.

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