2014 DODGE DURANGO VEHICLE REVIEW

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Not quite a crossover, less ardent about off-roading than some other SUVs, the Dodge Durango lies somewhere in between those types of vehicles. It's built from the architecture that brought us the Mercedes GL-Class, so it's a utility vehicle with considerable rugged capabilities, but it also has exceptionally nice road manners. Top it off with grabby front-end styling, and it's neither fish nor fowl--it's more like SUV red meat donenouvelle Americain.

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This year it gets even better, with a new eight-speed automatic transmission, a distinctive new front and rear look, and new infotainment systems.On the outside, the Durango gets projector-beam headlamps plus hockey-stick-shaped LED running lamps on all but the base SXT. Top R/T and Citadel models get HID headlamps, while projector foglamps and the slimmer new textured crosshair grille, in combination with a resculpted hood and lower front fascia, makes the Durango look brawnier. New wheel designs, including a Hyper Black finish, help punctuate the look, but it's in back where the Durango's look changes most. LED racetrack lighting, as in the Dodge Dart, forms a ribbon of light across the tail, with 192 individual lamps in all.

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Most notably, from a performance standpoint, the 2014 Durango gets the same, excellent new eight-speed automatic transmission that's used in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, and like in the Ram 1500 it gets a stylish rotary shifter (with paddle-shifters for all models). Although engines are carried over—a standard 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 making 290 horsepower and 260 pound-feet, or a 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 making 360 hp and 390 lb-ft—the fuel economy boost from the new transmission alone totals up to nine percent. HEMI models continue with their so-called Fuel Saver Technology (cylinder deactivation), while the 2014 Durango gets a new Eco Mode that changes throttle sensitivity and transmission shift points.

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