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front fascia has been slightly retouched and the foglight bezels have been enlarged, but Journey's overall look is still mostly intact
revised front end and an all-new interior
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front fascia has been slightly retouched and the foglight bezels have been enlarged, but Journey's overall look is still mostly intact
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revised front end and an all-new interior
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The Journey walks the line between boxy SUVs and tall wagons, but what we like most is how it shakes off the same-as sheetmetal dressing other crossovers and puts on sheetmetal that's refreshingly different, even if it isn’t necessarily fresh. The look isn't so different as to be wacky, but different enough to avoid the family-vehicle styling rut.
The smartly embossed fenders, straightforward crosshair grille, and square-shouldered stance give it a faintly athletic look--probably as much to do with its compact size as anything else--and while it's somewhat slab-sided, the lipped wheelwells and chiseled sheetmetal feel striking in this era of crossovers that seem to go either for extreme boxiness or more carlike rakishness.
Inside, the Journey follows a smooth, swoopy look and simple layout, with large dials and knobs and an LCD touchscreen framed by high-quality materials. Open the Journey's door, and a bolt of metallic trim directs you quickly across a more softly sculpted dash, with suave finishes and tight fits. The contoured center stack gets mixed in with round cut-tube gauges and a blocky steering wheel, and it all hangs together, along with a big LCD screen (on some versions) and no-fuss climate controls that ride sidesaddle on that strip of bright trim.
Conclusion
The 2013 Dodge Journey has a look that stands out as refreshingly different, especially from the outside.
