2008 Dodge Dakota Preview

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Although it was never written in stone, in many ways the Dodge Dakota wasthe world's first midsize pickup truck. Examples from before the '90s showed the Dakota to be bigger and brawnier than its domestic competition, the Ford Ranger and Chevy S-10/GMC Sonoma twins. And the imports? Well, they were middling about with four-cylinder engines while Dodge was busy stuffing big V6s down the Dakota's gullet. It grew faster than the others too, its latest incarnation still eclipsing the likes of those... Read More

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The mid-size pickup market isn't hotly contested, and excluding the HUMMER H3T, the players are all kind of stale. The V-8 in the 2008 Dodge Dakota gives it a distinct advantage in power over the five-cylinder Chevy and GMC mid-size twins, as well as the six-cylinder Tacoma, Frontier, and Ridgeline. However, the imports offer quality and dynamic performance advantages over the Dodge. New for 2009, only the HUMMER H3T Alpha model offers a V-8, and at nearly $40,000, it's much pricier than the Dodge.

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