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he interior dimensions of the Dakota have barely changed with the exception of a gain of 10 cm in rear hip room on the club cab. The seat material is of high quality and the 40â€"20â€"40 bench now has a lot more travel. The cab is roomy and there are lots of little cubby holes to store your junk including a foldup armrest. backseat of the extended cab is split 60â€"40, not so cosy for y test truck had the Vâ€"8 which has a 5.2â€"litre displacement 230 hp and 300 Ibâ€"ft of torque both up. The engine feels very poweriul but the gas mileage was terrible at a combined 17 L/l0Okm. litle from last year. The Dakota is still the only the truck in its seg n with an available Vâ€"8 engine. he base engine is a 2.5â€"litre 4â€"cylinder rated at 120 hp, comes y on the 4X2 regular cab, and then there is the more common } -hfrc V-_6 m:ue!l at 176 lpboth of whichtshave changed pdge has been criticized for Simmet ng the Dakota an unashamed IZY copy of it fullâ€"size brother the Ram f + 1 say so what, the look is more Di ie d down with subtler dropped ders, a more discernible waistline and a smaller gunsight grille that make it good looking enough to sell well on looks alone. Today‘s feature is the Dodge which first in 1987 we hite in the may af ctange il this year‘s all new model: As ore , the Dakota doesn‘t fit neatly into my twoâ€"kindsâ€"of trucks theory. could easily call it a midâ€"size, t Dodge execs would have you mpare it to the other compacts ich they kindly refer to as "toy ks". » | To me there are only two kinds of pickups trucks! The first, the full size, is made for work, you know, hauling around concrete blocks, pulling around trailers and jacking up the suspension so you can cruise the local strip in style. The other is the compact C ttuck, bought mainly for personal use with aspirations of greater tasks but are only good for small moves, carrying around the lawn mower or * those long weekend beer store runs. "1_ ‘Lomaed avadabiity and wnied February , witn dabwery requred by March 15. 1997 . Al wases and puichasds tequire boence tanes. meurance. retuder preparaton 4 §3 and desinaton charye 4 SA unc Ofe: avsiate vev 4. 4 £ saricomng V " m‘mm-mg:uwm.-zum-w-oqflflufia- Spocal wakatiey wase examghes. 1997 Voive 864GTA "bpecial Edtion® Sponts Sedan 12 c i lemgais yorr wih tort‘h, on totaling $10.272 giue a down trage of §4560 46. mm‘wlflmâ€"huuâ€"nâ€"»‘mmmvcmmfl.â€" pmpmant o eamemers wrage / Sak* i se mainty semtrwes a refurdatie dr Sportswagon Option to purchase Sports Sedan: Sporimemgon tor §27 .61 1 40. giom admemstration tws ot $20. ghas taves Lause tas 4 46 006 w ahomence (%) 16 es hn on mertier; 46 (X. it appmes . One lease larms â€" ©1907 Vaho Dove @s a tradeâ€"mark semember to wen your sent hk For car soechcabons, vest cur Yohr wetnie in Hihy omm wibpucart on Dakota offers heaps of style and value ty tm 3 Marpheson xhule bt meopthle or mon Lide Dodge h decded apare My tester was a Dakota 4X4 Club Cab Sport. With all kinds of accessones it listed 1hr a hefty $29,000, but you can get into the base truck for as low as $16,250. The Dakota is clearly one of the most impressive pickups in awhile with heaps of style and value added over its competitors with more room and load capability Recently in Detroit Chrysler launched a new sport utility truck called ‘Durango‘ which is built on the platform of the Dakota. By plans to continue turning up the excitement with a host of great new products that you are sure to love. Because of the hundreds of comâ€" binations of tires, drive, box and payload packages, it‘s difficul to generalize performance but 1 have driven a few different variants now and 1 can tell you that overall ride quality has been improved thanks to softer springs and a stiffer body. Turning radii have been reduced and there is now a lot more precision in the steering. As well, Dodge has done a lot to control rear wheel hop which makes cornering much more fhlkshulhnh'*'ln’bhlfllr;; As for interior ergonomics the dash is laid out in a clear 3,040 kg which should get you along way Boxes come as 6.5 h or 8 ht lengths but only the regular cab trucks can have the 84t bed. As well a 4X8 sheet of plywood won‘t fit between the wheel wells, but there is slats for two tier loading, As for hauling, you can choose a package that will limit your payload somewhere between 1,180 kg and the dash is laid out in a clear and simple manner. Before engaging the 4WD system the truck must be stopped, then you must reach way down to a clunky floor mounted lever to engage, and finally the 4WD indicator lamp is placed so that it would be blocked by a cup of collee. 1 think asking for a pushâ€" bution shift on the fly system is not out of order. Note as well that the steering column does not tikt. Bâ€"K MOTORS 485 King St. N. Waterloo, Ont. (519) 885â€"5090 eetlduinnelt h: Li on anireninobtamac: