Remember the bumptious GMC Typhoon of 1992-93, of which just 4601 were built? It reached 60 mph in less than six seconds and needed just 14.1 seconds to cover 1320 feet driving all four wheels ( C/D, March 1992). But it also packs enough tweaks of both the shiny and dirty variety to inch up the Durango's otherwise modest entertainment quotient.Īmazingly, the performance angle of the proletarian sport-utility segment is still largely untapped. The new-for-2000 R/T version of the Dodge Durango shares enough of its vital specs with Dodge's more family-oriented Durango SLT to remain useful as a kiddy carpooler. Perhaps the Durango R/T was a predator that used its swiftness to run down the larger creatures of its habitat.Įither conclusion would be valid. However, the Durango also has 17-inch alloy wheels and a brooding 360-cubic-inch V-8 with a menacing snarl. That seems to slot it into a genus of docile leviathans known for nesting around soccer fields and shopping malls. Like most of them, the Durango R/T has five hinged orifices, a prodigious interior cavity, and a standard full-time four-wheel- drive system.
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