Dodge SUV


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The Dodge SUV family includes the Durango, Nitro, and Journey. As with many SUVs, Dodge has brought the natural evolution of the sport utility vehicle further toward comfort and technology when creating the crossover lines that are becoming so popular. Crossovers are designed to provide a similar type of cargo space (in theory) as SUVs without the same gas guzzling high profile issues. However, if you really want a workhorse with power and the ability to haul the family, friends, and all their gear then you need to check out the Dodge SUV.

The Durango and the Durango Hybrid are long runners in the Dodge SUV family. The Durango is part of the profile of SUVs that helped to define the generation that became the sport utility vehicle class. Thus, it has been taken to the drawing board time and ago, altered, changed, redesigned, and reclassed to create the models that are in showrooms today. The Durango Hybrid was added to the Dodge SUV family in order to help attract the consumer that still wanted the full power of the true sport utility vehicle without the same high volume gas consumption.

The upgraded Dodge SUV is more stylish than ever. It comes with heated seats for the first two rows and 20 inch polished wheels that gleam. The seats are trimmed with real leather and exterior door handles and windows are polished chrome. The Garmin navigation equipment and the upscaled 9 speaker sound system complete with subwoofer make the Durango and the Hybrid part of an escalating trend. The SUV is looking to step out on the town in the evening after a hard day of working in the dirt.

The Dodge SUV offers a well planned and designed hybrid vehicle. While many of the SUV hybrids are little more than a vague attempt to cover the consumer's angle, the Dodge Durango Hybrid is a vehicle that actually draws quite a bit of realistic and proactive gas saving power from true technological advancements. The improved gas mileage (especially with HEMI powered vehicles) can be as high as 40% over the SUVs that use gas. For the Dodge SUV this was really an achievement that is sounding good across the board.

Of course, you want an SUV that will handle a load. There are only two reasons why SUV people look to their voluminous vehicles. They either love the cargo space or they love the towing capacity. The rest of the perks are the final selling point. With the Dodge family of SUVs, towing capacity is high value. With a fully independent suspension to keep the ride comfortable and sway control for easy to guide towing, the Dodge can pull up to 7400 pounds behind it.

For the Dodge SUV the improvements that have been mode over time make it a more refined vehicle that is more comfortable to drive. With better handling and improved performance it's even more fun to drive. Overall, the SUV has gone from a rugged outdoors play-in-the-dirt vehicle to one that can be fully utilized after playtime to get the kids to ballet and your significant other to that special dinner out on the town.