They priced it out of competition because you could get a full size Ram with
the 5.7L for less than the cost of a Dakota with the 4.7L.
And as for putting a "hemi head" motor in the Dakota, the 4.7L is commonly
called a "baby hemi" because it has hemispherical heads.
brian cropp
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Kelsey
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 6:51 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Ohhhh noooooooo
At 19:18 12/23/2010, you wrote:
>I kind of like that rendering. But they need to just kill off the Dakota
>name and come up with something new. The Dakota isn't what it used to be
>and Dodge has priced it out of competition. The '97-'03 Dakota was the
>"glory years" for the Dakota.
>
How did they price it out of the competition? Have you seen how much
a tacoma costs? Even the Nissan Frontier. The dakota has more
capacity than both those trucks. What the dakota doesn't compete with
is hp. My v8 has less hp than the Toyota and Nissan v6.
-Andrew Kelsey
E-mail: ajkelsey@grandroyal.org
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