On Sat, 01 Mar 1997 21:33:42 -0800, you wrote:
>Gas milage is somewhat of a concern since I will be commuting 100 miles
>a day in whatever truck I buy and I found I liked the styling and power
>of the 1997 Dodge Dakota Sport with the 5 spd trans and 318-V8 with 3.55
>Sure Grip rear.
Try one with the 3.92 gears....wheee!
>
>My questions are as follows...
>
>Has Dodge released any information on the 1998 Dakotas beyond the
>introduction of the 1998 Dakota R/T? There are a couple of things like
>the third door and passenger side air bag shutoff switch that are found
>on competitors which I would like to see on the Dakota. I know that the
>1998 Ram will be offered with the Four Door option. Any comments or info
>on the 1998 Dakotas is GREATLY appreciated. I am going to another auto
>mall tomorrow to finish checking out trucks. I want to have an idea if I
>should wait until 1998 to get a Dakota if that is the truck I finally
>decide on. Also, any idea why the Dodge trucks get the worse gas milage
>of the trucks offered by the 'Big Three'?
>
I believe that the R/T will only be availible with the automatic
tranny...that's too bad. I'd like to see it with the NVG 4500 manual!
I'd be the first to order!!! No rumors heard on the third door or the
seat switch, not a big deal for me...as far as gas milage goes I get
an average of 16.6 MPG per tank. On the freeway it hovers around 22-24
MPG, not to bad for a truck in my opinion....
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