2014 Dodge Durango: Protect All That Is Yours

Posted By RLD | 05.8.2013

2014 Dodge Durango Protect All That Is Yours

 

Recently, we reported on all the advanced accident avoidance technology available on the 2013 Durango. Now Dodge has raised the bar again with the new 2014 Durango, which offers more than 60 important safety and security features—including a new adaptive cruise control system (ACC) with full stop capability.

 

This sophisticated system takes cruise control to the next phase.  Using advanced electronics, ACC decreases the cruise-control speed pre-selected by the driver when the Durango is closing in on another vehicle in the same lane, or…

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2014 Dodge Durango: Protect All That Is Yours

Meet the LX Ladies

Posted By RLD | 05.7.2013

Meet the LX Ladies

 

Guess what? A large and growing number of car enthusiasts are women.

 

Here in 2013, that should hardly come as a surprise to anyone, but just in case, let’s meet a few of the ladies in attendance at the Eighth Annual Spring Festival of LXs, held March 23, 2013, at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.

 

A little background: The Festival is open to all vehicles in the Chrysler Corporation’s LX family of cars. So naturally, that includes 2005-on Dodge Chargers, 2008-on Challengers, 2005-2008 Magnum…

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Meet the LX Ladies

1978 Dodge L’il Red Express Truck

Posted By RLD | 05.2.2013

1978 Dodge Lil Red Express Truck

 

 

Strange but true: In 1978, the hottest domestic production car sold in America … well, it wasn’t a car. It was a pickup—the Dodge L’il Red Express Truck, a factory hot rod with the quickest zero-to-100 mph time of any American-made vehicle that year.

 

In the late 1970s the auto industry was struggling to meet strict new emissions and fuel economy requirements. The advanced electronic control systems used to achieve maximum efficiency on all vehicles today weren’t yet developed. As a result, performance suffered—V8 engines were…

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1978 Dodge L’il Red Express Truck