At Chrysler's OEM appreciation banquet on June 17th, Chrysler will announce that the Dakota will be available with the 4.7L HO and six speed manual.

Also announced will be the Ram SRT-10 Quad Cab...with the 48RFE auto trans. 5.7L Hemi Rams will also be available with a six speed manual trans.

Banquet will be held at Walter P. Chrysler museum from 6:00-10:00 PM.....in case anyone wants to crash it.

 

why does Dodges trucks get a 6spd manual when the Charger does not?

 

We don't know yet if Charger will get an M6.

 

Anyway.....


I'd bet the Dakota 4.7 HO six speed should be pretty neat....and cheap too.

 

The SRT-10 QC and the Viper coupe are suppose to be shown at the Viper Owners Invitational 8 event in Dallas this September.

Heres the Viper page.

 

Local Dodge Dealer has what looks to be a Quad Cab SRT out in front today.....At least it has the hood and spoiler, maybe there trying to fool some people or something? I will have to stop by and take a look at it tomorrow....Any Idea when there suppose to be released?

 

The hood must be an option for the non SRT-10 trucks. I have seen them around for months

 

Could be the Rumble bee package. I think you can put that package on any configuration 1500.

 

Chrysler is going after performance buyers, and as ridiculous as it may sound, they are apparently going to include former Camaro & Firebird buyers in their gunsights, no pun intended*.

I have it on good authority that the 6.1 Hemi will have a manual transmission. The 5.7 won't.

Also, I believe it was mentioned here already independently, but my same source says the 300C will gain a supercharger for the "SRT version". No word on the Magnum getting one.



*A reference to Dodge's signature "gunsight" grilles. (It's Friday, morning, so every joke is a bad joke)

 

thanks for the footnote

 

I just had a lovely experience with Dodge. I bought a 2000 Dakota 4x4 with the 4.7 V8. The next morning "knock knock knock" until it was warm. Dealership told me it was lifters. First off, its a SOHC motor, soooo....

Anyway, the dealer took the truck back after repeated failed attempts to fix the knocking... They refused to accept a rotating assembly problem.

When the truck was in the shop, I did some research on Dodge trucks... Having seen over 55 reviews just on one website about the Dodge V8's being destroyed with as little as 22,000 miles on them, I will never buy another Chrysler product EVER again.

Oh yeah, and as for warranty replacement, Chrysler said the "sludge" that was the main contributer to the engine failures was the OWNERS fault for not changing fluids properly. Who in their right mind buys a 25000-40000 vehicle and doesn't spend $20 on an oil change every 3000 miles? Besides that, today's engines should tolerate a 3500-4000 oil change interval. I spoke to a Dodge dealer recently and he stated point blank, that Dodge engines have extremely little tolerance and unless maintained to the EXACT degree, they will develop problems early. That proves to me that I don't want a Dodge. Its like, OH ****, I'm driving across the country and am 500 miles over an oil change, There goes my motor!

 

I don't think Dodge motors are that bad, I put 30K city miles on my 2000 4.7L Dakota in just over a year with 4K intervals between services. No engine problems whatsoever. I see the new owner driving it around everyonce and a while and he don't look like he's having any problems with it either....

 

Sounds like you got lucky Do a search for Dodge Dakota/Durangos and engine knocks....

YIKES.

 

I know my parents have had some bad experices with Dodge/Chrysler dealers around here. They fixed one thing on my parents Stratus, then caused another problem, but insited it wasn't their fault. Come to find out it was when my dad had to fix it.

 

I wish I had a 6.1 liter Hemi with a six speed!