Let’s talk about Dodge for a minute. Their 5 vehicle lineup’s newest model is the Charger, last redesigned in…wait for it…2012! Now, that’s an insane amount of time to go between complete redesigns but Dodge could give a lesson to the rest of the industry as to how to pull off this magic trick with incredible results. Case in point the Durango; itself last redesigned for the 2011 model year …
Who else but Dodge would do something so marvelously naughty? Only they would take a mainstream 3-row family hauler and turn it into an SRT-badged drag racer. Certified by the NHRA to turn in a ¼ mile time of 12.9 seconds and a 0-to-60mph time of 4.4 seconds, the new 2018 Durango SRT is one of the fastest most powerful vehicles of its kind. Of course the power comes from …
Dodge refers to it as the Charger of the SUV world, and as is the case with nearly all of their vehicles the Durango really knows how to personify the bad boy image. With a lowered ride height, gloss black everything and a HEMI under the hood the R/T Blacktop Edition isn't just another 3-row people mover. My last test-drive of the Durango was exactly 4 years ago…just after the …