2011 Dodge Journey 3.6L VVT

Chrysler is at war against a crippled reputation of its products and stupidity of war, if you wish. The battlefield strategy? Carefully updated or completely redone almost every, Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep model 2011, the introduction of a “shock and awe” bold-Mopar, which probably started a wonderful new Grand Cherokee, and culminates in the debut of the new 2011 Chrysler 300 at the Detroit auto show in January.

But easily lost behind the top of the spear in his debut as the new Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Charger is the infantry of the Dodge Journey, which has just been renovated. You can change the charter fleet gold Journey, Chrysler posted an intersection more power, sharper chassis, and a better interior in 2011. Dodge focused less on the style of travel, and more in the interior and chassis, a move we support. And to make exterior changes are minimal: On the front, all models get a new grille and V-6 Days a square-jawed front bumper. Circular LED taillights and a revised rear bumper rear soften the angularity earlier, while new 19-inch wheels across the range of higher levels of equipment.

Open any door, however, and the journey is almost unrecognizable. This is the cockpit of a mixture hardest hit by Fisher-Price and ugly. shiny plastic is so rare in 2011 as the model of soft-touch materials were in 2010. centerpiece of the cabin is the new dashboard, wrapped in a low brightness of the panel, a safe room bezeled components, zero tolerance distance, a new steering wheel, instruments and class set in black on white Mercedes inclined axis . Six interior color themes boldly embrace the saturation and contrast, and not through the class and an impressive combination of features ivory skin and orange stitching on the black carpet of travel misery memory cycle scale gray above.

With the previous model’s most sensitive inner journey disgusting properties banished congenital drag the raised seat position comfortable standard trays beneath the floor of the second row, and a reasonable space for the occasional carpool of three rows of shape is much more sensitive. vision on the shoulder, remains a premium because of routing high waistline and chunky pillars, but the sight lines can be increased by removing the headrests revised second and third rows in front on the back upon n is not used.

There are two engines available for 2011. 2.4-liter four-cylinder with 173 hp and 166 Nm of torque and combined with four-speed automatic Base. Express is the exclusive basis of the seat. The remaining schedule of the trip, which is the main road, the crew, Lux and R / T version includes a new 3.6-liter V-6 Chrysler Pentastar adjusted to 283 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque and mated to a six speed manumatic. The four-wheel drive is optional. Our unit for short trip Lux on all wheels, weight, estimated at somewhere north of £ 4,200 has shown that the journey is not new to the whole slug. V-6 is a much easier time £ 4,200, for example, 5000 kg of Dodge Durango, and we believe that the Pentastar power must travel to get to 60 km / h in under seven seconds.

The rolling, cutting the coastal roads north of San Francisco, provided, where appropriate, a place where you can find to evaluate chassis heavily reworked’s Journey, which has a rear suspension geometry of the revised, more shocks yields rates, new spring, new bumpers and steering components beefier. In a few miles, we were impressed by the Journey’s peace and feedback. Our tester was shod with high-dog 225/55-19 all-season tires, which dealt with our whipping remarkably little protest. Extra credit for the sensor is planted in a partnership between the recovered electronic variable all-wheel systems and stability control, they conspire to proactively send power to the rear wheels when cornering at speeds between 25 and 53 mph, about the same speed range, we could safely explore the bumpy strip of asphalt.

In the competitive game, which includes both mid-size vehicles such as Hyundai Santa Fe and heavy vehicles with three rows that the Honda and Mazda CX-9 is the trip for the price of $ 22.995 aggressive. Bump $ 1400 compared to 2010 model is more than the sentence recommended in 2011 of new powers. The $ 24.995 Travel, Main Street is two large very good for the more powerful engine and transmission alone, although Dodge is also launching in larger wheels (17 inches), two exhaust tips, body-color mirrors, accessories zone cargo, Sirius satellite radio and much more. From there, Journey prices fall $ 28.995 for the Journey R / T and $ 29,990 for the road crew, which is mechanically identical and similar dye loaded Creature Comforts (remote start, with high quality hard drive, control Automatic temperature control, and more), but by the specific devices and paint models 19-inch wheels. Travel poles Lux heated leather seats, a number of premium instrument cluster parking attendants, and polished chrome wheels covered $ 33,490.
Three years after its establishment, has finally Journey crossover should have all the time, and perhaps to improve his last spot in the test of comparison only. But it might be only half the battle. The second half? Since that 2011 looks so much like Journey, 2008-2010, Dodge can not spend so much money marketing substantially improved because crossover is used to establish it.