The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 122, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 2008 Page: 9 of 16
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BY ANN M. JOB
For The Associated Press
Dodge, the brand with pow-
erful Hemi V-8 engines and a
brawny image, is showing less
brawn in its latest sport utility
vehicle.
There’s no Hemi available
for the new-for-2009 Dodge
Journey SUV In fact, the base
engine for the four-door
Journey is a four cylinder.
Passengers don’t have a big
climb up to get inside the
Journey, and there’s no truek-
ish, bouncy ride. That’s
because the Journey is built
on a modified platform of the
Dodge Avenger sedan and is a
so-called crossover SUV with
a car-like ride.
Best of all, the Journey —
which is available with seats
for five or seven people —
has across-the-board five-out-
of-five-stars rating in govern-
ment crash tests, and the vehi-
cle includes some nifty stor-
age spots and convenience
features not found on other
crossovers.
Some features, such as hid-
den storage spaces under the
carpeting of the second-row
floor and at least a dozen
other storage spots here and
there, come from the minivans
that Dodge’s parent company,
Chrysler LLC, pioneered.
Indeed, one of the debates
during my Journey test drive
was whether the Journey
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The Dodge Journey has across-the-board five-out-of-five-stars rating in government crash tests.
destination charge, is $19,985
for a’base Journey with front-
wheel drive, automatic trans-
mission and 173-horsepower
four-cylinder engine. The pre-
vious Dodge SUV with the
lowest starting retail price was
the two-wheel drive 2008
Nitro, which starts at $20,290 ’
looked more like an SUV or a Starting manufacturer’s sug-
minivan on the Outside. The » gested retail price, including
Journey seems to have some
bewildering styling cues from
each one.
An early 2009 model, the
Journey is positioned between
the boxy Dodge Nitro SUV
and the larger Dodge Durango
and is the Dodge SUV with
the lowest starting price.
with V-6 and manual trans-
mission.
A four-wheel drive Nitro,
however, has a lower starting
price than an all-wheel drive
Journey — $21,950 for a base
Nitro with a manual transmis-
sion vs. a pricier all-wheel
drive Journey starting at
$25,530 with a 235-horsepow-
er V-6 and automatic.
Competitors in the mid-size
crossover segment that offer
five or more seats include the
2008 Toyota Highlander,
which starts at $27,985 with
V-6 and automatic, the 2008
Hyundai Santa Fe, which
starts at $21,845 with V-6 and
manual transmission, and the
2008 Saturn Outlook that
starts at $28,995.
While Journey prices may
start low, they can reach to the
low to mid-$30,000s.
The test, top-of-the-line
Journey R/T, with.a number
of options like moonroof,
rear-seat entertainment center
and Chrysler’s MyGIG hard
drive for music storage, was
priced just over $34,000.
2009 Dodge
Journey R/T AWD
OPTIONS: 5+2 seating group
$1,220; entertainment group
I (includes back seat DVD
and game player, wireless
headphones, subwoofer and
speakers) $1,195; power
moonroof $795; convenience
group II (includes adjustable
roof rail crossbars, cabin air
filtration, cargo cover and
automatic dimming rearview
mirror) $695; safe and
sound package (includes
rear monitor and hard drive
in dashboard) $695; 19-inch
chrome-clad wheels $625;
family value group (includes
second-row seat with two
children’s boosters and day-
time running lamps) $295;
trailer tow prep $130; engine
block heater $40; smokers
group $30.
DESTINATION CHARGE:
.$625.
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Clements, Clifford E. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 122, Ed. 1 Friday, May 2, 2008, newspaper, May 2, 2008; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1191414/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.