JJEH
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- 5.7 HEMI
It's happening, the 2026 Dodge Durango GT Hemi has hit the lots. Come check it out, I'm sure you'll like it.
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We had a then new 2013 Durango R/T RWD, and this car was hard to let go of.
Was it perfect? No. The brakes were too soft for my liking, some plastic felt cheap (but mostly in the cargo area where I don't care for it too much), the e-gas was set-up for economy, so from the bottom out there was some lag to be felt if you paid attention. And sometimes it felt like the cabin temp on the left side was different than the right side, despite syncing the climate control.
But here's why it's a great vehicle. It's large enough for seven (7) people and some cargo, or five (5) people and a lot of cargo. It's powerful and rides very smooth, it eats miles up with ease, like a machine, and still running at about 20+ miles per gallon, depending on how you drive of course. This car travelled over 5yrs and 100,000 miles with us, and I believe we traded it in with 103K miles on the clock. It took us around five different states, at least, and we never (*knocking on wood) had to make a stop for repair or anything but gas. We do not baby our vehicles, but we also don't abuse them. Regular service is mandatory, and some stuff I do myself.
In those 5yrs we had only two factory recalls, another one came out after we sold it, for a total of three (3) factory recalls (so far).
It still had the factory brakes, incl. pads at the time of the trade-in!! The only thing that ever broke was the water pump, and that happened during the factory warranty.
We only needed three tire sets. Factory lasted 50K miles, the second one was crap and the third one might still be on the car.... but probably not though, haha.
Shifter knob, R/T badge and some stuff under the hood was aftermarket.
The only extra our R/T had was the leather interior group, a $1,295 option back then, and the sticker price was $38,285 which is what we paid for it, before any other cost.
The basic 2026 Durango GT AWD Hemi cost $44,690 on the online Dodge build & price.
According to the U.S. Inflation calculator, $38,285 in 2013 comes back to $53,378.81 in 2025, a difference of over $15K!!!
I think Dodge did the right thing, adjusting the price very fairly by increasing it only ~$6K over the course of 13yrs for basically the same product. But now you get it with the 8-speed instead of the 6-speed (65RFE I believe) we had back then. Our RAM has the ZF 8-speed and it's great!!!
Not a bad deal overall if you ask me.
I'd take another Durango in a heartbeat, and over the 2026 Charger any day of the week.
Maybe once our Charger hits 100K miles, we'll think about a Durango... and it's already at ~60K now.....
It's happening, the 2026 @Dodge Durango GT Hemi has hit the lots. Come check it out!! #dodge
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We had a then new 2013 Durango R/T RWD, and this car was hard to let go of.
Was it perfect? No. The brakes were too soft for my liking, some plastic felt cheap (but mostly in the cargo area where I don't care for it too much), the e-gas was set-up for economy, so from the bottom out there was some lag to be felt if you paid attention. And sometimes it felt like the cabin temp on the left side was different than the right side, despite syncing the climate control.
But here's why it's a great vehicle. It's large enough for seven (7) people and some cargo, or five (5) people and a lot of cargo. It's powerful and rides very smooth, it eats miles up with ease, like a machine, and still running at about 20+ miles per gallon, depending on how you drive of course. This car travelled over 5yrs and 100,000 miles with us, and I believe we traded it in with 103K miles on the clock. It took us around five different states, at least, and we never (*knocking on wood) had to make a stop for repair or anything but gas. We do not baby our vehicles, but we also don't abuse them. Regular service is mandatory, and some stuff I do myself.
In those 5yrs we had only two factory recalls, another one came out after we sold it, for a total of three (3) factory recalls (so far).
It still had the factory brakes, incl. pads at the time of the trade-in!! The only thing that ever broke was the water pump, and that happened during the factory warranty.
We only needed three tire sets. Factory lasted 50K miles, the second one was crap and the third one might still be on the car.... but probably not though, haha.
Shifter knob, R/T badge and some stuff under the hood was aftermarket.
The only extra our R/T had was the leather interior group, a $1,295 option back then, and the sticker price was $38,285 which is what we paid for it, before any other cost.
The basic 2026 Durango GT AWD Hemi cost $44,690 on the online Dodge build & price.
According to the U.S. Inflation calculator, $38,285 in 2013 comes back to $53,378.81 in 2025, a difference of over $15K!!!
I think Dodge did the right thing, adjusting the price very fairly by increasing it only ~$6K over the course of 13yrs for basically the same product. But now you get it with the 8-speed instead of the 6-speed (65RFE I believe) we had back then. Our RAM has the ZF 8-speed and it's great!!!
Not a bad deal overall if you ask me.
I'd take another Durango in a heartbeat, and over the 2026 Charger any day of the week.
Maybe once our Charger hits 100K miles, we'll think about a Durango... and it's already at ~60K now.....
