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1995 Dodge Dakota

The Dakota is 100 percent pickup


By Christopher Jensen,
New Car Test Drive .com

Overview

In an automotive world increasingly filled with trucks that have carlike characteristics, the Dodge Dakota pickup is a traditionalist.

It suffers no confusion, no inner conflict about its role in life. It looks like a truck and it drives like a truck. So there.

The Dakota is a midsize truck that roams the ground between compact pickups such as the Ford Ranger, Chevrolet S-Series and GMC Sonoma, and the big mothers such as the Ford F-150, Chevy/GMC C/K series and the big Dodge Ram.

After years of buying its small pickups from Mitsubishi, Dodge created its own niche in 1986 with the home-grown Dakota. It turned out to be a popular size, and continues to be a pacesetter.

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Review pages:
1. Overview
2. Walkaround and Interior
3. Driving Impressions
4. Summary, Prices, Specs