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The Shelby Dakota is a limited-production performance version of the Dodge Dakota Sport pickup truck. Offered by Shelby for 1989 only, it was his first rear-wheel drive vehicle in many years, and his first production pickup truck. The Shelby Dakota started with a short-wheelbase, short-bed, standard-cab, Sport package pickup.
The newest American high-performance pickup truck since the 1989 Shelby Dakota, the 454 SS was a 1 ⁄ 2-ton C1500 powered by a 230 hp (172 kW) 7.4 L V8. Deriving much of its design from the Sport Equipment Package, the 454 SS was distinguished by a nearly monochromatic black exterior, gloss-black grille (with red-trim badging), and body-color ...
1989-1991 Chevrolet K5 Blazer V1500 6.2L. For 1973, GM introduced the second generation of the Chevrolet K5 Blazer and GMC Jimmy off-road vehicles (a precursor of the modern SUV) as part of the Rounded Line series. As with the previous generation, the Blazer/Jimmy were derived from a 1 ⁄ 2-ton pickup truck chassis under a shortened wheelbase ...
To keep things simple, all Dakota ragtops will be equipped with the Dakota line's Sport package. The Sport package includes the short-wheelbase (112.0 inch) chassis; a 125-hp, 3.9-liter, 90-de ...
Dodge Dakota Sport Quad Cab Dodge Dakota 5.9 R/T Extended Cab, with the colour-keyed front bumper. Gone for 2000 was the 8-foot bed on the regular cab, but new for that year was the Quad Cab. Four-door Quad Cab models had a slightly shorter bed, 63 in (1,600 mm), but riding on the Club Cab's 131.0 in (3,327 mm) wheelbase.
The first version of this engine family was a normally aspirated 2.2 L (134 cu in) unit. Developed under the leadership of Chief Engineer – Engine Design and Development Willem Weertman and head of performance tuning Charles "Pete" Hagenbuch, who had worked on most of Chrysler's V-8 engines and the Chrysler Slant-6 engine, [1] it was introduced in the 1981 Dodge Aries, Dodge Omni, Plymouth ...
Dodge pioneered the extended-cab pickup with the introduction of the Club Cab for 1973. Available with either a 6.5 ft (2.0 m) or 8 ft (2.4 m) Sweptline bed, the Club Cab was a two-door cab with small rear windows which had more space behind the seats than the standard cab, but was not as long as the four-door crew cab.
6.2L fitted to a 1987 HMMWV. The original 6.2 L (379 cu in) diesel V8 was introduced in 1982 for the Chevrolet C/K and was produced until 1993. The 6.2L diesel emerged as a high-fuel-economy alternative to the V8 gasoline engine lineup, and achieved better mileage than Chevrolet's 4.3L V6 gasoline engine of the 1980s, at a time when the market was focused on power rather than efficiency.