Above: 1998 Dodge Dakota R/T
Club Cab by Jack Hilton. Featured December 1999 in the
Emailed Mopars Section
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For the second year in a row,
Dodge drove away with Sport Truck magazine's "Sport Truck of
the Year" award. In 1997, Dakota Sport won the award. This
year, the 1998 Dodge Dakota R/T, unveiled this past
Wednesday at the North American International Auto Show in
Detroit, Mich., earns the honors. The Dakota R/T is a
limited edition "street truck" fashioned off the Dodge
Dakota Pickup. The vehicle features a 250-horsepower
5.9-liter Magnum V-8 engine, oversized 17-inch wheels,
lowered suspension, performance-tuned dual exhaust and many
other performance enhancements.
In his article, Sport Truck
magazine Technical Editor Joel Mollis writes, "If ever a
truck deserved the title Sport Truck of the Year, the hot-rodded
Dodge Dakota R/T is certainly the one. Dodge used a pretty
straight forward concept to produce this year's king of the
hill: Take a truck that's already a stylish looker, stuff a
torque-laden powerplant under its hood, install
high-performance rolling stock, cloak the whole thing in
arrest-me-red colorant, and unleash the beast on an
unsuspecting world."
Mollis concluded, "Congratulations, Dodge. You've given the
street truck world a slick, strong-running hauler that has
raised the benchmark against which all future sport trucks
must be judged." "Dodge is thrilled to earn this award two
years in a row," said Ray Fisher, General Manager of the
Dodge Division. "It's yet another highlight for the Dodge
truck success story. The 1998 Dodge Dakota R/T is bold,
powerful and capable."
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