The Journey offers a fold-flat front passenger seat that will allow loading items up to nine feet long. Seats flip and fold to provide ample versatility for hauling people, cargo, or both. Filling the Journey with adults won’t make all your passengers happy, but the rear seat should work well for children. Either way it has useful, though not class-leading, cargo space. Seating for five is standard, with a two-passenger third row optional. Its interior design and materials give it one of the nicest cockpits in the class. We found the four-cylinder engine rough and noisy, with too little power for a vehicle of this size. Standard Journey motivation comes from a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine of 173 horsepower. The V6 produces 283 horsepower at 6350 rpm, 260 pound-feet of torque at 4400 rpm. It has plenty of power but is ill-matched to the 6-speed automatic transmission, making it feel less powerful than it actually is. Up-level models are powered by the same modern 3.6-liter V6 that’s become ubiquitous in Chrysler Group vehicles. Journey is considered a crossover vehicle because it uses a lightweight unit-body structure similar to that used by cars, instead of a body-on-frame truck chassis. Like most crossovers, it comes with either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, which adds confidence in bad weather. ![]() Journey first appeared as a 2009 model.ĭodge Journey offers plenty of choices: four or six cylinders, five or seven seats, basic trim or full-lux leather. So does the Limited model, as well as the SE V6 edition with all-wheel drive, which debuted during the 2014 season. The Journey Crossroad model, introduced for 2014 with mesh-insert leather seats and 19-inch black aluminum wheels, continues into the 2015 model year. ![]() Not much has changed for 2015, except that the available SiriusXM Traffic and Travel Link now includes five years of free service. Chrysler has claimed the Dodge Journey to be the most affordable seven-seat crossover sold in the U.S. Journey seats five or seven, depending on options. Dodge Journey is a midsize sport-utility that combines the smoother ride and better fuel economy of a car with the cargo space and roominess of an SUV.
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