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"It&amp;#039;s known that the Durango will be wound down a couple of years from now, but that hasn&amp;#039;t stopped Dodge lavishing attention on the already-excellent three-pew familymobile. The exterior visual changes aren&amp;#039;t shocking,; the rear lights now incorporate the trademark &amp;quot;Racetrack&amp;quot; theme that the Charger and Dart spearheaded. The headlights are redesigned projector-beam setups and the grille and bumper are tweaked for 2014, too.   Underneath it all is where you&amp;#039;ll find the biggest Durango news. An 8-speed automatic transmission is now standard, giving fuel economy a bump. Durangos with the 3.6 liter Pentastar can outlast all but the most ironclad bladders with a 600-mile highway range. An Eco mode is new for 2014 and more aggressively ignores driver inputs to keep fuel consumption lower by shifting up early and often and dialing back throttle sensitivity. The Durango can drag a whole bunch of baggage around, with a 6,200 lb capacity in V6 models and 7,400 lbs for Hemi-engined models.   Inside, the eight-piece &amp;#039;box is engaged with a new rotary dial selector, and all 2014 Durangos have steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters for manual control. The standard 5&amp;quot; LCD can be traded out for the latest UConnect system, which is cloud-connected and uses an 8.4&amp;quot; touchscreen, though the Durango doesn&amp;#039;t short you on tactile controls, placing redundant buttons and knobs on the center stack. There&amp;#039;s a new steering wheel in town, and Chrysler&amp;#039;s long-serving back-of-spoke buttons for audio control are still there, joined on the front by UConnect, phone and controls for the new 7&amp;quot; TFT gauge cluster.   The Durango is the odd lame duck that still accomplishes things, even in the sunset of its administration. The updates sprinkled on an already-very-good vehicle make the pre-emptive lament over its looming demise that much sadder. Behold, the 2014 Dodge Durango, sweeter, and more bittersweet, than ever. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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