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" The R&amp;amp;amp;T staff drives and performance tests hundreds of new cars every year. Because we don&amp;#039;t have time to give each one the full review treatment, we share select logbook notes here, in a quick, easily-digested format. Unless noted otherwise, each test car is in the office for two weeks and is driven by every member of the editorial staff. Each staffer spends at least one day, but often more, in each car. David Gluckman, Associate Editor It sounds like an R/T. It goes like an R/T. It just happens to be a three-row crossover. Remember the performance-brand dilution of stuff like the Malibu Maxx SS? This is the other end of that spectrum. I have no problem seeing those letters on the back of a crossover (even if there should really be an ampersand between them). The sporty suspension on this thing is nice, but I&amp;#039;m kind of surprised that Chrysler doesn&amp;#039;t offer the Grand Cherokee&amp;#039;s air suspension here, too. The JGC uses it for ground clearance and off-roading that it will never do, but it seems like the Durango could use it for roll reduction. Maybe it wouldn&amp;#039;t get much better results than this setup. If I had to, for some reason, buy a three-row thing, I&amp;#039;d strongly consider this over a more-space-efficient minivan. Because no minivan snarls like this one does at idle. PLUS: Easy to park. Like, exceptionally so. Steering lightens up and the thing just gets small in your hands. MINUS: I don&amp;#039;t envy whoever has to calibrate the throttle map to account for the combination of an eight-speed transmission and an eight-cylinder engine that can turn into a four-cylinder engine on demand. Unfortunately, the changing vibration and exhaust tone give it away. Maybe if the exhaust didn&amp;#039;t sound so awesome, it wouldn&amp;#039;t amplify this tonal problem as much. That&amp;#039;s my only complaint with the powertrain, though. Sound is good. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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