The first-gen Dakota convertible quietly outlived its own cancellation: Dodge built eight more for 1991 just to honor a contract with American Sunroof Company. They were never advertised and never appeared in sales literature.
Median 130 hp across 78 similar cars
Lead trim: 2.2 K SOHC four-cylinder (94 hp, 1987–88) · up to 230 hp
Dodge Dakota first generationAN · 1987–1996
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FactThe first-gen Dakota convertible quietly outlived its own cancellation: Dodge built eight more for 1991 just to honor a contract with American Sunroof Company. They were never advertised and never appeared in sales literature.
Developed as a mid-size pickup, sharing many components with existing Chrysler products and its plant with the full-size D/W series (Warren, Michigan), on the AN platform, as a 2-door pickup, extended cab (Club Cab) and, to 1991, a convertible (eight built in 1991; production extended for the American Sunroof Company). The Shelby Dakota with a 5.2 V8 preceded the 1991 170 hp 5.2 option; 1991 was the only year with the unique front end with sealed-beam-derived halogen headlamps. The 3.9 V6 and 5.2 V8 became Magnum with multiport fuel injection in 1992 (180 and 230 hp).
Collectors Spotted in the Dodge Dakota Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Dodge Dakota yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
9 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 K SOHC four-cylinder (94 hp, 1987–88) | 1987–1988 | 2.2 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | 117 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.5 AMC four-cylinder (120 hp, 1996) | 1996–1996 | 2.5 L Inline-4 | 120 hp | 139 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.5 K four-cylinder (100 hp, 1989–95) | 1989–1995 | 2.5 L Inline-4 | 100 hp | 136 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 3.9 LA V6 (125 hp, 1987–91) | 1987–1991 | 3.9 L V6 | 125 hp | 195 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 3.9 Magnum V6 (175 hp, 1994–96) | 1994–1996 | 3.9 L V6 | 175 hp | 220 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 3.9 Magnum V6 (180 hp, 1992–93) | 1992–1993 | 3.9 L V6 | 180 hp | 225 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 5.2 LA V8 (170 hp, 1991) | 1991–1991 | 5.2 L V8 | 170 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5.2 Magnum V8 (225 hp, 1994–96) | 1994–1996 | 5.2 L V8 | 225 hp | 295 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 5.2 Magnum V8 (230 hp, 1992–93) | 1992–1993 | 5.2 L V8 | 230 hp | 295 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 2.2 K SOHC four-cylinder (94 hp, 1987–88) trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
This Dakota quietly took a step backward on purpose: it dropped the previous generation's six-lug wheels for five-lug hubs, trading a bit of toughness for cheaper, faster assembly.
Dodge squeezed a 5.9-litre Magnum V8 into the compact Dakota for the R/T package — good for 0-60 in 6.9 seconds, genuine muscle-truck pace in a class mostly about hauling mulch.
The first-gen Dakota convertible quietly outlived its own cancellation: Dodge built eight more for 1991 just to honor a contract with American Sunroof Company. They were never advertised and never appeared in sales literature.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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GMC found 10 extra horsepower in the Sierra All Terrain X's 5.3L V8 with nothing more than a performance exhaust, no other changes needed to go from 355 to 365 hp.
This Sierra kept rolling off the line for a full extra year after its replacement arrived - badged "Classic" in 2007 just to tell the two generations apart on dealer lots.
When this GMT900 Sierra launched for 2007, GM kept selling the outgoing truck alongside it, badged "Classic," so buyers could choose old or new side by side on the same lot.
Toyota showed it as the T150 until Ford sued over the likeness to the F-150, and the production truck was renamed Tundra.
A Louisiana owner put over a million miles on his 2007 Tundra in eight years; Toyota gave him a new truck and took his apart to study it.
Toyota's Texas Tundra plant sits on land bought from the state's oldest working cattle ranch, and the 1794 Edition is named for the year that ranch was founded.
Its launch colours had pun names such as "Anti-Establish Mint" and "Freudian Gilt", sent to Lee Iacocca by a friend.