MotorWeek honors all-new 2011 Dodge Durango with Drivers' Choice Award for Best Large Utility

    --  The 2011 Dodge Durango is performance-tuned to be a driver's SUV
    --  World-class handling with intelligent, powerful and fuel-efficient
        engines, the all-new 2011 Dodge Durango delivers driving excitement and
        refinement combined with the interior flexibility of a three-row SUV
    --  Both Pentastar V-6 and HEMI(TM) V-8 engines offer best-in-class towing

The all-new Dodge Durango is a winner of MotorWeek's 2011 Drivers' Choice Award for Best Large Utility. Every year for the last 30 years, MotorWeek has reviewed the state of the automotive business and judged the best new trucks of the year. Dodge Brand President and CEO accepted the award for the new Durango at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show today.

"The Dodge team is truly honored that MotorWeek has selected the Dodge Durango for a Drivers' Choice Award," said Ralph Gilles, President and CEO--Dodge Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. "The Durango represents where the Dodge brand is going with its six new or refreshed products for 2011 -- striking vehicles that are thoroughly engineered and fun to drive. It's always rewarding when third party sources recognize that we're creating quality products that will delight our customers."

The annual Drivers' Choice Awards looks at vehicles from a buyer's point of view. Scoring takes into account trends, innovations, value and reliability to produce a list of winners that makes sense and can be used as a practical guide for car shopping.

"The team that worked on Durango really put their hearts into creating an SUV with a soul," Gilles added. "When consumers get behind the wheel, they'll experience a performance-tuned SUV that has the interior spaciousness of a crossover, still delivers best-in-class towing and starts under than $30,000. It's a tremendous package."

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