Look at fuelly.com. You can sort cars by their engines. Sorting the '11 through '13 Durangos there are 18 V6's and 17 V8's. Here are the overall averages for each:

V6: 19.1 mpg
V8: 15.4 mpg

That is a huge difference. So for about $2,800 up front plus an extra $500 a year in fuel, you're talking $5,300 in additional V8 costs over 5 years of ownership. And what do you really get for it?

 

[QUOTE= And what do you really get for it?[/QUOTE]

Vroom!

 

Power, style, handling, towing capacity...but if you're not into that stuff... :-)

 

Don't know how the $5,300 V8 gets you extra style and handling, but..... ok!

 

There are trade-offs but I'm happy to pay the extra thousand a year to have the RT that I drive. I really enjoy it. it will have some additional resell value as well so it's not a complete loss on the thousand dollars per year

 

Of course... it's all about what makes you happy.

 

I agree, buy what you like. I usually always get the 'sport edition' (GT, SRT, R/T, SE, M, S, etc) of every vehicle I buy. Since there wasn't an SRT, I got the R/T. Most of the time those models have a tighter suspension, which is why I get them. You feel the road more and the ride usually isn't as nice, but I really like a tighter suspension. There is usually an increase in power at those levels as well, which is just icing on the cake. If they SRT Jeep GC would have had 3 rows, I would have bought it

 

I appreciate V6 owners, more available fuel for my HEMIs to consume.

 

V6s use 87 V8's use 89 so no, but glad to be appreciated

 

Actually yes, if you owned one you would know the HEMI takes 87 as well.

87 accepted, 89 preferred