What year is the best for Dodge Dakota?
What year is the best for Dodge Dakota? If you want a six-cylinder Dakota, 2004 is the best year, as the more powerful 3.7-liter V6 pre-empted the aged 3.9-liter V6. Performance buffs will want to consider the Dakota R/T, a bona fide sport truck sold in regular cab and Club Cab versions from 1998-2003. Are Dodge Dakota good trucks? The Dakota is a good, reliable truck. I've now owned examples from all three "generations": a '93, an '04 and this '06. It's the only one in it's class that has an available V-8 and it has the highest towing capacity...