It helps to think of the Durango as a narrower, easier-to-park Tahoe/Expedition rather than as a faster Pilot with better towing.Ĭontrol arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar multilink, coil springs, anti-roll barġ3.8-in vented disc 13. The GT is basically the same as a Jeep grand Cherokee limited trim in terms of standard features with the exception of the 8.4 Uconnect infotainment screen is standard on the GT trim level. It is basically a Jeep Grand Cherokee but with 3 rows and Dodge styling. Even our 2015 Chevy Tahoe averaged 18.2 mpg over 36,685 miles, but it was a rear-drive model and actually weighed 88 pounds less than our Durango 4. The 2017 Dodge Durango GT replaces the limited trim for the 2017 model year. That's well below averages achieved by our Honda Pilot (21.7 mpg) and Mazda CX-9 (20.6 mpg). At least our overall average topped the EPA and RealMPG city estimates (14 and 16.0 mpg)-impressive given that so many miles were logged doing dray-horse duty schlepping supplies to and from my summer-cabin project. That's why we never achieved the 22- or 25.1-mpg EPA or RealMPG highway estimates. Virtually all miles were logged in Eco mode (the 5.7-liter's default calibration seemed frisky enough to render Sport mode unnecessary), but most highway miles were at 80 mph. That average dipped as low as 14.4 mpg for the tank that included our performance testing, and ranged as high as 18.9 mpg during a 2,000-mile round-trip journey between Detroit and Vicksburg, Mississippi (incidentally, that trip's average matched the 7,169-mile average our V-6-powered rear-drive Durango GT logged before it was stolen in May 2017). Of course, the Durango drove itself to drinking plenty, too, swilling gallons of midgrade unleaded at an average rate of 16.9 miles per.