2011 Dodge Journey
Dodge kept the Journey's target audience in mind—those crafty new families who need an "everything" car.
Most of those shortcomings are fixed in the 2011 Journey. The new six-speed automatic's shift quality? Back inside, the Journey's unchanged packaging gets topped with a sprinkling of new features and improved actions. Four adults, or two adults and three or four kids, are happy enough inside the Journey, with flat seats and right-sized head and leg room taking good advantage of the Journey's proportions. On mid-grade-and-up Journeys, the second-row seat slides fore and aft to free up more leg room, and on the same versions, front seats have storage built in beneath the seat cushion, and the center console gets a new tilt-and-slide top. Flip everything down behind the front seats, and you can fit a half-dozen flat-screen TVs in the Journey's 67.6 cubic feet of space.
Standard features include air conditioning; cruise control; power locks/mirrors/windows; a cooled glove box; a telescoping steering wheel; and an AM/FM/CD player with MP3 capability. Options include a not-terribly-intuitive Garmin navigation system; Sirius Satellite Radio, TravelLink and Backseat TV, an on-the-go service with a small selection of kid-friendly programming; a DVD entertainment system; and a premium audio system and uConnect multimedia with MP3 player controls.
2011 Dodge Journey Review
The 2011 Dodge Journey is a crossover vehicle that manages to offer the modern family the best of all worlds. Dodge got the message. The updated interior for 2011 is a vast improvement over previous versions. The 2011 Journey is also great for exactly the nameplate it was dubbed, a journey. Performance and Safety
Older versions of the Dodge Journey weren’t nearly as responsive as drivers would have liked. The 2011 Dodge Journey comes standard with the Pentastar V-6, taking performance and responsiveness up a notch. It has front, rear, and third row head airbags; child seat anchors; dual front side-mounted airbags; rear door child safety locks; and four-wheel ABS. The Dodge Journey gets the insurance industry’s highest rating for all four test categories – frontal offset, side impact, roof strength, and rear crash protection.
To sum it all up, the 2011 Dodge Journey is an affordable crossover that’s perfect for the modern family.