The Dodge Powerwagon
It's Big. It's Bad. And It's Back.

This powerhouse holds a 7.2-liter, direct-injection I-6 turbo diesel
engine that generates a whopping 780 pound-feet of torque to put the power in Power Wagon.
This diesel dynamo is coupled to a four-speed automatic transmission that's linked to what
else but a heavy-duty four-wheel-drive system that's geared to haul big-time.
Within Power Wagon's one and a half doors lies rock maple wood lining the cab floor behind
the front seats. The wood lining is repeated in the floor of the pickup box, which
is accessed by a power-actuated tailgate. Inside is a simple, yet detailed interior
that's outfitted with distressed leather seats in Cognac with Granite leather accents.
It's big (almost 71/2 feet tall!). It has to be, because Power Wagon has to live up to a
tradition of legendary proportions. The original Dodge Power Wagon was built from 1946 to
1968 and excelled in handling the most rugged of assignments as tow trucks, emergency
vehicles, farm trucks and even school buses.
Power Wagon excels in part because of the 35-inch, one-foot-wide tires that support this
mammoth vehicle. Behind these wheels lies a four-wheel link coil suspension and a
Dodge Viper brake system that features four vented disc rotors with four-piston floating
calipers up front and single-piston calipers in back.
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