"In an era of car-based crossover sport-utility vehicles — station wagons for those who wouldn't be caught dead in one — Chrysler Group's gritty Dodge brand has redesigned its Durango SUV and kept it a real truck.

The genius of the redesign, though, is more than honoring the integrity of the truck underpinnings. It's blending those with the user-friendly attributes of the car-based crossovers to create an SUV that'll out-tow and out-haul some full-size, truck-based SUVs, yet whip around corners as nimbly and ride as smoothly as the best car-based designs."

Durango's a real truck with a real smooth ride