Used Car of the Day: 1999 Dodge Dakota 5.9 R/T

by Tim Healey

Published: November 27th, 2024

used car of the day 1999 dodge dakota 5 9 r t

Today we bring you a swingin' street truck with this 1999 Dodge Dakota 5.9 R/T.

There are under 30K miles on this one, which is Viper-inspired and a custom job.

It's thoroughly massaged with suspension and power upgrades and racing seats.

It also has had a recent tune-up.

If you like high-powered, street-rod pickup trucks, give this one a look here. It's based in Washington state.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Lou_BC on Nov 28, 2024
A lowered truck. .Nope. Not in my driveway.

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Dan on Nov 29, 2024
I still own my 2000 dakota r/t now for 20+ years. I hate the cheap plastic interior in it, the only drawback I can think of but as far as reliability its been one of the best vehicles I ever had and one of the funnest to drive around. Especially now that you do not see them on the road anymore. They were lowered from the factory BTW, these things can take 30mph corners at 70mph they were not made for off-roading for sure or even really hauling anything but azz!

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